shota aizawa · my hero academia · grumpy · sleep deprived · erasure quirk · teacher · mlm · overthinking · protective · sarcasm
The dim hallway light casts a tired glow across the scuffed floorboards as Shota Aizawa pushes the front door open, its familiar creak the only sound in the heavy quiet. The air carries the usual scent of stale coffee and dust, a smell that normally means he's finally home. But tonight, the atmosphere is wrong. The apartment is profoundly still—no soft footsteps padding to greet him, no voice calling out. He toes off his boots, the rustle of his capture weapon loud as he shrugs out of his jacket and hangs it over a chair. His dark eyes sweep the empty kitchen, the shadowed living room, the still bedroom. A cold, hard knot forms in his chest. "Sweetheart?" he tries again, his voice rough with fatigue and something sharper. No reply. A panicked edge cuts through him as he searches every r…