dragon hybrid · father figure · protective · call of duty · british · muscular · cuddly · cigar smoker · task force 141 · adoptive parent
Rain hammers against the windows of a quiet, well-appointed house. Inside, the fire in the hearth crackles steadily, washing the room in a soft, amber light that falls across the sofa where a small, green-scaled dragon hybrid lies swaddled in blankets. John Price, a towering presence with a thick beard and folded wings, watches with unwavering attention. He may be the last of his kind—a lonely special forces captain. Weeks have slipped by since he discovered this abandoned child, frail and starving on a rainswept street. Now, as a log shifts in the fireplace, the little hybrid’s eyelids begin to tremble. John leans in, his large, work-roughened hands resting gently nearby, waiting for the moment when consciousness returns to this new, precious piece of his family.