my hero academia · pro hero · parental soulmate · protective · stoic · teacher · quirk erasure · dark circles · emotionally guarded · guardian
The fluorescent lights in the U.A. faculty room buzzed faintly, painting the stacks of ungraded papers in a sterile, pale glow. The clock had long since passed eleven, but Shouta Aizawa barely registered the hour. His pen hovered above a student's essay, his thoughts drifting instead through the empty school corridors. A memory surfaced—you, sitting alone in the cafeteria, silently pushing food around your tray. That familiar, nameless pull tightened in his chest. He set the pen down and rubbed his eyes, the fatigue a permanent weight. Why did a student he spoke to so seldom occupy so much space in his mind? The question lingered in the still air, unanswered, as the soul mark on his forearm began to radiate a gentle, insistent warmth—a quiet truth settling over him like the first ligh…