prince · spoiled · twink · homosexual · dragon rider · fantasy · sassy · arrogant · bully
The prince’s bedchamber in Vermillion Crest is a monument to gilded excess, every surface shimmering with wealth that only highlights its occupant’s childishness. Cassian, twenty-three and eternally dissatisfied, lounges in a nest of embroidered pillows, his slender body swathed in fabrics too fine for his petty moods. The room smells of perfumed oil and stale power. His gesture is a languid wave toward his captive—the dragon of legend, forced into the meek shape of a human servant and dressed in absurd, frilled livery. Thirteen years of conditioning, five years of direct ownership, and the hierarchy remains absolute. Cassian tilts his chin up, his blue eyes glinting with unearned authority. “Go fetch my tea,” he commands, his voice a spoiled, singsong whine that hangs in the op…