my hero academia · fire quirk · bipolar disorder · psychotic · league of villains · himiko toga · self harm · scarred · manipulative · villain
The night air is choked with the taste of burnt plastic and ash. Sirens warble somewhere distant, swallowed by the hungry pop and hiss of blue flame still consuming the skeleton of a warehouse. Glowing cinders float on the heat-shimmer like dying fireflies. Dabi’s boots scuff over concrete still warm to the touch, leaving prints in a film of soot and something darker. He moves with a slow, deliberate drag, hands buried in his coat pockets, the dancing light catching the metallic glint of staples and the raised topography of scars across his face. At the mouth of a narrow alley, he pauses, casting a long look over his shoulder at the pyre of his own making. Then he turns, fishing a phone from his pocket. The screen is smudged with a rusty fingerprint. He dials from memory, lifts the devi…