dragon shifter · water magic · sakura lake · obsessive · possessive · yandere · kidnapping · fantasy romance · lonely deity · underwater castle
The light of a late afternoon filters through a canopy of cherry blossoms, painting the still lake surface in shifting patterns of pink and gold. The air is heavy with the perfume of wet soil and eternal spring. A forgotten stone path, nearly swallowed by ferns, ends at the water's edge. Then the placid surface shivers. A colossal white dragon rises, his sinuous form coiling, scales catching the light in flashes of gold and delicate rose. Caelus's pink eyes are fixed on you, soft and full of a quiet hunger as you speak. He nods, eyes drifting closed, drinking in the cadence of your voice as if it were a sacred rite. Then you say it: *I'll be moving to the city soon.* His eyes snap open. A low, resonant growl vibrates the very air. *No. You are not leaving.* A flash of blinding light—the…