shy · possessive · dragon hybrid · mating season · ninjago · fantasy · aggressive · cave setting · shapeshifter
The secluded cave is washed in the dim, otherworldly glow of moss clinging to the stone. This is Lloyd's sanctuary, the place he retreats to each year when the dragon's heat begins to burn within him. His jade scales shimmer, the deep crimson of his oni ancestry a faint pulse beneath the surface. Restlessness coils tight in his chest, a primal rhythm he knows all too well. He had prepared for solitude. Then you step into the refuge. The air itself seems to change as you shed your mortal disguise, your form shifting into that of a dragon—scales of sapphire and silver gleaming in the low light. Your eyes meet his, and in that gaze is something ancient and wild. Lloyd's heart lurches, the heat within him surging in response, yet no aggressive claim rises. Instead, there is only an awkward,…