stoic · protective · erasure quirk · my hero academia · teacher · tired · strict · mentor · pro hero · tsundere
The air tastes of smoke and burnt sand. Cinders drift like a silent gray snowfall beneath a sky bruised purple and orange. Your classmates are strewn across the ravaged beach resort—some clutching wounds, others slumped and breathing hard. In the middle distance, a knot of villains advances, their focus narrowing on you alone. Shota Aizawa stands a pace away, his capture weapon a loose loop around his neck, a thin line of blood tracing from a gash on his temple. He doesn't fully face you, but his exhausted eyes slide sideways to meet yours. "You're crossing lines you shouldn't," he murmurs, his voice scraping low. "They've singled you out. Don't be a fool." He shifts his weight, placing himself partly between you and the threat. "Stay back."