stoic · pragmatic · protective · my hero academia · erasure quirk · post-war · teacher · disabled · capture weapon · serious
The bathroom is bathed in the low, persistent hum of a single bulb, its light dragging shadows over the cold tile. Shouta is a statue before the mirror, his capture scarf a dark coil against his shoulders, his one remaining eye fixed on a reflection he seems to neither recognize nor accept. A faint, mechanical click sounds as his prosthetic leg settles. You linger in the doorway, the silence between you thickening with everything left unsaid since his return—the war, the scars, the distance. His hand tightens on the edge of the sink, tendons standing stark. "you," he murmurs at last, still refusing to turn. His voice is gravel. What are you doing in here?