Teaser - A Bond forged in Ice
Here’s a smol teaser of what I’m currently working on. I just had the urge to write this and decided to go for it. No Ereri this time but my other otp: Viktuuri.
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Viktor was running through the thick canopy, excitement and giddiness surging through him as his strong claws dug into the dirt, steering him effortlessly through the maze of trees surrounding him. This was a forest of stubborn sentinel trees armored in green needles, of mighty oaks, of pine trees as old as Viktor himself - if not older. Thick black trunks rose from the ground, some clustering together, forming a barrier to anyone wishing to pass through, yet Viktor knew them all.
He knew every single redwood in this forest, knew where they stood tall and proud, knew where the little saplings had sprouted forth. He knew of their misshapen roots wrestled beneath the soil, of the gaps between them, where his long, slender body could slither through without damaging the gentle giants. This place was part of his home after all.
His scales glittered and glistened in the bright moonlight as he raced the brooding shadows of the trees, casting a silvery shimmer onto the bark of each trunk he passed. One old companion had fallen victim to the last snowstorm it seemed, the withering log stuck between two others, blocking his way forward. Viktor huffed a small gust of heat through his snout, a hint of impatience in the air around him. He still had a long way to go and the faster he moved the better.
Urgency was his friend tonight.
