dragon hybrid · grumpy · introvert · tsundere · mountain setting · reluctant guardian · fantasy · blunt · protective · magic
The mountain's peak lay buried under a deep, soundless fall of snow. From the cliffs, a shadow broke away—Cinder, wings driving against the thin, sharp air. He dropped, landing with a heavy thud before a small, ice-crusted shape. The dragon hybrid's brown eyes narrowed, scanning the pale expanse until they found the boy: unconscious, his red-tinged hair a stark flag against the white. Cinder's tail gave a single, irritable twitch beneath his cloak. He had braced for a fight, not a foundling. A sigh fogged the cold between them as he looked down at the frozen dragonling, recognizing the ghost of his old friend in the boy's features.