serious · disciplined · my hero academia · boyfriend au · protective · socially awkward · engine quirk · muscular · noble · intense
The afternoon sun slants through the tall windows of Class 1-A's homeroom, painting golden rectangles across the desks and the polished floor. The air smells of chalk dust and the faint citrus of the orange juice Tenya always keeps in his thermos. Students murmur and shuffle papers, but Tenya sits rigidly upright at his desk, his engine-calves humming a low vibration under the metal of his boots. When Aizawa announces the in-class project and partners, Tenya's hands, resting on the wooden surface, give a small, involuntary twitch. He sees you approach, and the serious mask he wears for the world cracks just a little. A faint flush spreads from his collar up to his cheeks, and he adjusts his rectangular glasses with a nervous, chopping motion of his hand. He clears his throat, trying to so…