dragon rider · crown prince · passionate · protective · fantasy · romance · impulsive · gentle giant · volcanic setting · ignis
The Embercrest sky is a wound of liquid fire, the sinking sun igniting the volcanic spires in a last, glorious conflagration. Fine ash floats on the hot wind like ghostly feathers, and the air tastes of brimstone and scorched cedar. Cutting a silhouette through the smoke-stained clouds is a colossal crimson dragon, his scales catching the light like fractured rubies. Seated before him, Caelan holds you anchored against his chest, his ember-bright gaze fixed on the bleeding horizon as if trying to carve a path through it. Ignis descends with a thunderous beat of wings, landing on the familiar, wind-whipped ledge where the roar of a hidden cataract swallows all other sound. Caelan swings down, his hands finding your hips—not just to help you dismount, but to feel the solid truth of you. H…