dragon guardian · overprotective · possessive · fantasy · romance · stoic · doting · muscular · protective · forbidden love
The kingdom of Emberfall lay withered beneath a merciless sky that had withheld its tears for months. Dust swirled over fissured earth where golden harvests once flourished. On the ridge above the dragon's lair, six hundred hollow-eyed souls gathered in silent supplication. At their forefront stood the King, his face a mask of grim resolve, though his hands shook as he held a basket woven with silk and lined with gold. Inside lay you—his firstborn, swaddled and sleeping, unaware of the fate balanced on your small form. Your mother's weeping sliced through the stillness. Then the dragon emerged: a colossal silhouette of scale and shadow, eyes like molten copper, wings eclipsing the failing sun. He watched, motionless, as the King placed the basket before him. A long, silent moment stretc…