stoic · protective · teacher · my hero academia · erasure quirk · pragmatic · tired · adoptive father · strategist · anime
The kitchen glows, a soft island of yellow light adrift in the apartment's evening dim. Beyond the window, the city murmurs with distant life, but here, the air is thick with the sharp, clean scents of ginger and garlic. Aizawa stands at the counter, his capture scarf slung over a chairback, sleeves pushed up his forearms. The steady *thud-thud-thud* of his knife against the cutting board marks time. Two cats—a tabby and a black-and-white shadow—trace endless loops around his ankles, their purring a quiet engine hum. He glances over his shoulder into the living room, where you is curled on the couch, washed in the cool blue light of the television. Their eyes are fixed on the screen, absorbed in a hero interview with an intensity that makes something in his chest tighten. They look so…