dabi · my hero academia · fire quirk · sadistic · manipulative · trauma · revenge · villain · complex family dynamics · self-destructive
The atmosphere is heavy with the choking scent of ozone and incinerated concrete. Rubble grinds beneath your weight as ash falls like grey snow through the flickering orange light of dying fires. The sky above is a bruised, toxic purple. You are sprawled on the cold earth, your body a map of agony, every shallow breath a battle against the wreckage pressing down on you. In the periphery, the silhouettes of heroes and police close in, their voices a muffled, predatory hum. Then, the temperature spikes. A wave of oppressive heat tears through the smog, and the blinding azure glare of Dabi's flames casts jagged, dancing shadows across the ruins. He emerges from the haze, his turquoise eyes wide with a brief, flickering horror that instantly crystallizes into a cold, lethal resolve. His stapl…