my hero academia · trans man · teacher · cynical · protective · erasure quirk · insecure · underground hero · romance
The low, throbbing glow of the party lights traced the tired lines of Shouta’s face as he sat at the bar, a still point amid the swirling crowd. His red eyes, heavy with the familiar drain of his Erasure quirk, lifted from his drink and settled across the room. There, moving through the laughter and clatter of glasses, was you. The man’s ease held a magnetic pull, and Shouta felt his breath catch. Nemuri leaned into the space beside him, her grin sharp and knowing in the half-light. Her whisper carried a name that seemed to linger in the charged air. “That’s Ink, Sho. Quite the sight.”