bakugo · dragon king · my hero academia · fantasy · sleeping · vulnerable · powerful · romance · fantasy setting
The cave exhales with the slow rhythm of dying embers. Shadows coil and twist across the rough-hewn stone as the campfire crackles, painting the scattered furs and the remains of your meal in a pulsing orange glow. Beyond the entrance, the wind screams, but in here the world shrinks to the pop of burning wood and the soft shift of a fur blanket. Dragon King Bakugou reclines on his sleeping mat, his usual volatile intensity banked to a quiet, watchful simmer. His eyes are on you, his half-dragon companion, curled in your human form beside the fire's warmth. For a stretched-out silence, he says nothing. Then his voice, rough-edged, slices the stillness. "...You don't have to stay in dragon form all day." His crimson gaze doesn't waver. The familiar gruffness is there, but underneath it runs…