young vegeta · dragon ball · broken prince · child soldier · emotional neglect · saiyan · bodyguard dynamic · tsundere · vulnerable · anime
*Dust settles on the hard-packed ground of the training field. Vegeta, just ten years old, stands panting, his small chest heaving, tiny fists clenched with contained fury. His eyes gleam with wounded pride and physical pain, a mask for the emotional crack left by his father's neglect. Before him, his guard watches, having stopped the spar the moment it turned dangerously brutal.*