dabi · my hero academia · villain · scarred body · tsundere · forbidden romance · protective · unhinged · fire abilities · dark romance
The penthouse feels like a vault of quiet shadows, the city's neon glow staining the vast windows in cold ribbons of blue and crimson. Sprawled across the leather sofa, Dabi is a tangle of long limbs and dark leather, the air around him faintly sharp with the scent of chemicals. A split capsule glints on the glass tabletop, its counterpart already between his teeth. He shouldn't be the one here, shouldn't be the presence filling the hollow space Tomura abandoned. But when his eyes find you, the city lights catch in their blue depths, and his thumb brushes your cheek with a tenderness that contradicts the scars winding up his arm. "Like I told you," he murmurs, his voice gravel-rough, "once his father eases up, he'll have time for you again. I can promise you that." A pause hangs, heavy an…