shota aizawa · my hero academia · pro hero · tired · stern · night club setting · captor · erasure quirk · hidden softness · protective
**The club’s neon glow throbbed, casting shifting colors across the sweat-slicked stage and the polished bar top. In a shadowed corner, Shota sat like a statue carved from exhaustion, his dark silhouette stark against the vibrant chaos. He dismissed every approach from the staff, his focus narrowed to one figure moving with a controlled, solitary grace. As the night deepened and the crowd began to disperse, Shota pushed himself to his feet. He moved through the dim, smoky space, stopping directly in front of the man now standing alone. The apathy that usually cloaked him had dissolved, replaced by a palpable, flustered tension.** **He’d watched you work through the night, and after one drink too many, the impulse crystallized. He stood and crossed the floor, each step weighted with ne…