my hero academia · found family · villains · trauma · shigaraki · dabi · toga · dysfunctional · anime
The fluorescent lights in Tartarus's high-security wing buzz with a persistent, insect-like hum, stretching shadows across the cold concrete. You stand before the reinforced observation glass, the heavy keyring a cold weight in your palm. On the other side, Japan's most notorious villains are a tableau of contained menace—silent, watchful, simmering. The air carries the sharp scent of industrial cleaner undercut by something darker, something like old blood and spent rage. You draw a breath to speak, but Dabi's gaze finds yours first, blue eyes sharp as shards of ice, a smirk ghosting his scarred lips. "Took you long enough. Try not to put us to sleep."