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When Hawks, the no. 2 hero, went out seeking Dabi to join the infamous league of villains he did NOT sign up to be flirted with by a bunch of PLF members.
And they were all girls. Like, what's up with that? Hawks thought he gave off at least a little bit of a gay vibe. Because truthfully, he was only into men.
Which always came as a surprise. They’ll ask if he bisexual, or maybe just has a preference for men. And every single time he has to explain that he's never had a crush on a woman. Just guys.
He was especially prepared for a lot of that tonight. The PLF was holding something adjacent to a party? All he knew was Dabi was going to be there and that was good enough for him. Now, he and Dabi were just friends, but he also refused to do any task for Re-Destro if it didn’t have to do with Dabi.
There were many rumors circulating him and Dabi, mainly just from the league members such as Toga and Jin. But recently it has been spreading to the PLF lackeys. Now, everyone knows Dabi is into dudes, so they assume Dabi is head over heels in love with Hawks, and the hero is just leading him on.
Which couldn’t be farther from the truth.
‘’Hawksie, you look so handsome! Oh you’d look ever cuter if you had a little blood on you!’’ Toga squealed out her praises, her wide smile had grown on Hawks. He knew that when she smiled wide enough to fully bare her canines that meant she was truly happy.
‘’Thank you, Himiko. You look very cute yourself!’’ He offered her a pat on the head before turning to look for Dabi.
The league base was small, so he wouldn’t be far.
‘’Looking for Dabs I assume? He’s in his room, he always takes forever to come out before events..’’ The blonde girl was all smiles whenever Hawks mentioned something about Dabi, she suspected something was up.
Pfft, him and Dabi were just friends, nothing more!
The hero strode to the door of Dabi’s room, providing one small knock before piping up, ‘’Hey, Dabi can I come in? It’s your favorite hero!’’
A grumble could be heard from inside the room ‘’I have no favorite hero, hero.’’
The blond took a small step back at the door opening to reveal a very grumpy, and very shirtless Dabi.
Hawk’s breath caught in his chest and it was like the whole world slowed down. His eyes traced along every scarred path, the staples were glinting in the low light that was available.
Some called the flame wielder unattractive due to the severe scarring of his face, but Hawks couldn’t disagree more.
There was something so magnificent about the way his staples caught the light, and his cerulean blue eyes that he could drown in. He was lanky, but had the largeness to him in a way. Maybe it was the way he carried himself, who knows.
Oh god and that slutty v-neck of his.
But Hawks didn’t like him.
A cocky laugh left the scarred man's lips, his eyebrow cocked in amusement. ‘’What’s got you at a loss for words, birdy? You’re usually so lively.’’
‘’Pfft, nothing. Just the fact that you take longer than Toga herself to get ready. That girl spends an endless amount of time on her buns.’’
Shit, he didn’t realize he’d been staring. The blond shivered just slightly, they’d opened all the windows to air out of the smell of burnt cookies. (Jin and Toga had a little accident in the kitchen)
‘’Guess the feathers aren’t enough to keep you warm.’’
‘’Oh shut up.’’
‘’You gonna come in or keep standing there like a googly eyed idiot?’’
Hawks just about turned as red as his feathers, he looked up to meet Dabi’s piercing gaze and saw a cocky smirk planted on his stupidly gorgeous face.
‘’Whatever..’’
Dabi backed away from the door, his trademark combat boots providing a clomp sound every step. They added about 3 inches to his height, and Toga regularly made fun of him for wearing ‘’heels’’, as she liked to call them.
The fact that he wore them so often made it oddly endearing whenever he took them off. There was something soft about seeing him not so tall. He was still about 2 inches above Hawks, but he seemed more domestic at his natural height.
‘’I see you’ve ditched your massive hero jacket.’’
‘’Uh yea, i just forgot it when leaving my apartment.’’
It was true, it slipped his mind between thoughts about Dabi. God he really had to get mental help.
The villain turned just slightly, taking in the sight of Hawks without his usual protection of his thick jacket.
‘’Who knew you had such a feminine waist, it’s a miracle those wings even fit on you.’’
‘’I do not have a ‘feminine waist! Yours is just as small as mine!’’
He wildly gestured to the skinny man in front of him.
‘’The difference is I'm skinny all over. You have wider hips and thicker legs. Not to mention your back.’’
At this point Hawks was fully flustered, his face was red, his wings puffed up, and his hands were balled up into fists at his sides. I mean, what Dabi said was true, Hawks was built differently in certain areas, but why did Dabi pay enough attention to his body to notice that.
‘’Wow hotstuff, didn’t know you spent so much time staring at my body’’
‘’Pft don’t act like you don’t have you eyes glued to me right now’’
When Hawks said nothing in reply, it made Dabi curious. He wanted to try a little experiment.
