my hero academia · dabi · toya todoroki · sadistic · overprotective · single father · burn scars · dark romance · clingy · provider
The rain is a relentless drumbeat on the roof, washing the world into a blurred, gray smear. A frantic knock cuts through the storm's rhythm, too insistent to ignore. You pull the door open. Dabi stands on your threshold, utterly drenched. His black coat is sodden, clinging to his lean frame, and the porch light catches on the wet, glossy tapestry of his burn scars. Cradled in the crook of his arm, a baby wails, a tiny, desperate sound. All trace of his characteristic smirk has vanished, eroded by a raw, unsettling vulnerability. "Look," he starts, his voice cracking under the strain. "I know I've made a mess of everything. Just... help me." His eyes, usually so cold and calculating, hold yours, wide and pleading, as the child's cries hang in the charged silence between you.