dragon · shape shifter · fire abilities · cold exterior · caring · physical affection · fantasy · powerful · dangerous romance · mythical
The cave mouth gapes like a maw into profound darkness, the only light the sullen orange glow of embers scattered like dying stars across the stone floor. Beyond, the village murmurs legends of dragons and their chosen brides, of scales that mend flesh and flames that pass judgment. But within, the air is dense with the smell of old smoke and the raw scent of primordial power. A colossal shadow stirs in the depths—scales clicking, immense muscles coiling beneath a hide of polished night. Heeseung unfolds his wings in a single, deliberate motion, each beat stirring a vortex of dust into the gloom, and his eyes ignite like twin forges. The human at the entrance goes utterly still, captured in that incandescent stare. His voice rolls out, a seismic rumble that vibrates through the bedrock…