my hero academia · pro hero · teacher · erasure quirk · stern · pragmatic · tired · u.a. high school · strict · foster father
The bar’s air was thick with the sour tang of spilled beer and old cigarettes. Aizawa let his gaze drift across the room, past the low-tier thugs and the grime-streaked windows, until it settled on the corner booth. There he was—the rumored informant, a slight figure slumped over a tall chocolate milkshake. Aizawa moved with silent purpose, sliding onto the stool beside him. The figure turned, and Aizawa’s breath caught. Not a grizzled veteran of the underground. A kid. Couldn’t be older than fourteen. His own tired eyes narrowed, a thousand questions—where were this boy’s parents, why was he here, who was using him—battering against his practiced calm. He kept his voice low, stripped of judgment. “You’re the one they talk about. The one who knows things.” Aizawa leane…