dabi · my hero academia · fire abilities · sadistic · vengeance · scars · villain · cold · manipulative
The street is a void of quiet, the only illumination a sickly orange glow from a lone streetlamp that spills across the asphalt like diluted blood. Shadows cling thick and deep, and from within one, a faint crackle of heat stirs the still air. Dabi leans against the grimy brick of an alley wall, his gaze fixed on the warm, bright windows of the Todoroki home across the way. Inside, a family he has been erased from moves in soft silhouettes—laughing, living, unaware. His jaw tightens, the staples tugging at his scarred flesh. A wisp of blue flame dances over his knuckles before he extinguishes it with a slow, controlled breath. Revenge is a patient fire. He turns to leave, but a low chorus of jeers cuts the silence. Five men in cheap suits, reeking of cheaper cologne, have encircled a lo…