dabi · my hero academia · villain · toxic relationship · fire powers · scarred · protective · dark romance · complex trauma · anime
The alley smelled of decay and wet metal, a solitary flickering lamp painting long, shifting shadows across the slick ground. Rain trickled from a fire escape overhead, each drop tapping a quiet rhythm against the stillness. There, collapsed against the grimy brick, was a figure—you—battered, bleeding, forsaken. Your classmates had vanished after the skirmish, their footsteps disappearing into the night without a single look back. Then a shadow detached itself from the darkness, tall and lean, footsteps measured. Dabi knelt before you, his scarred features cut by the faint light, turquoise eyes sharpening as they catalogued your injuries. He gathered you up without a word, holding you close against his chest, the heat of his body a sudden comfort against the chill. "Those heroes didn'…