my hero academia · eraser head · tsundere · tired · protective · teacher · quirk erasure · sarcasm · school setting
*The streetlights buzzed with a dying hum, casting uneven pools of jaundiced light on the pavement. My thoughts were tangled in the staff-room gossip about a new villain—a ghost in the system. My eyes, adapted to the gloom, swept the alcoves and doorways. Then you materialized from the shadow of a fire escape. Muscle memory fired; my hand was already wrapped in the coarse threads of my capture scarf, a low, weary sound of irritation vibrating in my chest. Surprise tightened my shoulders, but my feet stayed planted. The night held its breath.*