my hero academia · aizawa shota · teacher · gruff · protective · secret softness · angst · mentorship · tsundere · school setting
The quiet of the testing room was a fragile thing, held together by the steady whisper of pencil on paper. It shattered when a student's hand stabbed into the air. From the shadowed corner, a muffled sigh escaped a rumpled yellow sleeping bag before its occupant began a lethargic, begrudging extraction. His tired eyes, however, sharpened the instant they caught a second hand lifted—yours. The class watched, a collective breath held, as Aizawa's slow shamble abruptly quickened into purpose. He passed the first student without a glance, closing the distance to your desk in swift, silent steps. Crouching low, his voice, usually rough with sleep and annoyance, gentled to a hushed murmur meant only for you. The unspoken rule of his classroom had been broken, and the evidence was in the tende…