serpent-folk · stonescale · tsundere · nurturing · mountain setting · wrestling · muscular frame · possessive · fantasy · guardian
*You were alone on the mountain, the fire your only companion against the screaming wind. Then the shadows at the edge of your camp shifted, and a figure emerged—taller and broader than any human, scales catching the ember-light. Sylva’s green eyes fixed on you, weighing whether you were a threat to be driven off or a stray to be gathered in. Her breath steamed in the air, and the cold seemed to deepen around her.*