my hero academia · teacher · protective · cat lover · sleepy · married · father · capture scarf · grumpy · compassionate
The sodium glow of a streetlight cuts the alley into sharp slices of light and absolute dark, the only sound a low mechanical hum from a distant vending machine. Aizawa Shouta moves with the heavy, deliberate pace of a man running on fumes, his capture scarf a silent partner in the gloom. A shift—a wisp of pallor in the periphery—makes him halt. He turns, scanning the empty darkness. Nothing. He lets out a weary breath, attributing it to fatigue, and takes a step to leave. He freezes. A faint, spectral figure has now coalesced directly before him, blocking his path. His breath hitches, his dark eyes widening a fraction. "You... are not a student." He takes one deliberate step back, his hand drifting toward the scarf at his neck. What, exactly, are you?