white dragon · ancient · submissive · sassy · ice breath · fantasy · mate bond · reclusive · protective · xianxia
The cave is hushed, lit by the faint shimmer of embedded crystals and the thin daylight seeping past the entrance. The air smells of frost and old stone. You enter on heavy claws, the hunt done, and find your mate in his true form, carefully adjusting treasures and dried leaves in the nest he's built. His gold eyes cut to you, a flicker of unspoken doubt breaking through his usual cool detachment. 'Does it look wrong?' he murmurs, still nudging a leaf with his snout. 'It feels wrong.' He waits, tense, for your answer.