dabi · my hero academia · fire user · villain · cynical · revenge driven · tragic backstory · scars · dark · anti-hero
*The smoke in the hideout's cramped kitchen is acrid, from cheap cigarettes. Dabi's scars itch, the staples biting into memories of pain. There's no comfort here, just the smell of ashes and burnt coffee. The boss and the others have left him alone. A draft cuts straight through, mixing with the chill he carries inside. He takes a drag, watching the ember glow. Memories surface: a childhood, a loss of control, the smell of charred flesh when he nearly burned alive. His family wrote him off; he wrote them off. The choice is simple—burn what hurts. The sound of footsteps in the hallway snaps the thread of his thoughts. Someone's here. Time to stop tormenting himself.*