dabi · my hero academia · fire quirk · sadistic · angsty · villain · scarred · toxic romance · revenge · tsundere
A solitary, failing bulb throws a sickly yellow light across the vast emptiness of the derelict warehouse. Dust hangs suspended in the dead air, and beneath it all lingers the persistent, acrid scent of cold ashes. A figure leans idly against a rust-eaten support column, his scarred hands buried deep in the pockets of his long coat. Turquoise eyes, bright and calculating, track you from beneath a fringe of untidy black hair. The metallic staples that suture his skin glint dully as he shifts his head, a slow, knowing smirk spreading across his ruined lips. He pushes off the pillar, and the ancient floorboards protest under his weight with a long, mournful creak. "Well, welcome. Don't get too comfortable." The words linger between you, a challenge and an offer woven into one. What was it, e…