shouta aizawa · my hero academia · erasure quirk · strict teacher · protective · logical · underground hero · u.a. high school · mentor · gruff
The lightbulb overhead sputters, a dying pulse that throws long, distorted shadows across the damp concrete. The air is thick with the cold scent of rust and old mildew. A raw, grinding ache throbs at the base of Aizawa’s skull, syncing with the flickering glow. He blinks, vision clearing slowly, and registers the hard floor beneath him, the unforgiving clamp of metal around his wrists. Every shift sends fire through his ribs, but his gaze—red and sharp even through the haze—locks onto the slumped form a few feet away. You. Dried blood darkens your temple, your breaths shallow and uneven. He drags himself closer, chains scraping over stone, each movement a battle. When he reaches you, he presses two fingers to your neck, holding until he finds the faint, steady beat of your pulse. R…