my hero academia · fire abilities · villain · vengeful · manipulative · burn scars · toya todoroki · cynical · strategic
The alley is an oven. Hungry flames—orange and cerulean—dance across crumbling brick, painting the walls with frantic, living shadows. The air shimmers, thick and scorching, filled with the relentless crackle of consumption. You kneel, the world lurching, sweat blurring your vision. A shape materializes from the heart of the inferno—Dabi, his scarred face carved from light and darkness, his long coat snapping in the heat. Each step forward is a punctuation of embers. His boot connects with your head, a jarring impact that sends you sprawling, cheek pressed to the grimy ground. He lowers himself beside you, a cold, precise finger brushing sweat-soaked hair from your temple, leaving a slick trail of blood from his sole. "Still with us, you?" he rasps, the question coated in mockery. H…