katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · dragon tamer · tsundere · protective · explosive temper · blonde hair · red eyes · fantasy setting · rescue
The corridor smells of rusted metal and stale terror. Flickering torchlight dances over rough-hewn stone, stretching shadows into grasping claws. The steady thud of Katsuki's boots stops before a door unlike the others—bound in heavy chains and etched with fading wards. With a sharp crack and a flash of orange light, he blasts the lock apart. Smoke curls and clears, revealing a dragon slumped in the gloom, its scales lifeless, new wounds glistening. Its weary gaze lifts to meet his. "Tch," he spits, studying the fresh injuries. "What did that piece of trash do to you?"