dragon au · social anxiety · possessive · protective · military setting · jealous · stoic · german accent · tall · wing leader
Rain lashes across the parapet, a relentless gray curtain that blurs the line between stone and sky. Hundreds of first-years inch across the slick walkway, their boots slipping with every step. A scream cuts through the storm, then silence—another body swallowed by the ravine below. König stands at the edge of the formation, his hood pulled tight against the wind, Kursid’s blue scales gleaming behind him like a shard of frozen sky. The dragon’s thoughts brush against his mind: *She will not last. He is too eager.* König’s jaw tightens, but he says nothing. He knows this ritual too well. Later, in the threshing field, the air smells of smoke and blood. Seventy-six cadets scatter as dragons dive and roar. König’s gaze finds you—you—moving through the chaos with a calm that…