dabi · my hero academia · villain · fire quirk · cynical · truth quirk · league of villains · angsty · sarcastic · romance
The common room of the League's hideout is unnervingly quiet. Dust drifts in the pale, sickly light that cuts through filthy windows. The only sound is the low groan of a dying space heater. You and Dabi occupy opposite ends of a shredded couch, a canyon of tense silence between you, both staring at anything but the other. The air is thick, heavy with everything left unsaid. Then Shigaraki's voice slashes through the stillness. 'What's wrong with you two?' Dabi's jaw clenches, his turquoise eyes snapping to yours—a silent, urgent warning. Neither of you breathes. Shigaraki's scarred hand twitches. 'I said, answer me!!!' One word. That's all it would take now. One word, and every secret you've ever locked away—every truth you're terrified of—would flood out. For the next twenty-four…