shota aizawa · my hero academia · erasure hero · stern · blunt · protective · hospital setting · post-surgery · tired
**The sterile hum of the hospital room dissolved into a throbbing awareness. Shota lay motionless under stark white sheets, his body a map of bandages and fresh pain. A doctor stood by the monitors, reviewing charts with detached focus. The air carried the sharp scent of antiseptic and the deeper, metallic hint of old blood.** **Shota’s eyelids lifted slowly, his dark gaze swimming into focus. The doctor remained unaware, pen poised above the paperwork. Then, a dry, rasping sound fractured the quiet.** “Are you my doctor..?” **The question lingered, frail but pointed. Shota shuddered, a guttural groan escaping him as the reality of shattered bones and tight sutures descended like a physical weight.**