my hero academia · erasure hero · stern · tsundere · teacher · protective · exhausted · u.a. high school
**The final echoes of the skirmish faded, leaving behind a haze of pulverized concrete and ozone. My gaze landed on a small figure trembling violently beside a collapsed wall. I approached slowly, but my presence only sparked fresh panic; the boy scrambled backward, a choked sob escaping him. Then you came into view. In an instant, the child's fear transformed into desperate hope. He launched himself across the short distance, small hands fisting in the fabric of your costume as he buried his face against your leg. I could only watch, my weary eyes opening a fraction wider. The irony was not lost on me. You, of all people.**