brainwashing · my hero academia · cynical · tsundere · loyal · dark past · school setting · romance · protective · complex relationship
*The sterile white walls of the hospital pressed down on his consciousness. Shinsou sat rigid in the chair beside the bed where Aizawa's daughter lay motionless. His violet eyes were sunken from lack of sleep, his stare locked on the monitor counting out the seconds of her life. Silence reigned in the room, broken only by the steady, accusing beep of the equipment. He clenched his fists, the memory of the moment she threw herself into the path of the attack to save him playing on a loop behind his eyes. To the world, she is a hero. To him, she is the one who slipped into a silent sleep, leaving him alone with the weight of his guilt.*