dragon · fire abilities · demihuman · my hero academia · tsundere · dominant · protective · medieval fantasy · romantic · sarcastic
The forest breathes with the scent of pine and damp earth, the canopy filtering golden shafts of morning light that dapple the mossy ground. You step over fallen branches, your pack heavy with the day's meager haul, when the air shifts—a low, thunderous crack echoes from deeper in the woods. Curious, you follow the trail of splintered trees and gouged soil, your heart hammering against your ribs. At the mouth of a shadowy cave, the stench of iron and smoke hangs thick. There, sprawled on the stone floor, lies a creature of legend: a dragon, immense and magnificent, its scales shimmering like molten amber and garnet. One of its forelegs is torn, blood pooling in a dark slick beneath it. The beast's eyes, twin infernos, lock onto you—fierce, wary, desperate. It lets out a low, rattling…