Synopsis: You buy a house at auction that has some nasty rumors attached.
A/N: this was supposed to be a drabble but once i got passed 500 words i was like um maybe i just... give it a title and call it a day. it's less than 1k, so it's a short read. as always, read the tags and let me know what you think!
Tags: murder, suicide, arson, dabi is a ghost lol, kinda implied yandere per usual for me
You had just bought a house at a bank auction. All you had heard was that several mysterious deaths had taken place in the house. Those were just town rumors though. You were sure there was nothing to be scared of. You were only one of two people who bid though, and you won by a hair.
For an old abandoned house, it looked strangely lived in. All the old furniture had come with it, so you saved quite of bit of money-- except what you spent at the cleaners. Nothing about it screamed "grizzly horror movie" to you.
When you moved in though, You began having strange dreams of a burned man. He would touch you lightly, Whisper things in your ear which you never remembered upon waking, and stare at you from the corner of your room. It felt so real you sometimes weren't sure the times you caught him staring were in your dreams.
About a month in, things began to feel much more like a paranormal activity movie. It wasn't terrifying or anything, more... convenient? When you sat down on the couch, the tv would turn on by itself. When you went to wash your hands, the water would begin to run. When you approached the spice cabinet, the door would swing open. It was like this ghost was always just one small step ahead of you. It didn't want to hurt you. Then the dreams became more intense.
Around month three of your stay, The dreams of the burnt man became increasingly violent. You had dreams of him burning things with a metallic blue lighter. He burned anything he could get his hands on- photographs, clothes, and then flesh. In the most recent dream you had, you had witnessed a family perish to the burned man's blue lighter and a bucket of gasoline. You woke up in a cold sweat.
It was that day that you decided to look into those town rumors. It took less than a minute to find a trove of information. Page after page of search results showed up after typing in your address and the word "murder" after it.
ARSON AND MURDER SUSPECT FOUND DEAD IN FAMILY HOME
Touya Todoroki, oldest of the respected Todoroki family, burned his family alive inside their home on Sekoto mountain last Thursday evening. After a three day chase, Touya Todoroki was found burned to death in his home. His death has been ruled a suicide.
Pictures were attached of Touya, his face without a single scar, and then a crime scene photo of his charred hands. Those were the same hands, the same face of the burned man in your dreams.
You had to get out of this house. Now.
Running to the door, the hallway rug was pulled from your feet. You fell hard and fast to the wooden floor, your lip splitting upon impact. You heard not only the ringing in your ears, but the sound of your front door locking shut. Loud footsteps soon followed.
Big black books materialized in front of your face. You looked up, only to be met with the menacing grin of a dead man. He pulled a blue lighter out of his jacket pocket.
You realized that those weren't dreams. those sweet nothings he whispered in your ear were real. He stared at you as you slept, peacefully unaware, until the creaking noises of the settling house woke you up only for a second to see him. Touya Todoroki was the ghost in your house and the burned man of your sweet dreams and hellish nightmares. He was the one who did little things around your house for you, dusting the bookshelves and doing a dish or two. He was also the one who made you smell burning flesh in your sleep.
You weren't sure where this paranormal activity movie was heading, but hopefully, with a bit of luck and sweet talking a ghost you'll make it to the sequel.
Rambled about a quick monster!Dabi and warlock!Tsubaki thing on my server so, I’ll post it here cause the concept makes my brain go brrrrr
Tsubaki is cast out from his village because he never completed these monster hunting trials, and chose the path of a warlock, which in his village is frowned upon and taboo. He takes this with a grain of salt but goes into hiding, in case his village sends out guards to kill him off
He's doing alright, for a scrawny warlock that's only a beginner at necromancy, capable of defending himself with small amounts of undead energy
Then he stumbles across a monster, it's...humanoid enough, but white fur covers it entirely, charcoal grey blends into the white, burn scars cover an entirety of it's arms and legs, the flesh dead and purple, held together by mere staples, cyan eyes look at him, and they're...hungry
He makes the mistake of backing away
The creature lunges, and with a loud glrk, Tsubaki's forced into the thing's stomach, it's...uncomfortably stuffy and warm, but it's not searing hot. The walls around him glow a dim blue, there's satisfied gurgles all around him. A pause, then the warlock shoves at the walls all around him, yelling "YOU CAN'T JUST UP AND DEVOUR PEOPLE! WHAT IN THE DAMNABLE HELLS IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" The creature around him-Dabi-chuckles, it's raspy. The human's pressed into the stomach walls, the monster purposefully squishing him "Mmh, be a good little snack n'shut up" Dabi rumbles out...the creature'd been starving..and it...
Gods, it ate people
Tsubaki's belly pools with dread.
