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Dabi never cared for holidays, thinking they were too much work for not enough reward. What would he gain from assigned days designed to make you spend time with family and other loved ones? He didn’t give two shits about his family and loved ones, don’t make him laugh. There was literally no purpose in celebrating holidays. He’d just leave that for the people who actually care about those things.
Blue eyes watched his fellow league members(not friends, never friends) participate in the most stupid holiday ever invented; Valentine’s Day. Toga was making cupcakes that almost certainly contained blood while singing under her breath. She was way too cheery, but this was her favourite holiday so he’d let her have it. He was more surprised by his boss dragging Spinner off to binge play video games and pretend they were normal young adults in a relationship and not top-ranked villains. Sometimes, he forgets just how young they all were.
buzz buzz
Gremlin 😈
Hey, you got anything going on today?
Midoriya Izuku was someone who came out of nowhere, crashing into his life and becoming part of his very being in no time. Aptly named Gremlin, he was chaotic and only followed rules when they suited him, which was never. Dabi isn’t one hundred percent sure how he ended up in the kid’s orbit, just that he was there.
After the little demon dropped out of high school to become a cryptid(or vigilante, they’re pretty much the same), they started meeting more and more. At first, trying to kill each other and yeah, it wasn’t one-sided. The brat has a vindictive streak and was definitely trying to commit murder. Then there were a couple of team-ups. Vigilantes were that grey area that seemed to lie in between hero and villain, so they work with both when they can. They quickly found out they made a good team and with that led to a tentative friendship, among other things .
I have really got to stop sleeping with heroes and hero-adjacents. Dabi thought to himself, but it wasn’t going to change. Izuku was one of those things that happen to good, deserving people and the fire villain was far from that. But he was one of the people that gets to have it anyway and he’d damned if he was letting the kid go.
Daddy Issues Express 🔥
Nah, I’m not doing shit today. Why?
Wait
What the fuck!
Which one of you bastards changed my name?
Gremlin 😈
I plead the fifth 😽
Free The Bird 🐣
This isn’t America and everyone knows you did it
You are the only one who can change names in this chat
…
Gremlin, why?
Gremlin 😈
I only speak the truth, feathers 💅
Hawks was another strange occurrence in his life that seemed to become a permanent fixture. After everything with the HPSC, Twice, Endeavour, etc staying out of each other’s lives should’ve been easy. Neither had wanted to let the other go, be it hate or something else, they just kept coming back to each other. Dabi couldn’t say he loved Hawks in any capacity, he was too far removed from emotions to admit to that, but he could say he didn’t want to live his life without the winged man in it.
Daddy Issues Express 🔥
Change my name
Now
Gremlin 😈
You know what, I don’t think I will
Any-who
Dabs, you have plans now
Daddy Issues Express 🔥
I do? 😑
Free The Bird 🐣
Yep
We’ve been working too hard and I’m calling an intervention. Not taking no for an answer.
We’re having a movie night and eating junk food at my place
Bring comfy clothes and get all the snacks you can carry.
We are staying up all night ↖(^ω^)↗
Or until I crash from all the sugar 👻
Gremlin 😈
It’ll be a fun time, firestarter
I’ve got the WWPC 🐈 watching Eri for the weekend and put the fear of god into enough people that we shouldn’t be bothered 😇
Daddy Issues Express 🔥
You say that shit and put the halo emoji at the end? Really =.=
I’ll come over if only to get away from Toga who I’m pretty sure is going to try and feed me her bloody cupcakes
And I didn’t just become British. There’s blood in the cupcakes
They’re an abomination
Free The Bird 🐣
Hell yeah! This is going to be so much fun
I’m gonna make a blanket nest
See you guys soon!
🏃💨
Gremlin 😈
I’ve got a few more things to take care of then I’ll head over
See you guys in like 2-ish hours
Deku out 👋
Daddy Issues Express 🔥
Guess I’ll swing by the store and pick up some shit 💀
See you losers when I see you
xXx
Two-ish hours later found Dabi in front of Keigo’s door, one hand holding several grocery bags of unhealthy food and the other holding a case of beer. He kicked against the door and was greeted almost immediately by a blur of green and the soft sensation of chapped, bitten lips against his. Izuku must have been anxious over something recently, the cuts on his mouth were fresh and the kid had a tendency to mutilate his own lips with his teeth when fretting.
“You’re here!” The little vigilante whispered against him before deepening the kiss, the bags in his hand being whisked away by tell-tale feathers.
“Were you not sure I was actually gonna come?” Dabi joked, allowing himself to be pulled into the apartment. Another body embraced him from behind and the villain found himself sandwiched in a hug.
“Nah, I knew you’d come. I just like seeing you.” Izuku informed matter-of-factly, ducking out of the hug and walking away. “Now come on! We’ve got a pizza on the way and a whole bunch of movies to pick from. Let’s get this party started!” Float activated with the teen’s excitement and then he was gone.
“Let’s go before he destroys my apartment and beautifully crafted blanket nest,” Hawks suggested with a laugh, forehead rested in the crook of his neck. He tugged the fire user closer briefly before letting go and stepping back. Dabi turned to face the pro and pulled him into a kiss. Unlike Izuku’s enthusiasm and destroyed lips, Keigo was calm and soft. He could taste the peach of the hero’s chapstick on his tongue where blood had been on the vigilante. His own smokey taste lingered on both boys when he was through with them.
Once they broke their first kiss of the evening, the two ventured further into the apartment to find their third already snuggled into Keigo’s rather impressive blanket nest. The hood on his Miruko themed hoodie was up, giving him bunny ears that matched his ‘hero’ costume. He had on Present Mic sweatpants and one All Might sock and one Endeavour sock on. He could just feel Hawks’ pout at the fact the teen was wearing his merch. Dabi just rolled his eyes and excused himself to the bathroom to clean up and put on his own comfy clothes. Izuku liked to ruffle their bird’s feathers, literally and figuratively, yet the man always reacted as though it had never happened before.
He emerged from the bathroom cleaned and cozy, ready for whatever his idiots were going to force him into. He climbed into the blanket nest on the other side of Midoriya and wiggled into a comfortable position. Snacks surrounded them and drinks weren’t too far away. He grabbed one of the beers he brought and tilted it towards the teen by his side. Without breaking his concentration from the tv that displayed more movies than they could ever watch, Izuku flicked the cap off with a flash of green lightning.
So much more reliable than a bottle opener, Dabi thought as he took a swig.
xXx
The first two movies passed in a blur of greasy pizza and subtle muttering commentary from Izuku. Black Whip and Fierce Wings made grabbing more snacks, drinks, and napkins and disposing of said things so much easier. The only time they had to leave the comfort of their nest was for bathroom breaks.
Izuku cried at the drop of a hat during sad scenes, happy scenes, scenes with small children or animals, and when his mouth wasn’t snacking, he was constantly talking under his breath. Keigo kept hogging the blankets from the other two and placing his cold as hell feet on Dabi’s bare skin whenever he could. He retaliated by hogging the popcorn and periodically throwing it at the bird.
It was a mess; they were a mess, but Dabi couldn’t imagine them any other way. He wouldn’t call it love. Maybe one day, he could call whatever the three of them had that. Until then, they were his idiots and he didn’t want to live his life without them.