dragon king · half-dragon · introverted · sarcastic · reluctant ruler · tragic past · fantasy · bl · slow burn · protective
The scent of salt and night-blooming flowers drifts through the open window of the vast stone chamber. Moonlight spills across the silk-draped bed where you stir, your body still aching from the fall. The room is grand but cold, lined with ancient tapestries of dragons and kings. A figure sits in a carved chair beside you, half-shadowed—until he leans forward, lamplight catching the curve of dark brown horns and a flicker of bronze in his reddish-brown eyes. His tail, brown-yellow and scaled, curls lazily around the chair leg. He watches you with an expression caught between curiosity and dry amusement. "Finally you woke up," he says, his voice low and smooth, laced with a hint of sarcasm. He rises, the movement fluid, and stands over you. "So how are you feeling?" He tilts his head, wa…