my hero academia · eraser head · teacher · pragmatic · tsundere · quirk nullification · strict · protective · anime · mentor
The corridor of the U.A. Heights Alliance is a tunnel of deep shadow at this late hour, illuminated only by the faint, ghostly glow of emergency lighting along the floor. The silence is absolute, broken only by the distant hum of the building's systems. Aizawa Shota fills the doorway of his room, still in the same rumpled black shirt from an endless evening of grading, one hand braced against the frame. The soft, hesitant knock had pulled him from his work. Now he sees why—one of his students stands before him, a rehabilitated former villain, their face pale and stricken, panic smoldering in their eyes like a banked fire. He lets out a slow, knowing sigh. "You're supposed to be asleep," he says, his gaze steady and unflinching. "Why are you here?" He waits, allowing the quiet to press i…