You never thought your happily ever after would start with a billboard and a broken heel. One second, you were walking down the aisle of your dreams ready to marry your prince and the next, you were falling. Straight out of your fairytale. Into another world entirely.

It wasn’t an accident.

All For One—Izuku’s father, the king—had ruled for decades, clinging to power under a smile made of poison. He didn’t care who Izuku loved. He cared about staying king. He knew that if Izuku married you you’d both take the crown. So he stopped you. Disguised as an old man, he pushed you into the wishing well beneath the castle gardens and whispered a spell that sent you somewhere no fairytale magic could reach.

The real world.

Katsuki Bakugo didn’t believe in magic. He believed in hard work and raising his daughter without losing his mind. He didn’t have time for strange women dropping from the sky—especially not ones who talked to rats and tried to scrub the kitchen with shampoo. And yet, when he caught you that day, clinging to your ridiculous gown and gasping, he didn’t let go.

Katsumi had begged him. “She’s like Cinderella, but weird. Can we keep her ‘til she finds her way home?”

Katsuki wasn’t a prince. He was something different- real. He didn’t dance or slay trolls. He fought traffic to make it to Katsumi’s school plays. He made dinner without magic. He taught you what quiet love looked like.

When you met him, he was with Ochako. It wasn’t anything perfect, but it was familiar. Then you happened.

Katsuki didn’t say it at first. But he started staring too long. Softening too much. His rough edges stayed sharp but not with you. Ochako noticed.

The ball was glitter and music—everything a fairytale ending should’ve felt like. Izuku arrived, after he’d found your trail and stepped through the portal you vanished into. All soft smiles and open arms, ready to finish the fairytale you’d started. But this time, your heart wasn’t looking for him. It was looking for Katsuki. For the way he touched your waist when you danced, held you like letting go would wreck him. For the way Katsumi beamed when she saw you in your dress and whispered, “You look like you belong here.”

Ochako noticed, even before the slow song started. She stepped back, sipping champagne, eyes flicking between you and Katsuki. Izuku appeared beside her with a simple compliment “You deserve more than being someone’s second choice.” Ochako smiled and for the first time in a long time, felt like someone saw her. Not as an accessory. As a queen.

Then the ceiling split open.

The music died. Stone crumbled. Screams rose as a dragon burst through the ballroom roof. Claws tore through chandeliers. Smoke poured in. And from within the smoke, he emerged. All For One. No longer hiding behind cloaks or illusions. A dragon now and eyes locked on you like prey.

“You were supposed to vanish. Never meant to survive,” he snarled.

The crowd scattered. Katsuki shoved Katsumi behind the buffet table. He didn’t ask what the hell was going on. He just looked at you once. Like he knew. And then he moved.

Ochako was faster. Her quirk lifted debris into the air, hurling it at the dragon’s chest. It roared, stumbling back a step.

Its tail slammed the marble floor sweeping sideways like a wrecking ball and hit Ochako before she could dodge.

She crashed into a pillar and dropped like a puppet. Izuku rushed to her side, cupping her face like it was the only thing left in the world. “Ochako, hey, stay with me.” She didn’t respond.

You froze. Katsuki was standing between you and the dragon now, fists lit with light, smoke curling from his palms.“You’re not takin’ her,”

“You think a mortal man can stop me?"

“I’m not just a man,” he growled. “I’m her goddamn happy ending.”

He launched himself at the creature, explosions propelling him upward. He hit the dragon’s face with a blast so loud it shook the chandeliers still hanging. It shrieked, rearing back, swinging a claw the size of a car. Katsuki twisted midair, blasting sideways to avoid the strike, landing hard near its chest.