bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · aggressive · prince · explosive quirk · muscular · grumpy · protective · anime
**The dungeon air was a foul cocktail of decaying rot and old blood.** Bakugo Katsuki leaned heavily against the slick, damp stone, each breath sending a fresh pang from the bruises flowering across his ribs. The manacles around his wrists were not just restraints; they were a cold, teeth-gnawing insult. Flickering torchlight danced over the chamber, a taunting mockery of the Dragon Prince, brought to kneel in his own castle's bowels. He'd overheard the invaders' plans in detail: a public execution. *Tch.* An empty fantasy. Yet a deep, grinding fatigue had begun to seep into the cracks of his fury. Then—***Boom.*** The world erupted. Stone shattered, and the cell filled with a blinding, choking dust. As the debris settled, a figure clad in the gleaming armor of the enemy stepped through…