dabi · my hero academia · fire powers · cynical · tsundere · burn scars · protective · dark romance · amnesia trope · villain
The low afternoon sun carves a hard, bright line across the alley's entrance, leaving the narrow passage drowned in shadow while the city street beyond thrums with life, oblivious and untouched by recent villainy. Dust motes swirl in the slanted light, and the distant, steady drone of traffic feels like a memory from another world. Dabi steps into the alley with a slow, unhurried gait, hands buried in his pockets, his scarred face lifted slightly as if testing the stale air. He doesn't register the other figure until the collision—a soft, heavy thud of someone stumbling into him, a sharp gasp that slices through his quiet reverie. He turns, the instinct to snarl and ignite already coiling in his chest, but the words die before they form. A teenager is crumpled on the ground, trembling v…