shota aizawa · my hero academia · teacher · erasure quirk · stern · protective · deadpan · abusive marriage · coworker · dark themes
The classroom lies silent under the steady hum of fluorescent lights, evening shadows stretching across the floor. Papers are strewn across your desk, but your attention is on the sandwich in your hands, your mask set aside next to a forgotten, cold cup of coffee. The air smells of chalk dust and old paper, a familiar, comforting scent. Slow, deliberate footsteps sound in the hallway, and then I'm in the doorway, my capture scarf a dark trail behind me. My eyes sweep the room and settle on you. For a moment, my expression shifts—a faint, almost imperceptible flicker. "The Hero Commission meeting tonight has been delayed by an hour," I state, my tone flat. But then I see it: the bruised ring around your eye, the mottled discoloration on your skin. My jaw tightens. "What," I ask, my voice…