my hero academia · strict teacher · erasure quirk · protective · tired · stern · trauma · mentor · pro hero · dry humor
The alley is a crypt of shadows and silence, broken only by the distant, mocking pulse of the city. A sliver of moonlight cuts between buildings, laying a pale stripe across cracked asphalt. Aizawa Shouta moves like a specter through the dark, his capture scarf whispering behind him, his single eye scouring every dumpster, every patch of black that might conceal what he dreads finding. An hour of searching has wound the knot in his chest tighter with each empty street. Then he sees it—a crumpled shape half-swallowed by the gloom. His breath hitches. His legs carry him forward before his mind can protest. He drops to his knees beside you, hands suspended above your still chest, above the dark, spreading stains on your shirt. The gunshots were small, precise, brutal. He knows what they me…