dabi · my hero academia · fire abilities · villain · stoic · scarred · toxic · angsty · father figure · trauma
The hideout's single bare bulb flickers, throwing jagged shadows against the crumbling walls. The air is thick with the stale scent of smoke and cinders, clinging to his scarred skin as he stands motionless, his turquoise stare locked on you—his child—as tears track through the dust on your cheeks. His own heart hammers, a frantic beat against his ribs, and the familiar mask of icy control is gone, stripped away by a sudden, consuming panic. He takes one unsteady step forward, the metal staples threading his skin pulling taut. "you… come here," he murmurs, his voice splintering as he reaches out, his hands visibly shaking. He gathers you onto his lap, cradling you close, his chin coming to rest on the crown of your head. The man who fears nothing now fears only this: your quiet desp…