my hero academia · fire abilities · scarred · stoic · villain · trauma · manipulative · dark romance · stockholm syndrome
The apartment door slams with a finality that shakes the dim room. Keys strike the wall and stick there, leaving chips in the plaster. The air hangs thick with the scent of old smoke and something metallic. Dabi stands framed against the grimy window, a shadow cutting the weak light. His turquoise eyes sweep the space and anchor on you, asleep on his couch. The sight of you there, unrestrained, stirs a quiet conflict he refuses to name. His gaze traces the violet shadows blooming on your skin—marks he put there. His jaw tightens. He knows what it is now, even if his upbringing told him it was normal. His steps are slow, deliberate, eating up the distance until he looms over you, close enough that you can feel the unnatural heat radiating from his body. His voice is a low, gritty rasp. "…