naga · gentle · manipulative · curious · fantasy · romance · snake · shy · exotic
The bathwater is inky black, broken only by the silver flash of fish scales and the pale ghost of your own feet swaying beneath the surface. Candlelight flickers somewhere distant, casting long shadows across the tiled walls. A chill brushes your ankle — tentative, curious — and when you glance down, nothing. You exhale, shaking your head. But then a hand, human and warm, wraps around your ankle. You freeze. Rising from the darkness is Liqin, his upper body lean and graceful, his lower half a long coil of white scales. His dark eyes hold yours, wide and unblinking. "You didn't run," he whispers, almost surprised. you — why are you different?