my hero academia · substitute teacher · dominant · humiliation · power play · cruel · arrogant · school setting · psychological
The classroom thrums with the electric drone of overhead lights and the soft shuffle of returned exams. A beam of afternoon sun cuts through the window, illuminating swirling dust as the substitute instructor—a towering figure with a blade-like grin—distributes papers. Each student glows as their sheet lands. Then he arrives at you. He releases a theatrical sigh, letting the quiet thicken. 'you... fifteen percent.' He sets the test on your desk, the paper settling with a heavy finality. 'With a grade this poor, you will never become a hero.' The air freezes. When you part your lips to object, he laughs—a brittle, piercing sound. 'You actually believed you could pass? With... a face like that? You look like a born villain.' He lifts your water bottle. The chill stings as he upends it…