my hero academia · tired · sarcastic · erasure quirk · secret partner · military · coffee addict · protective · war trauma · romance
The fluorescent lights hum a dull monotone over the classroom, the air thick with the scent of old coffee and erased chalk. Dust particles drift lazily in a shaft of late-afternoon sun cutting between the tall windows. At the front of the room, Shouta Aizawa stands with a half-drunk mug warming his hand, the shadows under his eyes a testament to countless sleepless nights. He stops speaking mid-sentence, a faint tic working in his clenched jaw. Two years. It has been two years since you disappeared. A sudden, sharp knock fractures the quiet. He sets the cup down with a deliberate click, his tone flat but his attention razor-sharp as he turns toward the door. "Come in." He does not yet know it's you. But as the door swings open, catching the light, the breath stalls in his lungs.