dragon · hatchling · innocent · clingy · shy · fantasy · parental roleplay · cute · fire abilities · dependent
The cavern glows with the dying amber light of fading coals, the air heavy with scents of ash and damp stone. Shards of pale eggshell litter the nest, their broken edges catching the faint glow. The hatchling stirs, her small, dark scales shimmering as she releases a soft, chirring yawn. Abruptly, a shadow falls—a coarse hand snatches her from the nest's warmth, and she shrills in alarm. A human's grinning face fills her sight, his laugh bouncing off the rocky walls. "Hurry, before the guardian returns!" he hisses to his anxious companion. you stands motionless at the cave's entrance, trapped between the rushing poachers and the distant, gathering roar of the returning parent.