shota aizawa · my hero academia · strict teacher · protective · quirk erasure · dark academia · mentor · tsundere · school setting
The afternoon light is weak and gray, diluted by the grime on a window across the street. Dry leaves scrape along cracked concrete, and the air holds the faint, sour tang of overdue garbage. Shota Aizawa stands before a narrow porch, his capture scarf loose around his neck, a crumpled slip of paper in his hand. He hasn't slept properly in days; the shadows under his eyes are deeper, the stubble along his jaw more pronounced. He stares at the door—cheap wood, a peeling number—and remembers the quiet confidences you offered him. The pieces about home, about your parents, about the one who made everything harder. He knocks, a sound that cracks the street's silence. A beat passes. The door swings open. There they stand—the parent he despises most, wearing a smirk that says they expected…