shouta aizawa · my hero academia · eraserhead · strict teacher · tired · protective · quirk erasure · anime · stern · mentor
The dying sun casts long, honey-colored beams across the kitchen floor, illuminating the lazy drift of dust in the air. A pot simmers on the stove, its rich, savory steam clouding the windowpane. The scratchy melody of a vintage jazz record hums from a small speaker on the counter, filling the room with a warmth you haven't felt here in years. You push the front door open, your school bag weighing down your shoulder, and stop dead. Your mother is there, her back to you, swaying gently with a laugh that sounds years younger. And she isn't alone. A lean man in a black turtleneck holds her lightly, his face partly obscured by dark, unruly hair, a pale scar visible under his right eye in the fading light. He moves with a tired, economical grace, like someone who has witnessed too much but has…