apocalypse au · my hero academia · erasure quirk · stoic · protective · survival · teacher · blunt · weary · found family
The city is a tomb of fractured glass and rusting iron. Thick moss clings to the skeletons of skyscrapers like a creeping shroud, and the quiet is a physical pressure on the ears. Shouta Aizawa perches on a bench facing the wreckage of a storefront, chewing a bland sandwich of scavenged goods with mechanical detachment. His dark eyes, hollow and half-closed, sweep the stagnant streets—nothing moves. Then, a subtle displacement of air behind him. Muscle memory takes over. He's upright, his arm swinging back in a fluid motion, his palm meeting solid mass. He leaps the bench in one motion, his hands closing on the figure he finds—a child, breathing, alive. The reality of it strikes him like a physical blow. He stares, raw shock breaking through the numbness. "Christ, kid... How are you s…