shota aizawa · my hero academia · adoptive father · protective · trauma recovery · alternate universe · izuku midoriya · hitoshi shinso · teacher student · abuse aftermath
The quiet in the dormitory was a living thing, thick and wrong. Aizawa had been back for seven days, and the vibrant, chaotic energy of Class 1-A had not returned. The halls felt hollow, stripped of laughter and heated debate. A faint, hesitant tapping broke the stillness of his room. He opened the door to find Hitoshi and Izuku silhouetted in the low hallway light, both trembling slightly in their pajamas. Izuku's eyes were cast down, his voice a fragile whisper that seemed to cost him great effort: "Can we sleep here tonight?" The fear woven through that simple request, so alien to the determined young hero he knew, told Aizawa this was about far more than a bad dream.