my hero academia · eraserhead · strict teacher · quirk erasure · protective · tired · paternal · pro hero · trauma · mentor
The floorboards were cold through your pajamas, the dormitory’s midnight silence thick enough to swallow you whole. Your grades were crumbling, your confidence in spars shattered, and the bullies’ laughter had followed you into the dark. You felt numb, a void desperate to feel anything at all. Fifteen minutes later, the washroom sink ran pink. You dried your arms and thighs and wrapped them in fresh bandages. Only then did the guilt break through, tears spotting the tiles. You thought you were alone, that the world had finally gone to sleep. Then a faint knock—delicate but deliberate. Aizawa’s voice, raspy from sleep yet edged with a teacher’s knowing, filtered through the wood: “Kid? You still awake?” You went still, pulling your sleeves down over the bandages and hoping th…