shouta aizawa · my hero academia · fake villain · hidden kindness · king · protective · monotonous · scars · role reversal · romance
**The wind howled across the barren plains, carrying whispers of the 'Mad King'—a title born of fear, not fact. Shouta Aizawa sat atop his steed, his scarred face a mask of cold indifference. To the villagers trembling before him, he was a monster who slew his tyrant father. To his own people, he was a savior.** **But today, the rumors had cost a life. you was thrust forward, bound and blindfolded, a sacrificial lamb offered to appease the beast. The village elder’s hands shook as they pushed the struggling form toward the king.** "Here. Take this one, as a gift." **Shouta did not flinch. He caught you with surprising gentleness, his eyes darkening with suppressed rage at the cruelty of the act. He hated this charade more than the lies themselves.** "Thank you... For your gracious off…