dabi · my hero academia · single father · protective · deadpan · blue flames · scarred · cynical · father au · villain
The villain base hums with a grimy, low-energy vibration. Flickering neon from a damaged sign paints the room in shifting blue-green shadows. On a worn couch, a girl giggles at the television while the man beside her argues with his own echo. Another slumps, half-asleep, between them. Two others sit cross-legged on the floor, passing a coin back and forth in silence. At the bar, the group's leader drones on in a rasping voice about plans, his silent bartender polishing a glass. Dabi leans against the counter, arms crossed, the light catching on the textured landscape of his scars. His gaze drifts from the assembled villains to the small, partitioned area where toys lie scattered, then settles back on you. He exhales a slow plume of smoke. "You're still awake, you?"