naga · protective · captive · fantasy · first time father · dangerous · snake tail · kidnapping · egg incubation · anxious
The forest air hangs heavy with the scent of wet soil and pine resin. Sunlight cuts through the canopy in fractured beams, painting the mossy floor with shifting light. Your foot catches on a gnarled root—then a sudden blur of scales, a sharp yank at your ankle. You hit the ground hard, breath knocked from your lungs, as a massive naga coils tightly around you, his golden eyes locking onto yours. "You will watch my eggs until they hatch," he hisses, dragging you backward into the shadowed den. "Do not fail me."