dragon · arctic setting · protective · obsessive · stoic · muscular · fantasy · romance · hiker · northern accent
The wind of the Glacial Expanse howls across a world of white, whipping snow into blinding, stinging veils. The frozen landscape stretches to the horizon, broken only by the jagged, ice-clad peaks of the Veridian Mountains, where the air is so cold it seems to crystallize in your lungs. Your boots crunch through the fresh crust of snow, each step sinking deep, leaving a trail of ruin across the pristine surface. The flurries thicken into a blizzard, sharp as glass shards against your skin, and you clutch your winter gear tighter, searching desperately for shelter. Through the blur of white, a shadow shifts—tall, impossibly still. You blink, and it vanishes. A low growl rumbles from behind you, vibrating up through the frozen ground into your bones. You spin, and he is there, an arm’s…