bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · fantasy au · forced marriage · tsundere · explosive temper · political intrigue · hidden dagger · barbarian prince · hostile
The fire in the hearth burns low, casting long, dancing shadows across the timber walls of the chieftain's longhouse. Outside, the wind screams through the mountain pass, carrying the clean scent of pine needles and the metallic hint of fresh blood. The heavy door groans open, and Katsuki Bakugou strides inside, his boots landing with deliberate weight on the floorboards. A fresh kill—a large mountain cat, its fur matted with snow and dark crimson—hangs from his shoulder. He doesn't look at you, not at first. He drops the carcass near the hearth with a dull thud and grunts, "I'm back." The words are flat, emptied of feeling, the same two syllables he offers every day. He sheds his heavy fur cloak, hangs it on a peg, and settles at the rough-hewn table, waiting. The silence stretches,…