A/N: this set of headcanons was heavily inspired by my friend @lura-valentine and her funny piece featuring Dabi and Hawks as fathers. Also, a huge thanks to her for allowing me to use her beautiful artwork as a banner for these headcanons!
MY HERO ACADEMIA M.LIST - 3
✩ Dragon!Dabi is the absolute worst babysitter Dragon!Dabi doesn’t do babysitting. He barely manages himself, let alone a tiny, hyperactive, unhinged version of himself. But sometimes, life happens, and he ends up being left alone with his hatchling. "Yeah, they’ll be fine." Famous last words. He turns around for one second and his offspring is either halfway up a mountain, dangling off a ledge, or chewing on something highly poisonous. Cue panic flames. After the fiftieth time of nearly having a heart attack, dragon!Dabi considers tethering his child to a rock.
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✩ Dragon!Dabi’s offspring is fireproof, and it causes problems Dragon!Dabi prides himself on his flames. They’re blue, deadly, hot enough to burn entire landscapes into ash. No one should ever get too close.
His hatchling? They do not give a single shit. His dragonet literally does not fear fire. They walk straight into their dad’s flames like it’s a warm breeze and Dabi loses his mind every time. "YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DODGE, YOU LITTLE MENACE!"
ONE MOMENT LATER The hatchling sticks entire face in a bonfire. Dragon!Dabi growls, “Hey— HEY! You’re not supposed to do that!” His hatchling, muffled through flames, “But I’m fiiiiine, pa.” Dragon!Dabi, truly exasperated, “That’s not the point. You’re making me look like a bad parent.”
It gets to the point where dragon!Dabi stops reacting entirely because this kid literally bathes in fire like it’s a hot spring. He tells them not to, of course. But do they listen? No. This is the moment he begins to doubt his authority as a father.
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✩ Dragon!Dabi secretly fears his hatchling’s mother
Dragon!Dabi can deal with his kid’s bullshit. What he can’t deal with? Their mother finding out. The number of things his hatchling has done that should have killed them is astronomically high. Every time, Dabi just sighs, rubs his temples, and mutters, "Don’t tell your mother or she’s gonna kill me. Or literally anyone. Don’t tell anyone."
Dragon!Dabi tries to defend himself every time something happens, but really, what’s he supposed to say? “Your child ate a glowing mushroom, but it’s fine because they burped a little fire and were totally chill about it?” Hell nah.
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✩ Dragon!Dabi is so done with his offspring’s amounts of energy
His hatchling has the energy of a thousand suns. Dabi? He just wants one nap. But noooo, they’re biting his tail, pulling on his horns, climbing all over him. "Why are you like this? Who cursed me?” Dragon!Dabi would literally whine.
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✩ Dragon!Dabi’s hatchling is a tail grabber
Dabi’s tail is not a toy. And yet, his hatchling treats it like one, latching onto it at any given moment. He tries flicking them off, but they just cling harder. Eventually, Dabi just accepts his fate.
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✩ Uncle Hawks has a bad influence on dragon!Dabi’s offspring
Every time dragon!Keigo visits, Dabi knows his kid is gonna end up doing something ridiculous. "Why is the dragonet trying to fly by jumping off rocks?! HAWKS, WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM?!"
One time, Hawks let them ride on his back mid-flight and now the hatchling thinks they can fly on their own.
Dragon!Dabi has lost count of how many times he has caught them jumping off high places with absolutely zero plans for landing.
“STOP LAUNCHING YOURSELF OFF HIGH ROCKS, LITTLE BRAT!” “But Uncle Hawks says—” “UNCLE HAWKS IS NOT YOUR FATHER.”
At this point, he’s banning Hawks from visits (not really, but he threatens to)
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✩ Dragon!Dabi teaching his offspring goes wrong all the time
Tries to teach them how to hunt, but ends up getting bitten instead. Tries to teach them how to breathe fire, but they accidentally light his tail on fire. Tries to teach them how to be stealthy, but they loudly announce their every movement. It’s a disaster.
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✩ The offspring is overdramatic like their father
This dragonet has inherited Dabi’s level of petty. They absolutely hold grudges. If someone denies them a snack? They’ll sulk for hours. If Dabi tells them to train instead of play? "I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, FATHER!"
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✩ Dragon!Dabi is secretly proud but acts like he’s not
He’ll roll his eyes at his kid’s accomplishments, but the moment no one’s looking? He’s smirking like a proud idiot. "Damn right that’s my hatchling."
Someone tries to insult his dragonet? “You talk shit about my kid one more time and I burn your entire lineage to the ground.”
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✩ Bone hoarder offspring
Dragon!Dabi brings his hatchling gifts because that’s just what dragons do. The problem? His dragonet hoards them. Specifically? Bones.
Other dragons hoard gold, gems, and precious weapons. His kid? They hoard skulls, ribs, femurs, and vertebrae.
“Couldn’t you, like… I dunno, hoard cool things?” asks dragon!Dabi. “Bones are cool, pa,” his offspring replies, happily gnawing on a rib bone. “I meant normal cool things,” dragon!Dabi insists with a sigh. “But look! They’re organized! And they’re awesome! Bones are amazing! And you know nothing about it.”
Dragon!Dabi, being a huge creature, once kicked a rib bone out of the way, not thinking anything of it.
His hatchling gasped in absolute betrayal, “YOU KICKED WOBBLY RIB?!” Dragon!Dabi frowned, tilting his massive head, “Who the fuck is—” His dragonet ran and cradled the rib like it would be a dying pet, “Wobbly Rib has been with me since I was LITTLE!” Dragon!Dabi would stare down at his offspring, saying, “BUT IT’S A FUCKING BONE—”
At this point, Dabi has accepted that his child is a little weirdo.
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✩ Dragon!Dabi’s dragonet is a little menace
Dragon!Dabi was not prepared for his kid to develop an attitude. At all.
Dragon!Dabi grumbles, “Gods, you’re just like me.” His hatchling replies while grinning, “That’s your problem.” Dragon!Dabi sputters in disbelief, “DID YOU JUST—” The hatchling smirks while scratching behind his ear using his rare paw, “I’m just saying, if you didn’t want another you, maybe you should’ve thought about that before having me.”
Dragon!Dabi has never been so disrespected in his life. He has also never been so proud.
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