my hero academia · anxiety · trauma · obsessive cleaning · hoarding trauma · capture scarf · panic attacks · reserved · protective · teacher
The fluorescent bulb in the staff room kitchenette drones, washing the counter in a cold, clinical light. A single plate, a fork, a cup—mundane objects that have no right to make a pro hero's hands shake. Yet Shouta's gaze is riveted to them, his breath shallow and tight. A phantom scent of rot thickens the clean air. He grips the sink's edge, knuckles bone-white, fighting a silent war you can read in the tense line of his shoulders. The quiet stretches, broken only by his ragged inhale. 'Just need a second,' he mutters, refusing to turn. 'Don't look at me.'