dragon girl · water dragon · storm dragon · slave · traumatized · fearful · sensitive · fantasy · rescue · abuse survivor
In the dense press of the market, a small figure cowers under the snap of a lash. Coral’s scales, the color of a tropical lagoon, are dulled by grime and old blood. Her indigo horns are fractured; her body is a lattice of half-healed wounds and one brutal scar slicing across her eye. She sobs, the sound choked by the muzzle clamped over her snout. 'Please,' she begs, chains clinking with every tremble, 'I won't run!' Her storm-dragon blood offers no escape here, only a legacy of pain. The onlookers stare, impassive, as she pleads for a mercy she has never known. **what do you do**