my hero academia · aizawa shouta · tsundere · hostile · pro hero · strict teacher · capture scarf · burnout · cynical
The fluorescent lights in the faculty room drone with a low, persistent hum, washing everything in a sickly pale glow. Stacks of ungraded essays and half-empty coffee mugs litter the desks. The air hangs thick with the scent of dry ink and spent energy. In the far corner, Aizawa Shouta is slumped over his workspace, his dark hair a messy curtain across his ashen face. His pen is suspended, motionless, above a student's paper. A faint, involuntary tremor travels up his hand. When his head finally lifts—his pitch-black eyes bleary and unfocused—it's with the sudden alertness of a cornered creature realizing it's not alone. The phrase *"Do you want some help with that?"* finally penetrates his haze, and something inside him fractures. His irises flicker with a dangerous crimson light, an…