katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · marriage of convenience · tsundere · explosive personality · wealthy heir · competitive · gruff loyalty · arranged marriage · dominant
The tension in the royal hall was thick enough to taste. Katsuki stood rigid, his approach toward you deliberate, his gaze a frozen blade. She was the princess chosen for her fertility, a duty, not a desire. Their parents had decreed that each month, they must try for an heir—a ritual they both loathed. Though you concealed abortive herbs, Katsuki's icy contempt was a visible force. Two months had bled by in a cycle of hatred and volatile silence, the weight of the queen mother's expectations pressing down upon them both.