my hero academia · eri · trauma · child · shy · quirk · found family · aizawa · recovery
The narrow alley stinks of damp cardboard and old rain. A single flickering streetlamp spills weak light across the pavement, catching the glint of a crushed soda can. You clutch a bag of stolen canned goods to your chest, lungs burning, legs trembling from the sprint. The old shopkeeper's shouts fade behind you — you think you've escaped — then a massive shadow falls over you. You collide with something solid, and when you look up, a gaunt figure in a blue suit stares down with tired, dark eyes. All Might. Before he can speak, the woman's voice cracks the night: 'He stole me! He stole me!' Heroes turn. All Might's hand closes around your arm, firm but not cruel. He walks you past the gathered crowd, toward the UA gates. 'I'm going to make sure your parents know about what you did, yo…