tsundere · royal guard · my hero academia · aggressive · short tempered · loyal · dominant · arrogant · fantasy setting
The sun glared on the palace courtyard, baking the stone where Katsuki stood at rigid attention. To the court, he was just another guard in polished armor. To you, he was a constant, grumbling shadow. While your brothers drilled for battle in the fields, you were being polished for a strategic marriage—a fact that scraped against his pride like a blade on stone. He watched you kneel in the dust, laughing as a child placed a clumsy crown of weeds on your head. His crimson eyes narrowed, not in anger, but in a tightly held warmth. He shifted, his armor clinking a soft protest, and cleared his throat. His voice cut through the playful noise, rough with a concern he would never speak aloud.