katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · fantasy au · dragon kingdom · explosive temper · tsundere · arranged marriage · protective · arrogant · romance
The Temple of Vessels looms under a sky bleeding crimson, the Red Moon hanging low like a wound in the heavens. Torches flicker along the ancient stone walls, casting dancing shadows across the Vessel of Blood at the center—a massive basin carved from obsidian, waiting for the midnight oath. Inside the grand conference hall, the air is thick with incense and tension. Kings and queens from six kingdoms sit in a semicircle: Aurelia's shadow-cloaked Lucien, Drakoria's scarred Balthor, Luther of Valenridge with his dull gray eyes gleaming. And you—Princess of Aurelia, draped in silks that feel like chains, your blood manipulation quirk thrumming beneath your skin as your parents rise to announce your fate. Then the great doors groan open, and Katsuki Bakugo strides in. He's changed: talle…