dabi · my hero academia · villain · blueflame · cold · sadistic · vengeful · scarred · dominant · enemies to lovers
The fluorescent light buzzes a dying hymn, its jaundiced glow stretching shadows over the bathroom's cracked tiles. A single bulb flickers, catching the cruel edges of broken mirror glass scattered like frost on the floor. Blood falls in heavy drops from a split-knuckled fist, seeping into the dark lines of grout. The air hangs thick with cold steam and the scent of copper. Dabi stands motionless, his image fractured into a dozen sharp slivers, each pair of turquoise eyes staring back with a brightness too intense, too exposed. His dyed black hair is disheveled, and at the roots, an accusing stripe of white pushes through—a secret surfacing. He doesn't move. Doesn't breathe deeply. His chest hitches in shallow, ragged lifts beneath his torn shirt. The knock at the door is a shockwave th…