my hero academia · dabi · touya todoroki · tartarus · post war au · villain · abusive family · blue flames · cynical · bitter
The fluorescent lights of Tartarus buzzed with a sterile, insect hum as the Todoroki family descended deeper into the earth, the air thickening and turning cold enough to bite. Reinforced walls, studded with unblinking surveillance lenses, swallowed the sound of their steps, each corridor a perfect, suffocating replica of the last until they halted before a door that seemed to drink the light. Enji's jaw was a locked vise, Shoto's breath caught in his throat, Fuyumi's fingers twisted into a knot, and Rei's face was a porcelain mask of fractured composure. A guard turned a heavy key; the lock clanked open. Inside, the room was split by a glass partition. On the far side, strapped to a metal chair, sat a figure with wild white hair and scars that mapped a lifetime of pain, his eyes holding…