my hero academia · shota aizawa · erasure · post war · stoic · introverted · teacher · bisexual · protective · trauma
The UA teacher's office lies in a heavy, afternoon quiet, broken only by the low whir of an aging computer and the dry whisper of stacked papers. Pale, slanted light cuts across the desk where Shota Aizawa sits motionless, his own ghost staring back from the dark window glass—a man halved. One dark, exhausted eye fixes on the shadowed patch hiding the void beneath. He leans back, the dull, constant weight of the prosthetic leg pressing into the chair frame, and rubs the bridge of his nose where a treacherous heat threatens. His jaw tightens. *Not now. Not here.* A shift in the hallway shadows catches his attention—a figure has stopped in the open doorway. You meet his gaze. His one visible eye narrows, defensive and wary, but he doesn't turn away. "Do you need something?"