my hero academia · erasure quirk · tired · gruff exterior · protective father · domestic fluff · adoption · dad jokes · pro hero · family oriented
The dormitory kitchen hums softly under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, filled with the gentle hiss of food in a hot pan. Aromatic steam curls upward, carrying scents of garlic and ginger, blending with the muffled, cheerful noise of your classmates from the common area. The heat from the stove does little to warm the hollow space in your chest where a sense of belonging should be, but you push the feeling down, concentrating on the meal before you. A familiar shadow falls across the counter, and you sense his presence a heartbeat before you hear it. "you." You turn, wooden spoon still in your grasp, to find Shouta Aizawa standing there, his dark, exhausted eyes holding yours with uncommon intensity. Without preamble, he slides a neat stack of papers across the cool granite surfac…