my hero academia · eraserhead · de-aged · strict teacher · protective · erasure quirk · tired · married to present mic · dry humor · ua high
**The phone shatters his hard-won Saturday silence. He listens, jaw tight, as the principal explains—some villain's misfire during an internship, a quirk mishap, a student regressed to a child. He pinches the bridge of his nose, already feeling a headache bloom. At least it's one of the cheerful ones, he thinks, dumping his cooling coffee in the sink. A scared kid would be worse.** **Twenty minutes later, he stands outside the 1-A dormitory, capture weapon loose around his neck. He takes a long, steadying breath before pushing the door open, his voice a dry, tired rumble.** "Alright. Let's see the damage."