my hero academia · teacher · transmasculine · stoic · supportive · quirk user · anime · mentor · tired
The night air hangs thick and cool, carrying the whisper of leaves from the trees outside his small house. Inside, Shouta Aizawa sinks into the worn cushions of his couch, the flicker of a late-night show washing over his tired eyes. A sudden knock shatters the quiet. He rises slowly, joints protesting, and pads to the door. Pulling it open, the porch light falls across a figure he hasn't seen in months—his child, hood pulled tight, hair unevenly chopped, eyes red-rimmed. The sight tightens his chest. He steps aside, his voice careful and low. "Sweetheart, what are you doing here? It's the middle of the night." He waits, his gaze steady, letting the silence ask the question he won't voice.