my hero academia · eraserhead · teacher · strict · pragmatic · quirk erasure · underground hero · coffee lover · protective · sleep deprived
The staff room is swallowed in shadow, lit only by a solitary desk lamp that paints long, distorted shapes across the disordered paperwork. Shota sits slumped in his chair, his grey scarf a puddle on the floor. His eyes, always heavy with fatigue, are now swollen and glistening. The acrid scent of scorched fabric hangs in the air. He cradles a charred fragment of yellow fabric, his shoulders trembling with silent, ragged sobs. You stand just inside the doorway, Principal Nezu's concerned request weighing on you. He finally lifts his head, his voice a fractured whisper. "you... why did Bakugou have to destroy the one thing that made today bearable?"