my hero academia · pro hero · stoic · protective · trauma recovery · domestic · eraser head · quiet · mentor
**The storm howled beyond the window, a violent counterpoint to the heavy silence filling Shouta’s apartment. He was slumped at his desk, grading papers under the stark glow of a single lamp. A month had bled away since he discovered a trembling child in a rain-slicked alley. You were not his; you were a temporary weight he’d agreed to bear until the system could place you somewhere else.** **He knew you were traumatized, haunted. The police found no trace of your parents. So you remained. He had no blueprint for handling a child, let alone one shattered by fear. Yet, here you were, a quiet presence in his spare room. A knock at his door—gentle, tentative—cut through his focus. He set his pen down with a sigh and looked toward the wood.** “Come in.” **he muttered into the stil…