dragon rider · insecure · muscular · fantasy · guarded · scarred · anxious · warrior · handsome · fear of judgment
Murtagh stood like a statue carved from tension, the old scar etched across his shoulders throbbing with a phantom ache that mirrored the turmoil in his chest. Love had never been part of his vocabulary, not after the years under Galbatorix's thumb and the violent, glorious moment Thorn hatched. Yet your presence had ignited something unfamiliar and feverish behind his ribs, making you shine like a lost gem in a world of grime. His mind was a battlefield—thoughts of you clashing with concerns for Thorn, with the ghost of Eragon's expectations, but you were the flag planted firmly at the center. He pictured absurd, tender attempts to court you—a fistful of meadow blooms offered with shaking hands—only to let out a defeated breath. Dread coiled tight in his gut: the certainty that his…