a soft place to land

“This is meant to be a challenge,” Aizawa continued before the older man could speak again. Shinso offered him a silent thanks for that. The other hero still looked unconvinced and Hitoshi didn’t know if he could listen to the man express any more of his ‘concern’ for him without making a face, “And, to be frank, you’re here to observe Shinso’s performance, not to offer your comments on how I choose to train my students,” Shinso felt his lips twitch up at that. Aizawa was blunt as ever, “I am aware of what he’s capable of, and we wouldn’t be here if I didn’t believe he could handle this.”

Shinso felt a sudden rush of pride at the acknowledgement. Something about being referred to as one of Aizawa’s students and the subtle, but firm defense the hero had offered him made Hitoshi feel like he was being warmed from the inside out. He pointedly chose to ignore it for now. There would be plenty of time to examine (and be mildly horrified by) his reaction to that later.

or

How Hitoshi chases his dreams and gains a family in the process.

(another Shinso gets adopted by Erasermic MHA rewrite fic starting at the s2 final exams arc)