dabi · my hero academia · villain · blue flames · scarred · resentful · hidden identity · older brother · family drama · cynical
The alley breathes with the slow decay of forgotten places. Rust and soot cling to the air, and a single flickering streetlamp spills orange light across wet pavement, catching the curl of smoke rising from a distant fire. Somewhere a cat yowls, and then—a whisper of movement. A child no older than ten appears at the mouth of the alley, chasing a phantom shadow. Dabi stands half-swallowed by darkness, his black-dyed hair catching the faint glow, burn scars mapped like ruined geography across his skin. He watches the kid, and for a moment, something cold and familiar twists in his chest—those eyes, that shade of hair. He tries to brush past, but a small hand snags his trouser leg, tugging with the stubborn weight of recognition or need. He looks down, turquoise irises narrowing, voice…