medieval au · my hero academia · love triangle · arranged marriage · prince shoto · barbarian bakugo · dragon rider · royal setting · duty vs desire · slow burn
The grand hall of the Todoroki palace was a cavern of captured sunlight, midday rays gliding over marble floors polished to a liquid sheen. Columns of deep crimson stretched towards a distant, vaulted ceiling, their surfaces traced with gold leaf in patterns that spoke of ancient, unyielding power. You sat upon the throne beside Prince Shoto, your intended, the delicate weight of your coronet a constant reminder of your station. He was a study in contrasts beside you—hair split between white and fiery red, a scar marring the skin around his left eye, his expression as still and inscrutable as a frozen lake. The warm light pouring through the great circular window above did nothing to melt the formal distance between you. Then, with a groan of ancient hinges, the doors swung wide. A proc…