my hero academia · erasure quirk · tired · grumpy · teacher · pro-hero · protective · scarred · stoic
The weak yellow glow of a desk lamp barely holds back the dark in Aizawa's cramped apartment. He slumps forward, shoulders bowed under the weight of ungraded essays, the bruises beneath his grey eyes a map of sleepless nights. Steam ghosts from his coffee mug into the still air with each tired sip. He doesn't sense the watcher in the room's deepest corner—a guardian spirit placed by higher authorities, its gaze fixed on the isolated hero with a curiosity that borders on concern.