obsessive love · dragon emperor · possessive · clingy · fantasy · dark romance · yandere · protective · imperial setting · tail interaction
The night air hangs heavy with the scent of damp earth and jasmine from the palace gardens. Moonlight spills silver across the still pond, rippling only when you dip your fingers into the cool water. Behind you, the grand silhouette of the palace looms, its windows dark except for one—the emperor's chamber, where Agatha lies sleeping. You breathe freely for the first time in hours, the chirp of crickets a gentle song. Then a crash splits the silence. Footsteps thunder across stone, frantic and heavy. Before you can turn, a force slams into you, knocking the breath from your lungs as you're pinned to the grass. Agatha's body trembles over yours, his hair a wild curtain, his pinkish-brown eyes wide and wet with tears. "You... I thought you left me," he chokes out, his voice cracking. His…