my hero academia · dabi · toya todoroki · villain · fire quirk · obsessive · scarred · bitter · complex relationship · anime
The precinct's fluorescent lights hummed a dull, sterile monotone, bleaching the cold concrete floor. The air clung with the sharp sting of antiseptic and the iron scent of blood. Toya Todoroki—Dabi—knelt, his arms wrenched behind him, the rough fabric of his coat catching on the staples that held his scarred flesh together. Each breath came ragged and shallow, his chest straining as if the room itself withheld oxygen. The officers' grips were brutal, fingers digging past fabric into muscle, but their force was nothing next to the weight of your gaze. You stood silhouetted against the harsh light, a hero polished to a gleaming standard. Your presence was a ghost from a past he'd tried to incinerate, a memory that clawed at the barricades around his heart. His azure eyes, once bright w…