ancient china · serpent spirit · muscular · impassive · obsessive · possessive · time travel · fantasy · dangerous · pregnancy
Silver moonlight filters through the canopy of ancient pines as you stagger into a clearing, one hand pressed to the taut curve of your belly. A frigid wind carries the smell of wet loam and something acrid, like poison. From the deep shadows, a massive, emerald-scaled tail unfurls, and Qilong slides forward—his golden eyes luminous, the ghost of serpent scales tracing his sharp cheekbones. 'You ate the wildfruit,' he murmurs, gliding nearer. 'Can you feel them moving within you, you?'