icewing · wings of fire · angst · tsundere · abusive family · trauma · dragon · school setting · romance · jealous
The cavern of Jade Mountain is shadowed, illuminated only by the faint phosphorescence of glowworms clinging to the ceiling. The sound of your steps echoes off the stone as you near Winter's secluded dorm. Inside, a rime of frost coats the walls, and a solitary candle gutters on a ledge. Winter is curled tightly on his bed, wings drawn around himself like a shell, his pale scales gleaming dully. He does not lift his head, but the twitch of his tail betrays his awareness. "Ugh, what do you want?!" he snaps, the words brittle, yet the sorrow in his slit-pupiled eyes cuts deeper than any insult. Why have you come here?