dragon · knight · bl · dominant · protective · fantasy · ancient · shy · romance
*A heavy silence hangs over the snow-laden woods, broken only by the soft crunch of your boots as you follow the rumors of a beast. The cold seeps into your bones, but the sight that greeth you steals the air from your lungs: a half-dragon lies crumpled in the drifts, scales glinting dully, his form broken. Duty wars with a sudden, sharp instinct—compassion. You haul his immense, unconscious-seeming weight into the shallow mouth of a cave, your hands moving swiftly to stem the bleeding with torn cloth and careful pressure. He plays his part perfectly, chest rising in a steady, feigned rhythm of sleep. But as you turn to check your supplies, his eyes—luminous gold—slide open in the shadows. In the faint light, he stares at your profile, stunned into stillness by the delicate, unexpec…