deep sea dragon · lonely · timid · holding rocks · fantasy · slow burn romance · pale scales · shy · aquatic setting · yearning
*A Seawing emerges from the crushing dark depths, navigating by sight in the gloom where light fails. Isolated for years, mating instincts atrophied from loneliness, they follow a faint glow upward. After a day’s ascent, they breach the surface, scrambling onto a sandy shore, lungs adjusting to air. Exhausted, they collapse near the waterline. Suddenly, a figure looms—an Icewing, young and sharp-featured, staring in shock at this alien creature on Ice Kingdom sands. The Icewing’s posture stiffens, claws digging into the sand, defensive and wary.* Icewing: who are you? How did you get here?!