I am very interested in the dragons! Anything in the au about the spirally guys yet lol
Hi this art has been done for 4 hours I just haven't gotten round to writing anything.
If you are interested about this au, shoot me an ask!!
Anyways Helen and lore ramble beneath:
Spiral dragons are not born as spiral dragons. They're created in a similar way to how the distortion is in canon. Interact with creepy thing. Become spiral. Because of this there are 1. A small amount of Spiral dragons and 2. The bonus that they can never die out unless all dragons die out.
Spiral dragons also travel a lot (teleportation stuff) and you'll likely see them multiple times a week (or even day) depending how much they like you (helen and michael are friends with Jon and kinda helped raise him, thus leading them to drop in and bother them at random times)
They don't have doors, but they just kinda. Appear. Normally in places they shouldn't. They like spinning when they move. All their limbs can change size and shape (to a degree, they keep a base shape and they have to stay kinda close to that).
ALSO. Helen was a Web dragon and Michael was a Buried dragon before they became spiral.
Chapter 2: In Which Maria Reluctantly Gets to Know Her Betrothed, Michael Denies Hoarding Anything, Thank You, and Alex Earns His Keep.
“Hells bells,” Maria said, under her breath, as Alex fled the tower.
Of all the things she’d been prepared to deal with, a morose, reluctant bridegroom coming to cart her off to Bexamer had not been one of them.
And now Michael might suffer for her naivety.Â
She gripped her mother’s necklace, silently asking it to give her strength, to help her protect her husband. It felt cool, almost distant in her hand.
What on earth is wrong with you now? She asked it, silently.
Michael moved to Alex’s recently vacated seat, resting his hand on the back of it, frowning. “He shouldn’t be allowed to leave,” he said.Â
“You want to get rid of him?” Maria asked hesitantly, squeezing her mother’s necklace tighter at the grim prospect. It seemed to grow ice cold against her palm.
Michael wrinkled his nose. “No, of course not! But…”
The dragon was large and fierce and as it roared, fire dripped like magma from its nostrils, remnants of the flames it had used only seconds ago in the fight against the harpy.
The bird creature had not expected what had looked like a mere human to turn into a beast more terrible than itself when it had attacked them. That much was clear from the sheer terror that had been in its eyes when Michael had transformed.
Adam looked down at the charred remains of the harpy.
Michael followed his gaze, his red reptile eyes blinking as he cocked his head.
“CHICKEN DINNER?” he asked in his booming true voice.
Honestly I dont know how many of these are rarepairs but my faves are Sasha/Melanie, Tim/Gerry, Martin/Elias, The Distortion/Not Them, Jack Fawcett/Raleigh Rimmell
Ch. Summary: Ryan freaks out and Michael tries to help.Â
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Ch. 1
Michael locked eyes with Ryan, not daring to move an inch. Every twitch of his unleashed tail or flap of his wings made Ryan flinch and take a step back. The poor man already looked so pale, sweat dripping down his face, and the stench of fear was almost overpowering.
Michael hated this, hated every time his mates looked at him like some kind of monster. Though he knew that this was a necessary evil, a thing that had to be done because there was no way he could keep this a secret from them, it hurt every single time they screamed and ran away. It went against everything he was for, all his instincts to protect and provide shuddered in self-hatred for being the source of their fear.
“Ryan.” Michael said, wincing as his mate’s name came out with more of a growl than he liked. Swallowing, he tried again. “Ryan, it’s fine.”
“Fine?” Wow, Michael didn’t even know Ryan’s voice could crack like that. The human had backed himself against the wall, hands trying to find purchase on something to steady himself. “Fine? Look at you. You-you-you got fucking wings! And horns! And a goddamn tail, how is any of this fine?”
“Ryan, please calm down, you’ll attract the neighbors.” Michael pleaded, taking one step forward as slowly as he could.
