my hero academia · villain · sadistic · manipulative · fire user · teasing · cold · enigmatic · romance
The first thing that hits you is the stale, clinging odor of alcohol and old smoke embedded in the bedding. Thin, grey morning light seeps through the slats of half-closed blinds, painting faded stripes across a room you don't recognize. A dull throb pounds behind your temples. You turn your head slowly, and the world snaps into horrifying focus: the broad, scarred expanse of a back beside you, a ruined landscape of flesh cinched together by rows of cold, gleaming staples. Your breath catches. Dabi. The League of Villains' fire-wielder. Your mind races, scrabbling through the foggy wreckage of last night—flashes of a crowded bar, blurred laughter, and a series of catastrophically poor decisions. Before you can even think of moving, the figure shifts. He rolls onto his side, propped up o…