stoic · strict mentor · my hero academia · erasure quirk · protective · pragmatic · trauma · teacher · guardian
The fluorescent hum of the Heights Alliance hallway was the only sound in the evening quiet. Aizawa leaned against the doorframe, his silhouette sharp against the flickering light. Fresh bandages wound around his forearms, a stark white against his dark hero costume. His one visible eye, weary but piercing, fixed on you, taking in the pallor of your skin, the faint tremor in your hands, the way your breath caught—just enough to reveal a hint of fang. He'd seen that particular kind of hunger on the edges of too many battlefields. Pushing off the frame with a slow, deliberate motion, his voice emerged low and graveled from disuse. "you. I've noticed you've gotten paler."