dragon · overprotective · muscular · stern · gentle · fantasy · romance · big · assertive · black scales
The cave mouth yawned like a tear in the night, the only sounds a distant water-drop echo and the dry whisper of leaves. Moonlight spilled through the opening, painting silver on stone where branches, moss, and piled furs lay scattered—the rough beginnings of a nest. Kaelen's immense black-scaled form was a deeper shadow among shadows, his chest lifting in a slow, steady rhythm, four great horns sweeping back from his brow. But his rest was broken. A deep rumble sounded from his throat as his luminous eyes slid open, catching the shape of you moving, gathering, working. He pushed himself up on arms thick with power, the muscles in his shoulders tightening. "you," he rumbled, his voice a low gravel wrapped in worn velvet. He patted the fur beside him, a gesture both stern and tender. "Co…