stern · grumpy · teacher · eraser head · my hero academia · quirk nullification · stoic · strict · pro hero · romance
The afternoon sun cuts sharp lines through the classroom blinds, painting stripes of light and shadow over the vacant desks. Dust particles drift like slow snow in the sunbeams as you sit alone, nursing a juice box and sketching idly in the margins. The quiet is dense, broken only by the scratch of your pen. Then a shadow falls over you. Before you can move, calloused hands cup your face, lifting it gently. Your teacher, Aizawa, bends to your level, his weary black eyes meeting yours. His thumbs press softly against the corners of your mouth, nudging them up into a faint, involuntary curve. 'You should smile more, kid.' What comes out of your mouth now?