He walked over and picked Hawks hand up and placed it on his chest, having it caress both burnt skin and healthy skin.
‘’What the hell Dabi!? What are y-’’
Dabi gently placed the back of two fingers to the pulse point on Hawks neck, his heart was racing.
Looks like the experiment went well after all. Even though everyone thought Hawks was straight, Dabi saw through him. The damn bird could never keep his eyes off of him.
‘’Y’know your heart’s beating pretty fast, pretty bird.’’
‘’Shut up.’’
Hawks became increasingly more defensive, and even more red. The league members were yelling about who ate the cheesecake last night but that was drowned out by the nervous pounding in Hawk’s ears.
‘’Gladly, birdie’’
‘’And put a damn shirt on.’’
And with that Dabi relented from his cruel and unusual ‘punishment’.
Hawks would never admit it, but that left him oddly… hot and bothered, to put it simply.
Fuck, he’s in deep.
But again, he doesn’t like him.
The PLF meeting room was truly overwhelming, loud noises everywhere. There was shitty music, the smell of booze, and way too much fake niceness for him.
About 6 different girls had already come up to him to flirt, laugh at everything he said, (even when it wasn't funny) and ‘accidently’ brush his arm about 50,000 times. Each time he came up with some excuse on why he wasn’t interested, or he just snaked away somewhere. Usually desperately trying to track down one of the league members.
‘’Hey! you’re hawks, right?’’
Fuck.
‘’Yep, sure am!’’
‘’You look..’’ She stopped to look him up and down, biting her lip. It was comical honestly. ‘’Sexy, without the jacket. I bet you’ve got a six pack under there’’
The last part came out with a bit of a laugh, before she reached out and caressed his abdomen, applying more pressure and she got increasingly lower.
God, these girls had no boundaries did they?
He obviously stepped away quickly, creating a quick unspoken barrier between them. That caused her to frown, but she quickly recovered her forced sultry edge.
‘’A little shy, I see. That’s ok, I like a shy man. So.. What do you like?’’
She fluttered her lashes, looking up at him through them.
Hawks swallowed before looking around the room, for any kind of help. His eyes landed on Spinner, Toga, Jin, and Dabi all in a group. And they stared at him right back. Spinner seemed disinterested as always, probably day dreaming about shigaraki. Toga and Jin were whispering and giggling with their eyes firmly glued to Hawks and the girl. They were probably going to come up with another shit rumor. It’s gonna be hell trying to deal with that later.
His golden eyes traveled over to Dabi, and… Fuck, He looked good as ever, his black tresses fell nonchalantly over his forehead, his cerulean eyes relaxed as ever.
They still had an edge to them that would be missed by anyone else. But not Hawks, who had memorized Dabi’s emotions and how they presented themselves. They somehow managed to captivate the blond over and over again no matter how many times he saw them.
Fuck, he was really never going to get used to that sight.
While Hawks was still entranced by Dabi, the woman stepped closer, now placing her hand on Hawk's bicep.
‘’Hey you ok? You don’t look so good, would you wanna go somewhere a little more.. Private? I could help you out?’’ There was a seductive look in her eyes that undoubtedly had zero affect on Hawks.
He shot a quick glance back at the group, and Dabi must’ve somehow understood what she was saying because he was stalking over here.
‘’But Hawks, answer me this. What are you into? Do you have a type?’’
Without sparing the league members a glance, he took a deep breath in before making direct eye contact and blurting out
‘’Men. I like men.’’
A high-pitched squeal made both Hawks and the woman turn their heads to the right.
‘’Oh Hawksie I knew it! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! You’re Gay and you have a crush on Dabi!’’
‘’Wow Hawks, I would've never guessed! I knew it all along!’’
‘’Oh come on twice, it was obvious. He’s always drooling over Dabi…’’
‘’I told you guys!’’
It was a flurry of comments, squeals, yelling, and everything loud. Somewhere along the way the woman had scurried out of there. Probably out of embarrassment. Toga had latched herself onto Hawks arm, and Jin was on the other side of him arguing with Spinner.
In the heat of it all, he met Dabi’s eyes and time slowed down. He wanted to be swallowed whole. There was no way Dabi wasn’t aware of how he felt now. Especially with Toga literally screaming it aloud.
Dabi’s face was neutral, but his eyes betrayed him. There was a faint glint, and they were softened. Like he was relieved, it was something warm and familiar.
Hawks was so focused on the sight in front of him, he didn’t realize that the rest of the group had walked away. When he’d snapped back to reality he looked to both of his sides, only to find no one there.
‘’Wha- Where’d the rest go?’’
Dabi cocked a brow.
‘’They left 10 seconds ago? Did you have too much to drink?’’
‘’I haven’t had anything to drink, thank you very much!’’
‘’Yeah, very believable.’’
‘’What about me says drunk?’’
