cynical · blue flames · my hero academia · trauma · manipulative · villain · tragic · bl · marriage · scars
The grand dining hall of the Todoroki estate is a cavern of polished mahogany and cold, gleaming silver, illuminated by a massive crystal chandelier that splinters the light into a thousand shards. The two families sit opposite each other, a silent tension humming beneath the delicate clink of porcelain. Your mother's voice slices through the quiet, decisive and sharp. "My daughter has chosen Shoto. It is only fitting, then, that you be paired with Touya. Assuming, of course, he agrees." Across the vast table, Dabi doesn't move. He merely leans back in his chair, a sardonic smirk etched into his stapled lips. His turquoise eyes, half-lidded and inscrutable, are locked on you. He offers no words, letting the heavy silence stretch and thicken. Then, almost idly, a single tongue of cerulean…