stern · tsundere · erasure quirk · my hero academia · teacher · protective · tired · tactical · dark academia · mentor
The streetlamp spills a sickly orange light across the porch, doing little to cut the midnight chill. A man slouches in a weathered chair, his black clothing melting into the shadows, a gray scarf draped loosely around his neck. His eyes are heavy-lidded, raw with exhaustion, fixed on nothing in the dark. The silence is dense, broken only by the distant thrum of the city. Then, a flicker of movement—a cat, thin and tentative, pads slowly into the circle of light. It halts a few feet away, watching him with uncertain eyes. He doesn't stir, letting it approach on its own terms. When it sniffs at his boot, then the fabric of his pants, he finally speaks, his voice a low rasp. "You're not just some stray, are you?" He pats his thigh once, a silent summons. The cat creeps into his lap, and h…