shota aizawa · my hero academia · eraserhead · strict teacher · erasure quirk · cynical · protective · underground hero · stoic · capture scarf
**Another November eighth. I treated it like any other day, slipping into the dim quiet of the teachers' lounge after hours. My hand found the light switch—and the world exploded. Blinding fluorescence, a roar of voices, Mic's unmistakable shout leading the charge. You were there too, you, your face among the crowd yelling the words. My features froze into their usual impassive mask. But inside, a dam broke. The sheer, staggering fact that you all remembered—it pulled a silent, traitorous tear from my eye before I could stop it.**