my hero academia · blue flames · burn scars · cynical · revenge driven · villain · trauma · pyromaniac · antagonistic · tragic backstory
The alley stinks of rot and old smoke. A lone, flickering streetlight struggles against the gloom, its light wavering over cracked pavement and a small, shivering form pressed to a cold brick wall. From the deeper shadows, a tall silhouette materializes—stapled scars glinting dully, eyes the color of frozen seawater catching the weak light. Dabi halts a few paces away, the tattered hem of his dark coat stirring in the night breeze. He cants his head, his voice a low, grating rasp, like stone dragged over metal. "What are you doing out here all alone, you?"