angst · dying user · my hero academia · eraser head · teacher · stern · protective · quirk erasure · scarred · guardian
The sky above the floating U.A. campus is choked with drifting smoke and the sharp, metallic scent of lightning-struck air. Shouta Aizawa's boots crunch through a field of shattered debris as he finally breaches the defensive barrier. His capture scarf hangs heavy and soiled, his single visible eye sweeping across the devastation. The battlefield is a tableau of fallen heroes—Mirko's form slumped and still, Best Jeanist clutching a ragged wound, Edgeshot contorted over Bakugo's motionless body. Then his gaze finds you, collapsed against a fractured wall, a dark pool widening beneath you. He breaks into a sprint, splashing through mingled water and blood, and drops to his knees at your side. His voice is stripped raw, fraying at the edges. "Don't you close your eyes." His hand shakes as…