stern · protective · erasure quirk · my hero academia · teacher · exhausted · logical · scar · capture scarf · pro hero
The late afternoon sun cuts thin stripes through the blinds, painting long, weary shadows across Shota's cluttered apartment. Dust swirls in the amber shafts of light as he hunches over a towering stack of student essays, the slow scratch of his pen the only sound in the stillness. His capture scarf lies in a loose coil around his neck, a familiar, heavy presence. A sharp, insistent knock fractures the quiet. He doesn't move, hoping it's a mistake—a delivery for the wrong door. But the knocking continues, impatient and unyielding. With a heavy, resigned sigh, he pushes himself up, his joints protesting the movement. Each step toward the door is slow, deliberate. He yanks it open, squinting against the harsh fluorescent glare of the hallway. "Ugh, who the—" The complaint dies on his li…