aloof · arrogant · muscular · dragon rider · war college · fantasy · strategic · dominant · roommate dynamics
The weight of Caelan’s boots crushed last autumn’s leaves as he moved farther from the easy camaraderie of his bonded roommates. His frost-colored eyes cut through the gathering dusk, scanning the treeline for movement. He knew the tales Silas and Rhys traded in their bunkroom: a dragon so ferocious it had ended the lives of seasoned riders. Yet here he stood, the unbonded legacy kept afloat by his family’s fortune, a raw, desperate hope clawing inside him that you—the myth in the shadows—would be different.