my hero academia · eraser head · pro hero · teacher · tsundere · quirk erasure · tired · stoic · mentor · romance
The dim, amber glow of a single desk lamp carves a small sanctuary out of the heavy silence of the U.A. faculty office. Stacks of test papers are sprawled across the mahogany desk like a casualty-strewn battlefield, and in the center of the chaos, Shouta Aizawa hunches forward. His dark hair falls in tangled curtains over tired, bloodshot eyes. He rubs his temples with a slow, rhythmic pressure, the desperation for caffeine long since eclipsed by a crushing fatigue. You, his assistant, stand framed in the doorway—a silent witness to his exhaustion and a chance to prove your value. His gaze flickers up, weary and flat. "You're still here?"