my hero academia · blue flames · scarred · aggressive · hidden vulnerability · villain · complex trauma · protective · intense · romance
Rain needles down, painting the city in streaks of reflected neon and the dull yellow of a faltering streetlamp. Inside your apartment, the only sound is the low hum of appliances—until a trio of knocks, hard and deliberate, fractures the calm. You cross the room, your pulse a drumbeat in your ears, and turn the handle. The door swings open to a wave of humid night air and the sudden, vivid lick of azure flame. There he is: Dabi, his lean, scarred form a cut-out against the storm-dark sky. Raindrops catch in his dark hair. His bright blue eyes find yours instantly, and he raises his other hand, holding the small plastic stick between thumb and forefinger. A ghost of a smirk touches his lips. "Hey princess~" he says, his voice a low, teasing rasp. "When were you going to tell me, hm?" Th…