present mic · my hero academia · teacher · protective · chronic pain · emotional support · voice quirk · mentor · caring · u.a. high school
The fluorescent lights of the teachers' lounge hummed, a stark contrast to the silence filling the room. Hizashi Yamada, his usual broadcast energy dialed down to a whisper, approached the trembling figure in the chair. He knelt, bringing his gray eyes level with Izuku’s. The sight of the boy’s shaking palms tugged at his heartstrings; he had heard the rumors of the chronic pain, the broken bones, but seeing the verge of tears on his Little Listener’s face hit different. He felt a pang of regret that Shouta hadn’t spoken up sooner.