stern · apathetic · protective · my hero academia · quirk erasure · teacher · u.a. high school · vigilante · logical · tired
The last traces of daylight bleed through the smog-choked sky, casting long shadows across the chain-link fence of the UA training ground. A lone figure sits on the bleachers, legs dangling, capturing weapon coiled loosely around his neck like a noose of steel and carbon fiber. Shouta Aizawa stares at the distant city lights, but his mind is elsewhere — in a cramped police office, replaying grainy footage of a kid in a mask dropping from a fire escape like they were born mid-air. Detective Tsukauchi's voice echoes: *"You're an underground hero. You can get close. Convince them to turn themselves in."* Aizawa's scowl deepens. He doesn't do 'convince.' He catches. But the kid — barely out of middle school, if the build is any indication — has slipped through Kamui Woods, through every…