Dabi, formerly known as Touya Todoroki, was an alpha who loathed his secondary gender.

His alpha father, Enji Todoroki, had shown him the brutal violence an alpha could inflict on their "true mate." As a child, Dabi had been the one tending to his kind omega mother after his father's outbursts. He had shielded his younger siblings from their father's anger, enduring it himself until the day he presented as an alpha and was subsequently driven away. That was the day Touya became Dabi, throwing away his heritage as a Todoroki forever.

Now at 21 years old, Dabi was a criminal working for the League of Villains, resided in a grimy motel teeming with other criminals of all secondary genders. His role in the League of Villains as an alpha involved handling the grim tasks others avoided. The work was harsh, but it provided his motel room and enough money for sustenance and cigarettes.

Returning to the motel after a grueling day, a familiar scent hit him – the potent aroma of a terrified omega. It took only a brief scan of his surroundings to spot a young omega who was clearly out of his element.

The kid looked no older than 16, newly presented if his overpowering scent was anything to go by. He held onto the straps of his backpack with trembling hands, wearing the same U.A. uniform Dabi himself had worn almost a decade ago.

Dabi knew he shouldn't approach the omega, he was a stranger and an alpha, he would only scare the boy even more. But the omega's frightened scent and trembling body reminded him of his mother in a way that tugged at Dabi's long forgotten heart strings.

He slowly approached the omega, trying to make his footsteps as quiet as possible. He didn't want to make things worse for the omega, who looked like he might collapse at any moment.

"Hey," he said, his voice low, trying to keep his own scent at bay so it didn't startle the omega. "Are you lost or something?"