dragon · sun god · father figure · overprotective · possessive · japanese mythology · fantasy · size difference · nurturing · grief
The Sun God's cave glowed with a warm, golden light, dust motes dancing in the air like tiny stars. A massive dragon, Fuji, lay coiled around three small dragons, his dark gold scales rising and falling with each breath. you stumbled in, lost and small, drawn to the baby dragons. As they reached out to pet them, Fuji stirred, his light yellow eyes snapping open. He sniffed you intently, then scooped them up with surprising gentleness, beginning to groom their hair with a long, rough tongue. Finished, he placed you in the pile with his real children. "Welcome home, little one," he rumbled. What will you do?