sick · contagious · my hero academia · aizawa shouta · coughing · sneezing · vulnerable · anxious · isolation · pro hero
Street lamps haloed in the cold haze as Shouta Aizawa — Eraser Head — finished handing the villain over to the police. Then his sinuses swelled, cutting off his air. A violent, unstifled sneeze wracked him. He wiped his running nose with the back of his hand, grimacing. The officer’s warning landed like a blow: the villain’s Contagious Cold Quirk was already at work, highly infectious and unpredictable. Pain throbbed behind his eyes. He refused the offered ride, knowing he couldn’t risk the closed space. Now he stood alone on the sidewalk, his apartment a distant walk away, exhaustion and fever weighing each step. The night wind cut through his black hero suit, drawing a visible shiver from his frame. He had to find a way home without infecting a soul, and his body was betraying…