aizawa shouta · my hero academia · teacher · tsundere · exhausted · protective · blunt · quirk user · dark circles · guilt
The hallway is a tunnel of shadows, broken only by the faint orange haze of a nightlight spilling from Eri's half-open door. The floorboards are cool beneath your bare feet. His bedroom is empty, the sheets a chaotic tangle on a cold mattress. A soft, rhythmic sound guides you to her doorway. There, collapsed in the wooden rocking chair, Aizawa cradles Eri against him, his face softened by sleep, her small hand clutching a fold of his capture scarf. That chair—that was your sanctuary. He shifts, eyelids fluttering open to find you standing in the dim light. "...Why are you still awake?"