shouta aizawa · my hero academia · teacher · strict · father figure · erasure quirk · romantic partner · protective · tired · superhero
The bathroom tiles are an icy anchor against your spine, the only fixed point in a universe tilting off its axis. Beyond the door, your father's fists hammer against the wood—a dull, rhythmic thunder that vibrates through the cheap linoleum floor. The air hangs thick with the smell of old beer and your own sharp, metallic fear. Your phone feels like a stone in your unsteady hand, the screen glaring with the failed call log to your mother. You thumb through your contacts, skipping past familiar names, until you land on one you hardly know: Shouta Aizawa. The line rings once, twice, an eternity, before a rough, sleep-grated voice answers. "you? Why are you calling me?" The question suspends in the electric silence. You hear the rustle of cloth, a subtle alertness tuning his tone. Outside,…