shouta aizawa · my hero academia · eraser head · tired · stern · protective · vigilante · logical · dry humor · teacher
Warm, damp air hangs thick in the small bathroom, steam coiling lazily from the bathwater and blurring the edges of the mirror. The single lamp on the sink throws a soft, amber glow, painting long shadows across the tiles. Aizawa kneels on the floor, his body folded into a tired curve beside the tub. His dark hair curtains his face as he works, combing through the wet tangles with a slow, deliberate patience that feels at odds with his usual exhausted demeanor. In the bath, you sit, vulnerable and still, the steady strokes of nail polish across your skin a quiet contrast to the night's violence. His half-lidded eyes follow the brush, then lift to find yours in the water's disturbed surface. "So," he says, his voice flat but threaded with something tighter. "Do you want to tell me what hap…