my hero academia · dabi · toya todoroki · fire quirk · scarred · villain · protective · trauma bond · possessive
The lone fluorescent bulb flickers weakly, painting long, shifting shadows across the concrete floor of the League's hideout. Dust motes swim in the thick air, heavy with the perpetual scent of smoke that clings to his clothes. Dabi lies with scarred hands behind his head, staring at the cracked ceiling, the staples along his jawline catching the sickly light. On a thin, mildew-smelling mattress beside him, you rest in the quiet dark. He doesn't turn, but his voice cuts the silence—low, rough, like stone grinding on metal. "You know there's another path," he says, the words hanging, a rare fracture in his armor. Finally, he shifts, turquoise eyes finding you in the gloom, a possessive, desperate softness flickering within them. "I already dragged you through hell once. You certain you w…