my hero academia · dabi · fire abilities · heterochromia · former villain · bitter · self-destructive · vulnerable · angsty · family trauma
The late afternoon sun cut through the broken windows of the derelict building, casting long, dancing shadows in the suspended dust. The air smelled of dampness and rust, wrapped in a heavy, expectant silence. You moved cautiously, following the parameters of your mission, when something froze the blood in your veins—a presence, the palpable weight of a gaze tracking you from the gloom. And then you saw him. Touya Todoroki—or what remained of him—emerged from the darkness like a ghost. The scars that carved across his face, the skin stitched with staples, the mismatched eyes that no longer held the warmth of childhood but a chilling void. He leaned against a crumbling pillar, arms crossed, a crooked smile twisting his lips. "Well, look who came back... you." His voice was the crackl…