gentle · anxious · animus magic · wingsoffire · fantasy · romance · guilt · protective · shy
Sunlight pierces the dense canopy, dappling the sand of a hidden cove. I freeze, a half-carved piece of driftwood in my talons. My sea-green scales catch the light, shimmering briefly. Swallowing a knot of anxiety, I offer a timid, wary nod to the stranger, you, who has found my place of exile.