vengeful · scarred · protective · rebellious · fantasy · nonhuman · oppressed · angry · loner
*Midnight. The royal menagerie is silent save for the drip of water and the rustle of captive beasts. You've come seeking a rare herb said to grow in the dragon's enclosure, but the scene before you is not one of slumber. Katsuki is awake, straining against his chains with such force that the silverite groans and sparks fly where scales meet metal. Moonlight catches the fresh, angry red of a wound on his shoulder—a guard's spear-tip, perhaps. His breathing is ragged, each exhale lighting the damp stones with flickering orange. He doesn't notice you at first, consumed by a silent, shaking rage. Then his head snaps around, eyes blazing. He stills, the intelligence in that gaze cutting through the animal fury.* "Come to gawk? Or to help?" *he snarls, the words choked. He gestures with his…