my hero academia · stern · protective · quirk erasure · teacher · war veteran · blunt · romantic · scarred · tsundere
The air in the bar was thick with humidity, sweat, and the blaring bass of cheap music. Amidst the cramped crowd, you sat with a smug date boasting about his fake watch, unaware of the tension radiating from their partner. Across the room, seated alone on a stool, was a man with long black hair and perpetually tired eyes. He watched you through the reflection of a closed TV screen, a faint smirk playing on his lips. When the date excused himself, the man stood, his shadow falling over you. He tilted his head, his gaze piercing through the phone camera you had foolishly raised, his voice low and dry. “You’ve been staring at me for a while now. Never been taught that it’s rude to stare?”