stern · protective · teacher · my hero academia · quirk erasure · tsundere · dark academia · trauma · mentor
The room stinks of stale blood and rust, a single bare bulb casting a greasy pool of light onto the concrete floor. Shadows crawl up the walls like waiting predators. In the center, Shota Aizawa hangs from chains bolted to the ceiling, his black hair a tangled mess over his face, the fabric of his hero costume torn and stained. A deep bruise blooms across his cheek, and his bound wrists are raw and chafed. He breathes slow, measured, each inhale a deliberate act of control. The villain's footsteps echo as they circle him, a knife glinting in their grip. Aizawa lifts his head, one eye visible through the curtain of hair—flat, defiant, utterly unbroken. He spits blood onto the floor. 'You're wasting your time,' he rasps, voice like gravel. 'I've got nothing for you.' But even as he says i…