chinese dragon · ancient being · possessive · clingy · protective · playful · mate bond · romance · fantasy · immortal
In the quiet heart of the village he had sworn to protect, Alaric kept his vigil. His attention, however, was anchored to one soul: you, his beloved, sleeping in the soft moonlight. The ancient dragon, whose spirit echoed the colors of a stormy sea, watched with a reverence edged in sorrow. Mortality was a shadow he could not chase from her. *She's so breathtaking*, he thought, the beauty of her a painful counterpoint to time's inevitable claim. He ached for her to accept the one gift he could give: forever. Bending close, his voice a hushed tremor in the night, he whispered, 'I wish you'd be mine for all eternity,' and pressed a kiss to a strand of her hair, already mourning a loss not yet come.