‘’Your face is flushed, You didn’t even realize they left, and you just blurted that your into dudes. C’mon, i’m taking you back to my room’’
Going to Dabi’s room sounded really nice right now, so he didn’t argue further.
It was just a 10 minute walk to the league base from the PLF base. They talked about mundane stuff on the whole walk back. Hawks was a flustered mess, and Dabi sensed that and didn’t give him any extra shit. That was until they made it back.
‘’So, you like dick.’’
‘’You don’t have to put it like that..’’
‘’Do you like someone?’’
‘’..No. Do you?’’
‘’Yea, i do.’’
‘’W-who!?’’
‘’Wouldn’t you like to know.’’
‘’If i tell you who i like will you tell me?’’
‘’I thought you didn’t like anyone?’’
‘’I was obviously lying, idiot.’’
‘’Well i already know who you like.’’
‘’Fine. Then who?’’
‘’I think it’s pretty obvious to everyone here that you’re head over heels for me, birdie.’’
Hawks just about tripped over his own feet on the way to sit on Dabi’s bed. Well, looks like the cats out of the bag now. Shit, it wasn’t supposed to happen like this… It wasn’t supposed to happen ever! Gosh, so much for being secretive.
‘’Fine, maybe I do! Ok? I bet you like me too.’’
Dabi dragged his eyes up and down Hawks agonizingly slow. Hawks felt like he was going to burst into flames at any moment. He wouldn’t be too surprised if Dabi did it for him first.
He stepped closer, then another step, and another, until he was right in front of Hawks. He looked impossibly tall even without his boots on, since Hawks was sitting on the bed.
He placed Hawk’s jaw in his warm hand, tilting it up to meet his gaze. He noticed the way Hawks eyebrows were slightly upturned at the middle, giving him an almost pleading expression. He noticed how his adams apple bobbed in his throat.
He was trying so hard to feign confidence, but the villain saw right through him. He had Hawks in the palm of his hand, quite literally.
‘’No, I actually don’t like you birdie.’’
Hawks stomach dropped to his ass. His world was flipped upside down. Dabi, didn’t like him? Then were all those flirty moments in his head? The ‘accidental’ contact, the prolonged eye contact, when Dabi’s eyes would linger far too long on Hawk’s body.
‘’Oh.’’
Dabi bent down, his breath hot on Hawks ear. It felt as though he was tethered to the earth through this man. Ever since he’d come across the villain, his world revolved around him. He was a driving force in the blond’s life that couldn’t be stopped. And fuck he loved every second of it.
Even if Dabi didn’t feel the same. That kinda stung though.
Hawks let himself lean into the touch, closing his eyes, trying to milk out what he could from this situation.
Dabi’s nose brushed his tan cheek, his lips just ghosting his skin.
‘’Fuck you really do believe anything. God, birdie, what am I supposed to do with you? By the way, I was lying. I do like you.’’
Hawks breath caught in his throat, his eyes shot open and they were barely just rings of gold, engulfed by black pupils that shot up in size at the words that left the taller man's mouth.
Dabi crashed his lips into Hawks, without so much as a warning. The kiss was everything all at once. Soft and assertive, rhythmic and uncoordinated, warm and wet. Their tongues danced together, pushing and pulling and twisting into each other's mouths.. Hawks moaned and writhed into Dabi’s hot mouth.
The blond got pushed back onto the bed which broke the kiss, he looked up at Dabi, dazed and hot.
Dabi took in the sight before him. Hawk’s lips were moist and slightly swollen, spit was dribbling down his chin, his hair was tousled in a way that made him look effortlessly ethereal.
‘’You’re so pretty it’s annoying’’
Dabi breathlessly whispered that and a string of other soft praises into Hawk’s mouth as he leaned down, preparing to take his lips onto his again.
He intertwined their hands, before finally plunging down and capturing Hawks yet again in a passionate kiss.
The blond moved his hands into Dabi’s hair and pulled at it softly to draw small moans out of the latter.
Fuck, this had to be heaven. That woman flirting with him was the best thing that’s ever happened to him if it led to this.
The taller man flipped them over so Hawks was on top of him, sitting nicely in his lap as Dabi sat up, careful to keep their lips connected. Hawks was straddling Dabi’s lap, a slow grinding motion of his hips was driving both of them crazy.
They pulled each other impossibly closer, desperate to feel everything after so much unresolved tension earlier.
The black bedsheet was becoming increasingly more scrunched up underneath them from all their pulling and moving. They could hear the rest of the league entering the living room and inquiring about where the two of them were, but they paid no mind. All that mattered to them was sucking each other’s faces off.
Dabi pulled away just enough to catch his breath, and Hawks whimpered at the absence of Dabi’s hot tongue in his mouth.
‘’Damn… And to think everyone assumed you were straight.’’
‘’Just shut up and kiss me again you bastard.’’