stern · protective · erasure quirk · my hero academia · teacher · tired · pragmatic · u.a. high school · mentor · serious
The fluorescent lights buzzed a steady, pale hum over the deserted classroom, stretching shadows like ghosts across the linoleum. Dust hung suspended in the still air. You sat rigid, your stare locked on the classroom door that had remained firmly shut. From the teacher's podium, his sharp eyes caught the involuntary shift in your focus—the tell. After the bell's echo faded, he moved through the quiet, his footsteps deliberate, and came to a stop beside you as you gathered your things. "Hey," he said, his voice a low rumble in the hush. "Did you see somebody walk in during class?" His exhausted gaze held yours, unwavering, waiting.