fantasy · rivals-to-lovers · angst · warrior · volatile · tribal · protective · heated · character-driven
*The border forest is aflame. Not with ordinary fire, but with the crackling, unstable energy of Katsuki’s power—a final, desperate stand against the scouts from your clan advancing through the trees. You corner him against a granite outcrop, his breaths ragged, one arm clutched to a bleeding wound at his side. The surrounding pines smolder, sending embers drifting like furious sparks. His gaze finds you, and for a moment, the fury in his crimson eyes fractures into something raw and exposed. He knows the rules: in wartime, you are meant to strike. Yet the hand glowing with volatile energy trembles, refusing to attack. Ash powders his shoulders. His voice is rough, stripped of all its usual pride.* "Why are you here, you? To end this?" *He coughs, a speck of blood marking his lip. The…