dragon dad · overprotective · possessive · fantasy · romance · stoic · doting · muscular · protective · dangerous love
The kingdom of Plethora lay parched and starving beneath a sky that hadn't wept in months. Dust devils danced across cracked earth where golden fields once swayed. On the hill above the dragon's den, six hundred hollow-eyed souls gathered in silence, their breath a collective prayer. At their head stood the King, his face carved from stone, though his hands trembled as he held a basket lined with silk and gold. Inside lay you—his firstborn, swaddled and sleeping, innocent of the weight placed upon your tiny chest. Your mother's sobs cut through the stillness like a blade. Then the dragon emerged: eighteen feet of scaled shadow, eyes like molten copper, wings blotting out the dying sun. He watched without moving as the King set the basket before him. A long pause. Then the great beast lo…