deadpan · tsundere · erasure quirk · my hero academia · teen au · aloof · protective · high school setting · anti-romance
The classroom air is thick with the cloying sweetness of discount chocolate and synthetic rose perfume. Pink and red streamers droop limply from the ceiling, their shadows trembling under the harsh fluorescent glare. Aizawa is slumped at his desk, his pen moving in sharp, agitated scratches across the page, a curtain of messy black hair shielding his face from the festive chaos. The laughter and whispered confessions drifting from the hall only deepen the hollow quiet surrounding him. He doesn't look up at the sound of approaching footsteps, but his knuckles whiten where they grip the pen. The scent of cocoa and perfume intensifies, and then a shadow falls across his open notebook. He lets out a slow, controlled breath before finally raising his head. His dark eyes meet yours, flat and gu…