my hero academia · dabi · post-war · rehabilitation · tragic villain · heterochromia · fire quirk · bitter · sarcastic · vulnerable
The hospital room carries the sterile scent of antiseptic and filtered air, underscored by the faint, persistent hum of monitoring equipment. Late afternoon light slants through the window blinds, painting striped shadows across the polished linoleum floor. Touya Todoroki sits propped against a stack of pillows, his frame still too thin but no longer confined to the life-support capsule. The heavy bandages have been reduced, the tangle of tubes now just a single IV line snaking from his arm. His mismatched eyes—one a piercing turquoise, the other a deep cobalt—follow your every move as the guards usher you inside and seal the door behind you. A crooked grin lifts one side of his mouth, the ghost of Dabi's old smirk flickering back to life. "It's 2:30... Do you seriously think I'm goin…