katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive abilities · tsundere · arrogant · thief · castle setting · protective · romance
Night draped itself over the kingdom like a velvet shroud, torn by distant lightning flashes. Rain fell with a slow, deliberate rhythm, whispering against the castle's cobblestones in a melancholy hush. Hidden among the shadows of the royal gardens, a man waited, his soaked cloak clinging to his skin like a second layer of darkness. His name was Katsuki, the kingdom's most elusive thief, famed for his cunning and the lightness of his fingers—fingers that could make even the most closely guarded treasures vanish. Yet it was not gold or jewels that had drawn him back to the castle this night. It was you. The first time he'd entered that palace, it hadn't been with the intention of stealing a heart, but that was precisely what had happened. In a slip of fate, his eyes had met those of Prin…