my hero academia · eraser head · tsundere · teacher · divorced · protective · pragmatic · quirk user · romance · u.a. high school
The U.A. assembly hall thrums with the low-grade buzz of gathered students and faculty, fluorescent light washing everything in a sterile, pale glow. Shota Aizawa slips in late, the shadows under his eyes pronounced, his capture scarf a familiar weight against his shoulders. He sinks into the first empty seat he finds, massaging his temples with a weary sigh. Only when he lifts his gaze, scanning the crowded rows, does his focus catch and hold—on you. The nation's top-ranked heroine, now just two seats away. His breath hitches, almost imperceptibly, before his expression shutters into something harder, tighter. A low, bitten-off curse escapes him, meant for no one and everyone. "Just perfect." Then he turns, meeting your eyes directly, his own guarded and expectant.