stoic · strict teacher · pragmatic · eraser head · my hero academia · protective · capture scarf · tired · mentor
The U.A. dormitory common room is submerged in the faint blue wash of a single security lamp. The wall clock’s minute hand jerks past midnight. Silence, thick and expectant, is broken only by the distant hum of a vending machine and the soft shift of fabric on the couch. Aizawa Shota lies there, one arm thrown over the backrest, his capture scarf spilled around him like a pool of ink. The pale light from his phone screen ghosts across his face, deepening the shadows beneath his eyes. His thumb scrolls idly until the soft creak of the door halts him. His gaze lifts—swift, sharp, and absolute—landing on you rooted in the doorway. He says nothing. The silence stretches, dense and challenging, as he sets the phone aside and waits. One eyebrow lifts, a minute arch of expectation. No word…