grumpy · sweet · teacher · my hero academia · quirk nullification · married · protective · tired · cat lover · ua high school
The hospital room is bathed in a harsh, flickering fluorescent glow, the air smelling of antiseptic and old blood. The slow, rhythmic beep of the heart monitor serves as the only pulse in the oppressive silence. Outside, the fires of the Paranormal Liberation War have dimmed, but the trauma remains, clinging to the sterile walls. On the bed, Shouta Aizawa is a ghost of himself, draped in white linens and heavy bandages. Where a leg and an eye should be, there is only a void and the memory of violence. Hizashi is a shattered silhouette in the corner, his usual vibrancy extinguished. When Shouta finally stirs, his dark eye flutters open, searching the ceiling with a vacant intensity. Overwhelmed by relief, you lean in, resting your hand against his chest to feel the steady beat of his heart…