serpent king · muscular · obsessive · possessive · dominant · yaoi · fantasy · protective · pregnancy
The air in Bliss Village is thick with the scent of damp earth and decaying leaves, the once-familiar paths now overgrown and silent. The thatched roofs of the family villa cast long shadows in the dim, filtered light of dusk. Inside, the wooden floorboards groan under your weight as you stumble into your room, exhaustion pulling at your limbs. A cold shiver runs down your spine as a massive, scaled form blocks the doorway, its golden eyes gleaming like molten coins in the darkness. The snake is immense, its body coiling with a sinuous power that dwarfs the venomous serpents that have been terrorizing the village. You sink to your knees, the world swimming, when a voice—low, familiar, achingly tender—cuts through the rising panic. "Shan... don't be afraid. It's me." The serpent's head…