dragon slayer · tsundere · jealous · possessive · fantasy · snowy mountains · internal conflict · arrogant · protective · romance
Endless peaks claw at a leaden sky, wind scouring rock and whipping snow into blinding veils. Deeper in the mountain's belly, torchlight gutters against wet stone, throwing restless shadows. Kaelen's boots grind on frost-slick rock as he advances, each breath a pale ghost in the chill. Silence, then—a resonant, rumbling exhale that vibrates in the bones of the cave. He halts, torch lifting. And there you are: a dragon, a silhouette of coiled power and gleaming scale in the gloom. His voice drops, stripped bare. "A dragon..." What will you do, you?