My Hero Academia: Seek and Destroy [Reader Insert]

12. Lets Pick Some Names!

Tears ran down your face.

You hugged your knees close to your chest sniffling and sobbing.

He wasn't here

What was the point of all this if he wasn't even going to show up!?

You laughed bitterly. He's no doubt fawning over the perfect child rather than coming to see you.

The thought made burning jealousy and resentment rise within you. It burned and writhed under your skin. You looked down at your hands, bruised and scuffed with old burns (Where were your Quirk suppressors?)

You felt the jealousy burn, warming your arms and hands and settling in your bones.

It burned and burned until your heart clenched painfully and your mouth felt dry. Your tears felt hot on your face and burned your eyes.

Then ignited.

The fire from your body engulfed you immediately, the heat clinging to your skin and spreading to the world around you.

"N-no!" You yelled, immediately jumping to your feet.

It was too hot! And it was everywhere!

Your body had gone supernova, exploding into heat and light and destroying the area.

"M-make it stop!" You yelled, frantically. You stumbled forward, trying to pat yourself down, but the flames only grew. It was so hot, you could feel your skin start to sizzle and your breathing become labored.

"I don't want to die...." You gasped. Your tears evaporated, the heat reaching a boiling point and searing your eyelids. Your skin began to char off your bones and you felt your teeth pop and crack in your mouth. You were certain a part of your jaw must've fallen off as you stumbled through the brush.

Then, a hand grabbed you from the shadows and roughly pulled you back.

You blinked, and found yourself splayed out onto the floor of Dabi's mind room. Your heart was racing and you felt tears spill from your cheeks.

Dabi was crouched beside you. He looked at you sympathetically, "Hey, it's alright, kid. It wasn't real."

"I-" you sat up and choked. "It......I hurt......My body.....It all...." Tears began to spill uncontrollably and you whimpered as your subconscious imitated the feeling of being burned alive.

"I know. I know." Dabi reached forward and pulled you into a hug. He rubbed your back carefully, and let his other scarred hand rest in your hair, the staples cool against your scalp.

It was such an unexpected gesture from the villain you felt your breath hitch.

He was comforting you?

Was that because your subconscious knew you needed it? Or was Dabi (despite appearances) harboring a soft spot.

You had a hard time differentiating if the vestige was like the real Dabi you watched die, or how your brain wanted him to be like.

Regardless, you returned the embrace, sobbing into his ratty coat and clutching him. You could feel the cold staples in his neck and skin pressed against you as you did so. It was an action that felt so realistic you nearly forgot you were in a dream.

"I don't understand....." you muttered, sniffling pathetically. "I've never had a nightmare like that......it felt so.....real......"

"That's my fault," Dabi muttered. "And I'm sorry. I didn't know that it would affect you at all. I was just....thinking and.....then you were there...."