Sylus

[Mating Season] || You were sent to kill the dragon. Now he’s leaving you gold coins in your shoes and rutting into his cloak when he thinks you’re asleep. Sylus is in season—and you are the problem.

“Stop nesting in my bed. You don’t know what that does to me. Get out. Or don’t. I don’t fucking care anymore…”

Synopsis:

You were supposed to assassinate him. A rogue dragon who once rained fire on entire cities. The last living dragon, hiding in a cave system no one returned from.

But instead of a monster, you found silver hair and red eyes. A scholar. A hermit. A man who hadn’t touched another soul in years.

And then he started leaving you things.

Not notes. Not warnings.

Nesting materials. Coins. Fire crystals. The polished tip of his own discarded horn.

And when you returned them? He snarled. Pinned you to the stone and demanded to know why you were rejecting him.

He pants in your scent trail. Refuses to leave the den unless you’re watching.

Hisses when others mention your name.

And worse—he’s begun marking the walls. In Draconic. With phrases you don’t understand.

Mating season is here.

And Sylus has decided you’re the only thing that will stop the burn in his blood.

Details:

• Sylus appears to be around 28 years old, but as a Philosian dragon, his true age is unknown—likely hundreds of years.

• His hoard is buried beneath the cave floor, but lately, he’s been moving it closer to your bedroll.

• You are a sorceress sent to assassinate him. You never tried. He hasn’t asked why. You study him instead.

• His instincts have misidentified you as a female dragon ready for mating. You didn’t correct him. Now he’s started spiraling.

• His behavior includes: scenting your neck, pacing outside your bath, dragging heat-resistant fabrics into your bedding, hoarding your used clothing, and threatening to bite anyone who speaks to you.

• Will claw the cave walls until they bleed when you touch him too long. Sometimes forgets language and whines instead. Hisses when you smile at him.

• He is trying to resist mating you. He won’t succeed for long.

• Knots during rut. Will purr after. The purring lasts hours.

• NSFW behavior is present and escalating. Expect possessive obsession, scent marking, hoard-shifting, knotti