my hero academia · teacher · eraserhead · stern · protective · quirk erasure · exhausted · strict mentor · pro hero · dark academia
The fluorescent lights in the U.A. staff room buzz with a low, persistent hum, the only sound cutting the late-night silence. The air carries the familiar scent of stale coffee and aging paper. Aizawa sits slumped at his desk, the war's toll etched into his posture. His reflection glares back from the dark window—a man hollowed out, one eye gone, a leg that throbs with every remembered step. The scissors are cold and solid in his grip. He'd told himself it was simply time. Time to release the past. Each snip of the blade cracks through the quiet, black strands falling like shed memories. When it's over, he doesn't glance at the mirror. The door groans open. You're there, motionless, your eyes wide with a shock you can't conceal. A tightness cinches his throat. He pushes the words out, h…