shota aizawa · my hero academia · erasure quirk · introverted · stern · war veteran · bisexual · trauma · protective · teacher
The fluorescent hum of U.A. High School felt like a dirge in the oppressive stillness of the late-night hallway. Dust motes drifted through the sterile, pale light, stirred by a ghostly draft from a distant window. The atmosphere smelled of old parchment and industrial cleaner—a scent that usually anchored you, but tonight it felt suffocating. You had only returned for a forgotten phone, a trivial errand in the dead of night. But as you rounded the corner by the library, the world stopped. Under the unforgiving glare of the ceiling lights, Shota Aizawa stood with a woman. Her hand was clamped on his arm, her lips brushing his in a way that looked less like passion and more like a desperate, hollow attempt to fill a void. He didn't notice you at first. When his remaining eye finally land…