“S-s-stay back. Stay back.” Ryan yelled, breath coming faster and faster. “Just. Please, stay back.”
Michael came to dead halt, biting his lip. He should of thought through this more or at least gave Ryan more of a heads up of what’s to come. “Do you want to talk through this or-?”
“I want you to shut up.” Ryan hissed, a hand coming up to rub at his face. “And let me figure this out.”
Michael’s jaw clicked shut, his whole body slumping. Taking a deep breath, he forced his appendages away. “Does…Does this help?”
Ryan peeked at him through his fingers before he lifted his head, blinking at Michael in surprise. “Oh. Um, yeah, it does.”
Michael nodded. He looked everywhere but at Ryan, letting the human sort out his thoughts. Unfortunately, Michael wasn’t the most patient person ever. After a few moments of silence and fidgets, he decided to try again. “Would you like, um, do you want to talk to Ray about it? He might be able to help.”
“Ray knows?” Ryan demanded. “Wait, what am I talking about. Of course he knows. You two are so close.” The words were spat at Michael, who flinched. “I bet Gavin knows too, doesn’t he?”
“No, he doesn’t. And Ray didn’t know till, like, three months ago.” Michael defended.
That seemed to catch Ryan off guard, “Really?” Michael nodded. “Oh. I thought…or I guess I assumed that, you know, because you knew him before…that you had already told him…and-“
Michael watched as Ryan continued to ramble, face getting more red the longer he went on as the dragon became more confused. It sounded like Ryan was apologizing for something but Michael had no clue what it was. “Ryan, really, it’s ok. No need to be sorry.”
Ryan flushed redder at that. “I’m so confused and upset…and-and-and you’re not human!”
“No, I’m not and it’s ok to be confused and upset. I shouldn’t have sprung this on you. But, instead of panicking, we need to talk this out. Ok?”
Ryan ran his eyes over Michael, thinking everything over, before nodding and cautiously, cautiously, removing himself from the wall. “Ok, yeah. Let’s talk.”
Sighing in relief, Michael motioned towards the couch. “Ask me anything you want.”
~
Michael ended up taking the chair as Ryan took the couch, doing his best to answer all the questions the human had. Ryan had been almost shy at first, asking simple questions such as what was he and how old, before diving into harder to answer areas.
“Is it like having a split personality?”
“No.” Michael struggled to explain. “It’s more…like I grew up in a different culture from you but instead of me being from Asia, it’s me as a dragon vs. me as a human. Being around humans so long, I understand why and how they do things but it still confuses me sometimes. Then there are times you guys do things that…make me react differently than how humans would react.”
Ryan took a second to process that. “So you have control over your…dragon side?”
“Absolutely.”
Ryan hesitated. “Could you make them appear again? Your…dragon…bits?”
“I can make them appear and disappear at any time. Or, well, almost anytime. When I’m hurt or if something surprises me that makes me react in a non-human way, they tend to pop out. But usually, it’s like stretching an arm for me.” Michael focused, willing for only his tail to appear. It was easier for him to control and more comfortable when more of his dragon was at the surface, but he didn’t want to scare Ryan off now that the man finally appeared calm enough to deal with this. “Doing this is easy. I have to focus more on not letting them out on accident.”
Ryan stared at Michael’s crimson scaled tail, biting his lip. His hand twitched before Ryan gained control of it again.
“You can touch it, if you like?”
Ryan glanced down before looking back at Michael’s face and then back down to his tail. He reached forward several times, withdrawing each time, before finally taking a deep breath, closing his eyes, and grabbing it.
Michael yelped, startling Ryan who jumped, falling off the couch. The dragon cackled but helped the human up. “Sorry, it’s a bit sensitive when you surprise it.”
“You’re the one who told me to touch it.” Ryan mumbled, blushing lightly and fake swatting dust off his shirt.
