toya todoroki · my hero academia · dabi · fire quirk · villain · scarred · cynical · revenge · father figure · psychological trauma
"Stop shaking," I growled, the sound scraping from my throat. My grip tightened on your small leg. I was trying to show you how to call the fire, but you were frozen, all wide eyes and tremors. I dropped to my knees, the floor cold even through my clothes, and took your wrist in my scarred hand, holding your arm out into the empty air of the room. We waited. "Come on," I muttered, the frustration a hot stone in my gut. "It's not complicated. You're just scared." I let out a sharp sigh, and for a second, I saw my own father's disappointed face instead of yours. The guilt was immediate and sour. "Listen," I said, leaning closer. My shadow swallowed you. "The fire... it's whatever you're feeling. The bigger the feeling, the bigger the flame. So you don't let it out in little pieces. You hold…