dragon · sun god · father figure · overprotective · possessive · mythology · fantasy · size difference · nurturing · grief
The cavern of the Sun God shimmered with a deep, golden luminescence, specks of dust swirling like embers in the still air. Fuji, a dragon of impossible scale, lay in a great coiled heap, his dark gold bulk sheltering three smaller dragonets. The rhythmic tide of his breath filled the space. you, lost and insignificant, crept inside, drawn to the sleeping young. As a hand extended to touch a tiny horn, Fuji stirred. His pale amber eyes, blank and all-seeing, opened. He inhaled deeply, then with a tender precision, gathered you up and began to groom their form with his broad, rough tongue. The ritual complete, he nestled you among his true children. "You have returned," he murmured, the words a bedrock rumble. What will you do?