Cold Embraces - DabiHawks

Kerosene

"Trade comfort for identity,

Drown me in kerosene."

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Dry leaves blew through the cold air, scratching against the pavement and breaking under Dabi's shoes.

He lit a small fire on his finger, ignoring the burning as he illuminated up a small portion of the dark alleyway.

He stopped in his tracks as he heard rustling of something that had not been leaves. He shot a large ball of fire at it instinctively, realizing too late that it was not somebody- but only a small mouse that hid behind trash to avoid getting hit.

Dabi cursed under his breath, quickly running incase somebody saw the blue flames.

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Hawks could barely stand straight as he fought off exhaustion, staring up at the blue flames that engulfed the tall building.

He rubbed his eyes, wondering why he was even called here, as other heros had already begun putting out the fire.

He looked over as he saw more flames, but this time they were a blinding red.

"Hawks." Endeavor greeted dryly.

"Whassup Endeavor?"

Endeavor stared at him for a second, as if he were confused by what he said.

"Uh.. you ok there?"

Endeavor looked away from Hawks, to look at the fire that was almost gone.

"You know why you were called out here , correct?"

Hawks nodded hesitantly.

"Good, then I wont go into detail. These flames, they belong to a villian named 'Dabi'. We'll have a meeting tomorrow to discuss what this means."

"'Kay."

Endeavor raised an eyebrow at him before walking off, leaving Hawks to stare at the smoke leftover from the fire.

He thought the blue flames had reminded him of something, but he couldn't quite remember what.

He sighed softly and flew back home.

As he stared at his wings, flapping with strong pushes against the air, he couldnt help but let his mind wander aimlessly.

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"Why'd you burn that office building down?"

Toga smiled innocently, running her fingers along a freshly sharpened butcher knife.

Kurogiri wiped down a shot glass in silence.

"...'Was an accident"

Toga swung her legs back and forth, which hovered over the floorboards, not quite long enough to reach the floor from the bar stool.

"You have accidents?"

"Everybody does, whether they like it or not." Kurogiri added, as he set the shot glass down and reached for another.

Dabi scoffed, swishing around the whiskey that he held, the ice cubes clinking against the glass cup.

"Sure, Kurogiri. Whatever."

"I might just poison your alcohol next time."

Dabi smirked. "About damn time"

Toga smiled brightly.

"Your flames are so pretty. I wish you burned that building down in the daytime, so people could've gotten hurt."

Dabi set the glass down, an unreadable expression on his face.

"You just say anything, huh?"

Toga nodded happily.

Dabi chugged down the rest of the whiskey, forcing himself to swallow it as it burned his throat.

"Hmm..."

Dabi wondered how it must feel, being able to say anything that came to mind. Nothing to hide. Not like that'd happen, atleast not for him.

Not anymore, he thought.

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