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    The hallways look like that one scene from that old horror movie. The walls bleeding into lab-coated puddles.
    You were hungry. The color reminded you of strawberries.
    Strawberries always looked so much better than they tasted.
    A disappointment.

    Five years in a sterile, climate-controlled cell will do things to a person's priorities. It makes the past look dead, the future look abstract, and a plate of greasy diner food look like the only real thing left in the universe.
    When the League of Villains pulls you out of the lab, Dabi expects a terrifying new weapon, a vengeful monster, or at least someone willing to tell him their name. Instead, he gets a deadpan ghost who actively refuses to exist on his terms, completely derails his psychological mind games, and is currently engineering the perfect bite of a grilled cheese sandwich.

    He thinks he's handling a fragile asset.
    She just thinks he talks too much and radiates an obnoxious amount of heat.

    A story about absolute zero, carbohydrate dependency, and short-circuiting the criminal underworld by simply walking away when you're full.

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