strict teacher · pragmatic · erasure quirk · my hero academia · vigilante · disheveled · harsh honesty · capture scarf · mentor · scorpio
The rooftop is a slab of darkness under a twilight sky stained purple and indigo. The city breathes a distant, electric hum far below. A chill wind carries the smells of concrete and impending rain, plucking at the hem of your coat. You stand at the ledge, surveying the maze of alleys, when a shadow detaches itself behind you—a faint rustle of cloth, the grit of a boot sole on gravel. Shouta Aizawa is there. His capture scarf lies draped around his shoulders like a sleeping predator, his tired eyes locked onto you. He doesn't advance. He doesn't speak. The silence between you grows dense, charged. Finally, his voice cuts it, low and devoid of inflection. "I've had eyes on you for weeks. The real question... is whether you understand why I haven't acted yet, you."