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[rubrumalis-a]

✧ — suspicion.

⟨ STARTER CALL ⟩ ⋰ @dragonheartecl

From the moment he showed up on the compound, Argento was SUSPICIOUS. He was old enough to know when he saw another dragon—though he’d learned the hard way not to make accusations without evidence—and this man was exactly that. 

And he was far too close to his descendants for his comfort. It didn’t help that he was talking to one. 

So when this man gives him an opportunity to step out of the shadows he’s lived the bulk of his life in, Argento takes it. “Why are you here?”

There’s no introduction. Without hesitation, he jumps to find the reason first. Argento couldn’t care less if he was deemed RUDE for it. His descendant was plenty polite enough to make up for the way he was approaching this. 

[emptyhandecl-a-blog]

⋆ ━ nonfiction.

⟨ N/A ⟩ ⋰ @dragonheartecl

Nose shoved deep into a thick book, it’s clear to anyone that sees him that Cassius is ENGROSSED in the contents of the fantasy novel. Perhaps he is a touch too fascinated with the story, but that always goes without saying when DRAGONS are involved.

What makes it clearer is when he slams right into the back of stranger, dropping his book and losing his place in the process, though he’s more interested in making sure the stranger isn’t harmed nor offended.

“Oh, I’M SORRY,” he says, smiling up the stranger as he pauses to stoop and scoop up the book on the ground. “I should’ve been paying more attention. I was... distracted.”

[primanovae]

@dragonheartecl

Without any concern for the stranger’s personal space, Faylan moved close and sniffed at the other, before huffing. “You smell like dragon,” he muttered.

[emptyhandecl-a-blog]

⋆ ━ willfully bound.

⟨ Starter Call ⟩ ⋰ @dragonheartecl

Hatching a DRAGON was something few people got to do, even within his own family. They were always born in multiples, so it was more often the dragon who was left waiting for their rider to be born, rather than the other way around. 

Cassius wasn’t like that. He was different. His sister had bonded with the last hatchling and more had yet to be birthed. So while his big sister had been greeted at birth by an enthusiastic baby dragon, Cassius was the one doing the greeting. 

Eagerness had settled into the big heart of a little boy when he had finally been given an egg, when he could finally wrap his small frame around it in an effort to keep it warm. And of course, when it hatches, that excitement hit its peak. Here was the dragon he would form a lifelong partnership with. 

The dragon was christened LEONIDAS. A name that he had been chided for. A lion, after all, isn’t as strong as a dragon. How could it be? But rather then physical strength, Cassius is hoping for strength of HEART—something he seems to sorely lack.

Quickly the little dragon grows, from a small hatchling that Cassius can just barely cradle in his arms to one that’s clinging to his hair, riding atop his head with his hind legs positioned on his shoulders. Leonidas’s tail is in constant motion behind them, like an excited dog who’s master has just returned from a long trip. 

“Leo,” Cassius addresses the dragon softly, reaching up to hold his front claws. The dragon leans forward, long neck allowing them to see eye to eye despite the positions their in. “Are you warm enough?”

The wind was light and the dragon’s position kept him warm, but baby dragons were known for having low body temperatures until they were mature enough to harness their fire into breath and the first sign of a NEGLECTFUL rider was failing to monitor whether or not their partner was keeping warm...

[primanovae]

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[bkmnjr-a]

            ( &&* @dragonheartecl gets to meet a scaled demon ! )

Forrasis isn’t expecting this guy—especially not considering their faces are virtually the same. That was a perk of being a demon, no doubt. Their appearance had to be inspired from something and this guy was evidently that INSPIRATION. 

“So you came to ask my datemate’s datemate to find the reincarnation of your datemate?”

He pauses for a second, raising a hand to his mouth and humming. It occurs to him now how strange that might sound. It’s too late to take it back and the typical just kill him demon shtick probably wouldn’t fly, considering Allen wouldn’t like it.

Not to mention Abby would kill him if he got blood on the floor. 

Instead, he does the WISE thing amidst the awkward silence. He reaches out to shake his hand and says, “Hi, I’m Forrasis, but ya can call me Lavi an’ I have a P.H.D. at makin’ conversations excruciatingly awkward.”

[emptyhandecl-a-blog]

I love you. :D

⟨ Meme ⟩ ⋰ @dragonheartecl

The words come as a SURPRISE to the man who, just a short while before, had feared he’d botched even their friendship. It would’ve made sense, given Leo had wanted to talk about one thing and Cassius had taken it the wrong way and beaten him to it, had kissed him without any warning.

It hadn’t been spoken about since—or perhaps it was that what Leonidas had told him was vastly more important and required more tact than a kiss out of the blue. 

Perhaps both of them had needed time to process it all; Cassius didn’t know. But Leo was saying it here and now, without hint nor much warning, save for the brief conversation they’d been having about nothing in particular. 

Cassius know his answer before he opens his mouth, takes no more time to consider than he would take to introduce himself. 

“I LOVE YOU, TOO.”

They were words so soft, so quiet, that anyone would miss them had they not been listening—and Cassius didn’t particularly care who did hear, despite how it would be considered a BETRAYAL to his family. 

Even more now than before, Cassius wouldn’t be able to mindlessly marry a woman and create more dragon slayers, no matter the pressure his family tried to place on him, no matter how much he “owed” them for his other betrayal. Not when it was Leonidas they might raise their blade to. 

[primanovae]

@dragonheartecl

“You...” Raising an eyebrow, Veles looked the other dragon up and down. “It’s not often I get a fire being around these parts.” Usually beings of fire tended to steer clear of him, for obvious reasons. However, since the other didn’t seem to be threatening his domain  yet,he would be at least somewhat civil...for now. “What do you want?”