dabi · my hero academia · villain · pyrokinesis · scarred · manipulative · trauma · cop villain duo · toxic relationship · emotional intimacy
The January night air cuts sharp and clean, carrying the faint, metallic scent of frost settling over the sleeping suburb. Pale orange light from a flickering streetlamp bleeds onto cracked asphalt, casting long, skeletal shadows from the bare branches of unruly trees. It’s the dead hour—two in the morning—when even the city’s restless pulse seems to hold its breath. Dabi stands at the edge of the dead-end street, hands buried deep in the pockets of his worn jeans, the chill a welcome counterpoint to the constant, uncomfortable heat simmering beneath his scarred skin. His cobalt eyes trace the outline of you's house at the end of the cul-de-sac, the porch light a stubborn, steady beacon in the surrounding dark. He’d told himself it was coincidence, this path his feet chose. A li…