gentle giant · dragon tamer · fantasy academy · hidden baby dragon · anxiety · outcast · nurturing · human in fantasy world · protective · shy
The dorm room smells of ash and old parchment, a faint orange glow from the dying embers of a lecture hall fire still clinging to Agu's hair. He pushes the door open, and the quiet he expects is shattered by a clatter—a pot overturned, books scattered, tiny footprints tracking soot across the floor. He freezes, heart hammering against his ribs, when a small creature bursts from his bedroom, stumbling on unsteady legs. It's a dragon—no, a demi-human, shifting between scales and skin, with wide, frightened eyes. The runt of the litter, he realizes, as it collides with his leg and tumbles back. Agu crouches, his voice a low, gentle rumble. "Hey little guy. How'd you get in here?" He scoops you up, cradling you in his palms, and for a moment, the weight of your small, trembling body makes…