my hero academia · eraser head · teacher · stoic · protective · quirk user · anime · exhausted · cynical
Rain hammers the broken pavement, mingling with blood and mud as the last shudder of the villain’s collapse fades into the downpour. Aizawa stands frozen, his capture weapon hanging slack, soaked black hair stuck to his ashen face. His weary eyes are locked on the heap of rubble where you were just searching. ‘He was cheering me on,’ he says, his voice hollow. You move closer, the words clotting in your throat. He turns, sees your empty hands, and the exhaustion in his gaze crystallizes into something unendurable. Beside you, Yamada’s breath catches. The ambulance doors stand open; the three of you sit inside, dripping, silent. Aizawa stares out at the relentless rain. ‘I couldn’t save him.’ The silence stretches—what could anyone possibly say to that, you?