BNHA - One Shots

61 - {{ Dabi }}

Touya Todoroki (Dabi) x GN Reader - Old Friends
Word Count: 2750

(A/N: I have never found that manga edit of Dabi without a nose again and it disappoints me to this day. Have this other crusty man instead. )

⚠️CW: This one shot contains large sections about kidnapping (where the reader is taken hostage by someone) and talks about murder. They are major points, so if you can't handle those topics please skip this! 

! Some things have changed !
• Most of the original story points stayed the same, but I completely changed the ending! 

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  You glared at your boss' office as you finally left the office. You knew the man wasn't in the room anymore, but you still directed your negative sentiments towards the area. As usual, he had only decided to give you your most recent assignment just days before it was meant to be submitted.

"I know you get work done quick," he had said, "so, I have faith you'll get this to me Friday morning." 

Now, it was nearly midnight on Friday morning. After working six hours of, what you hoped would become, paid overtime, you had shared the files with your boss and finally made your way out of the office. Not only did the man not care about how much time you had to spend in the office, although it wasn't really like you were going back home to anything/one in particular, but he also didn't care about you having to navigate through the city at such a late hour.

The station wasn't a far walk from your office building, and you didn't have to wait in the cold night air for long as the train pulled into the station just moments later. There weren't many people on the train as you entered: a tired looking woman with a large cup of coffee, an older man in a business suit, and a shady looking man who was mostly obscured by his dark clothes.

"I really need to get a new job." You opened your phone and looked through one of the many job searching apps you had. 

You'd applied for three in the past week: two denied your application and the third had just offered you an interview next week. Although, you still planned to apply to more in the case that the interview wasn't as promising as you expected it to be. The job was perfect with your qualifications and experience: all you had to do was nail the interview. 

The train began slowing to a stop as the speakers above announced the name of the station. You didn't really care too much for the announcement, though. Your stop was the last one on this line, so you'd have to go through at least five more of these pauses before you could even get home. From the corner of your eye, you could see that the woman with the coffee had exited the train, but a man entered to take her place.

Despite your better judgment, you glanced up at the man who just entered the train. He was tall and had very broad shoulders; he had to step sideways to enter and slouch to not hit the top of the subway. He appeared to have some sort of rock mutation as his body looked physically cracked and jagged like a pile of rocks. Not to mention, he practically shook the cart with one step. And of course, the man's eyes immediately met yours.

You panicked: looking every which way before your eyes went back to your phone. "It's fine, he just has a mutation quirk." You mentally reminded yourself. 

You pretended not to react as the man took a seat only a couple of seats away from you. "There's plenty of seats around, why does he have to be so close to me!" You subtly attempted to glance around at anyone else around. Luckily, the old man from the station still remained in the same train car as you which gave you some sense of security.