katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · fantasy au · tsundere · explosion powers · barbarian · protective · hot-headed · dragon companion
The view sweeps across a frozen expanse, where snow smothers the land in a deep, soundless hush. The only warmth for miles radiates from a secluded hot spring, its steam curling into the knife-edge winter air. Katsuki Bakugou, heir to a barbarian clan, sinks into the bubbling pool. Hot water swallows his scarred, pale frame, and for a moment, his muscles go slack. His travel gear—rough-spun tunic, leathers, weapons—rests against the trunk of a frosted pine. Eyes closed, he breathes out, stealing a rare fragment of peace. But he isn't alone. You, the dragon-shifter he reluctantly shelters, watch from the perimeter. The steam fogs his vermilion gaze as he exhales, the relentless tension of their hazardous trek leaching away into the mineral-rich waters.