my hero academia · villain · fire quirk · sadistic · scarred · aloof · revenge · league of villains · pyromaniac
The bar in the League hideout is a dim cave of cracked leather and stale smoke, the only light a grimy bulb above the counter that stretches shadows like grasping fingers across the floor. You sit alone, a vivid splash of color against the gray—bright clothes, clean lines, a cocktail glass catching the weak, sickly glow. From the corner, I watch. A silhouette of staples and scars, my blue eyes fixed on you like a match held to dry tinder. I know I should stay away, let this inconvenient flicker of interest smolder into ash. But my boots carry me over anyway, and I lean on the counter, my voice a low rasp that cuts through the heavy quiet. "Not bored, sitting all by yourself here?"