warmth [dabi x reader]

~✦ 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓻𝓴 ✦~

Hotaru came back from kindergarten with her father, dropping her bag at the side of the door, before rushing in and to the living room where her mother tapped away on her laptop doing work, tiny Asahi waving around in his cradle. 

"I got my quirk!" she exclaimed out of the blue as if it was nothing while she walked to the cradle and stood on her tip toes to peer at her brother, before smothering his cheeks in kisses, watching him squirm, before letting a tiny giggle escape him, his grey eyes closed. 

Her mother looked at her, before smiling "You got your quirk?? What is it? Can you show it to mama?" her arms were open for the little girl who peered at her and nodded enthusiastically "Mhmm!" before going back to playing with her brother's tiny hands.

At that moment, Dabi was walking in, hearing the great news of his baby girl getting her quirk. He laughed throatily "My princess got her quirk!? I wanna see, Hotaru..! Was it like daddy's?" 

Hotaru grinned up at her father and hopped "I dunno! But it was cool!" 

Y/n smiled at her daughter and went to hold her close, placing the laptop aside. "That is wonderful, sweetie! How was your quirk like?" 

The girl shrugged her shoulders again "I dunno. But it was great!" The couple shared looks, before the father laughed softly

"How don't you know?" 

"I just got angry at this boy because he took my toy, and so I shouted at him and he started screaming and ran off, then the teacher came and told me that I man .. manif .. mnifsit .." 

"Manifested?"

" Yes! Manifested my quirk!" 

Y/n furrowed her eyebrows slightly, a little worried about what her daughter's quirk was. She placed her hand on her shoulder and gave a reassuring smile "Can you show it to us?" 

Hotaru shrugged lightly "I don't know how . . ." 

Dabi ruffled his girl's hair, resulting in her swatting his hand away with her much tinier one. "It will show again sooner or later." 

 A couple days later was Sunday. Double D day. ' Daughter & Dad' day, like Hotaru liked to call it. 

She skipped down the stairs and to her father who was on the phone, hopping in front of him. "Daddy! We are gonna go to the mall today, right?!" she was grinning from ear to ear, but Dabi had this serious expression, patting her head as he continued speaking on phone, causing her to swat his hand away.

"Daddyyyy~!" she whined as he finished the call "We're supposed to spend this day together!" she mumbled, staring up at him. 

"But Daddy have work to do." he crouched down to her level and pinched her cheek "I will be back before evening, and we can go then. What do you say?" 

"...Okay.." she mumbled with pouty lips, slumping her shoulders as she went to look for her mother to bother instead. 

A couple hours along with one cake and three movies later, Dabi opened the front door, speaking up in an exhausted tone "I am home..." he sighed lightly, before hearing shuffles of a pair of feet and a head popped out of the living room's door. 

"Daddy! You're back!" Hotaru happily said.

"Hotaru kept asking about your whereabouts." Y/n smiled, petting her girl's head, watching her lean into the touch instead of swatting it away like she playfully did to her dad. 

"Ah, I am tired, though." Dabi ran a hand through his messy black locks, causing the tiny girl to furrow her fiery red eyebrows. 

"But you made a promise, daddy!" she whined loudly. 

"But, Hotaru.." he whined back, and she crossed her arms on her chest, her lips pursing tightly. 

"I-I don't care! You promised!!" she called out loud, Y/n placing hands on her shoulder to calm her, but she seemed pretty upset nonetheless. 

"Okay, well," Dabi shrugged "I will take you to the park and  the mall tomorrow. How about that? Huh?" he was trying to find any way to go and get some sleep for an hour or two. 

"No!" she shouted, before her fists curled and her red hair flamed up in a swirl of blue flames, her eyes glowing blue, taking both her parents by surprise. "You will take me to the mall , now!!" she was acting like a brat right now as she stomped her feet. 

"Okay, okay." Dabi said, crouching down to her height, moving to touch her shoulder, before a flickering flame of her hair made contact with his skin, causing him to pull it back in pain, hissing. 

The flames immediately went off and the tiny girl squeaked rushing to hold her dad as Y/n gasped. "Dabi, are you alright?!" she held his hand up, blowing softly on it, before cupping his cheek "I will go get you some ice." 

As she rushed out to get the ice, Hotaru was now staring up at her father, streams of tears running down her cheeks as she sobbed softly.

"I am sorry, daddy! I didn't mean to hurt you, I just- I just .. I wanted to spend time with you.." she sniffled, staring up at him, her blue eyes glimmering with tears that kept pouring. "We didn't do anything this week and I, I wanted .. to do things with you t-today .. you have work tomorrow.." she gripped his shirt, bawling her eyes out as he stroked her hair. 

"It's okay, no need to cry. It didn't hurt that much, you know?" 

"B-But . . it burned you . . . !"

Dabi let a hoarse laugh escape him, before he held his hand out to her and motioned to his body "What's new? Fire's purpose is to burn, isn't it?" 

Hotaru curled closer to her father, her mother stopping by the door frame to watch their interaction. "F-Fire is scary, daddy .. I don't want fire to hurt mommy .. or you .." she peered at him through her bubbly lashes and pouted even more.

"Oh, Hotaru. Look." he pulled his hand out and a tiny spark of blue flames appeared, shining. "Fire is scary. But, you can use this power of the fire and the way that it is scary to your good. You can use it to protect those you love. Like I do, right?" he chuckled "Look at me burning all those who try to hurt you or mommy. The scary fire is helping me do that, right?"

The girl rubbed her eyes before looking at father and nodded "Mm, you're right . . it is helping you . . "

He cupped her cheek and smiled "Now, you're gonna use this magical fire to protect us too, right?" 

The little girl slowly started smiling, until she was beaming up at her father "You're right! I will protect you and mommy with my magical fire!" 

Dabi laughed and hugged her close "Yes! Mommy protection squad!" 

"Yes!" 

He picked her up and tickled her, causing her to squeal with laughter. "Now, let's go to the mall. What do you want to buy?" 

"I want to buy daddy a cute band-aid!" 

Dabi laughed with his daughter, before looking over his shoulder at his wife. "Are you gonna accompany us, love?" 

Y/n smiled warmly as she shook her head softly "Mm. I will stay here with Asahi. You two go have fun." 

Hotaru peered over her father's shoulder and grinned at her mother "I will get you a cute band aid too, mommy!" 

Y/n laughed softly, pinching her daughter's cheek, causing her to grin big. "Of course. Anything from you will be nice." 

"Yay! Now, let's go, daddy!!" 

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A/n : sniffles. a dad daughter chapter and I hope it is good. Stay safe y'allies. And take care of y'all selves- 😔💕💕