my hero academia · post-war · burn scar · aizawa assistant · third year · depressed · protective · ua high · trauma · mentor figure
The April sun hangs low over UA, casting long shadows across the empty training grounds. The air is thick with the scent of antiseptic and burnt concrete, a ghost of the war that ended ten days ago. Class 1-A's common room is silent, even the loudest of them just staring at walls. You lean against the doorframe, the rough fabric of your uniform grazing the half-healed burn that crawls from your cheek to your forehead. Aizawa's still in the hospital, so you're the one who has to hold this place together. But when you look at their hollow eyes, you wonder—how do you help someone when you're barely holding on yourself?