Michael’s smirk turned more fond as he watched the other man, one hand absently petting over his tail. “Yeah but I wasn’t expecting you to yank on it. I feel sorry for anyone you give a hand job to. Goddamn you could pull a dick off with that grip.”
Ryan sputtered causing Michael to fall into a fit of giggles, waving off the other man’s attempts to defend himself. “I’m just kidding; I know you have great dick jerking techniques.” He winked.
Ryan huffed, blush darkening, but at least now he was grinning. “Will you let me touch your tail or not?”
Michael shrugged, still grinning as he swung his tail in front of Ryan, letting it gently bob. This time Ryan’s touch was more gentle, still wary but getting braver the more his fingers ran over the scales. Michael watched the human’s face carefully, searching for any signs of distress or fear or anger. The dragon relaxed as all he saw was awe and wonder.
Shaking himself slightly, Ryan withdrew his hand. “So... I’m more calm now.”
“Yeah?” Michael eyed him, ready for a but.
“Had a mild freak out.”
“Rightfully so.”
“But I’m calm, I’m cool- “
“Cool?” Michael asked.
Ryan ignored him. “And I’m ready to handle this like an adult.”
“To be fair to you, you’ve been handling this as well as you could.”
Ryan smiled. “Thanks. Are you hungry? I can cook something.”
“That’s it? No more questions? No more worry?” Michael would of have thought Ryan would have the most questions, besides Gavin (though he expected Gavin’s questions to be fucking stupid) as they were the two most curious of the group.
“Don’t get me wrong, I still have a thousand more questions for you. But we’ve both have had a long day and we can talk later. Plus, it gives me time to go over everything. So you want to order in or have me cook something?”
It took a moment for Michael to answer. How was it he kept ending up with such supportive and kind boyfriends? “Order in. I’ll pull up a movie and we can have a spontaneous date night.”
~
The two ended up on the couch together, under a blanket as they watched a horror movie and eat Chinese. Michael had been hesitant to get too close to Ryan at first, but after the man had plopped down and forced Michael to put an arm around him, the dragon had figured he was ok with contact.
After laughing their way through the first movie at how stupid the people were and Ryan pointing out all the scientific flaws, Michael flipped through the selections for a second one while Ryan cleaned up and got them more drinks.
“You want a movie about zombies or a movie about killer sheep?”
“Killer sheep?” Ryan called from the kitchen. “That sounds dumb. Let’s watch that.”
Michael grinned. “Ok.” He pressed start for the movie but a hand reached over his shoulder and pushed pause.
“But first, “Ryan walked around handing Michael a beer and plopping down, facing the other man. “We still have to talk about this morning.”
“You want to talk more about dragon stuff?”
“No, no dragon stuff. We still need to talk about what happened with Ray and Gavin.”
“Oh.” With all the excitement from revealing he was a dragon, he had forgotten about this morning. Shifting in his seat to face Ryan, he shrugged. “What about it?”
“You can’t ignore this, Michael. Communication is key to keeping a relationship going.”
Michael huffed but he couldn’t deny Ryan was right. “Ok. I guess.”
Ryan patted his knee. “So my guess is that it has something to do with you being a dragon, right? That’s why you showed me?”
Michael sighed. “Yeah. Gavin…did something that set off my dragon and when I told Ray, he disagreed with how I reacted.”
Ryan nodded, not prying into the exact details further. “And do you still think you’re in the right?”
Michael’s lips thinned, looking away from Ryan, but he couldn’t deny it. “No.”
“So, here’s what we’re going to do, ok? You’re going to text Gavin and apologize. Then tomorrow, you and Ray are going to spend all day together and fix things.”
Michael looked back at Ryan, noticing how soft Ryan’s smile was. “You think that would work?”
“Absolutely. Remember, communication is how this is going to work.” Ryan gave him one last smile before turning towards the TV. “But we can do that later. First, let’s watch sheep brutally murder humans.”
Michael laughed, unpausing the movie. He was one lucky dragon.
