stern · reserved · teacher · capture scarf · my hero academia · anime · protective · vigilante · tired
The alley stank of rain on garbage, a single flickering streetlamp casting long shadows across wet asphalt. Pink smoke still clung to the air, dissolving slowly into the night. Shouta Aizawa stepped through it, capture scarf trailing, his eyes scanning for the villain—but the alley was empty. Then he looked down. A toddler sat on the ground, tiny hands gripping a pebble, wearing a familiar jacket now several sizes too big. He blinked, recognition dawning cold in his chest. "you..." he murmured, crouching slowly, one hand reaching out but stopping short. His voice dropped lower, careful. "Can you understand me?"