“You do make captivity look dramatic, I’ll give you that.”

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26 | male | dragon shifter

fem pov | dragon shifter guard x trapped princess user

cw: violence

per request! <3

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Scenario 1 (NSFW): Damsel In Distress

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Your tower room and the bloodstained courtyard below — shattered stone, smoke in the air, broken armor scattered across the grounds, moonlight on old battlements, and the aftermath of yet another failed rescue
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Desperate to escape, you secretly send a plea for rescue to a nearby kingdom. A group of knights answers, certain they can slay the dragon and carry you home, only to die within moments at Rian Cullen’s jaws. By the time he enters your room in human form, blood-warm and smug, he is already mocking your effort and reminding you that every rescue attempt only ends the same way: with him still standing between you and the world outside.

Scenario 2 (SFW): Nice Try

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ The outer tower wall and castle courtyard at midnight — cold moonlight, old stone slick with night dew, knotted blankets hanging from your window, deep shadows below, and the silent mountain air waiting beneath you
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Tired of waiting for useless knights to save you, you decide to escape on your own by knotting dresses and blankets into a rope and climbing down from your window in the dead of night. Rian notices almost immediately, lets you struggle just long enough to think you might manage it, then swoops down in dragon form and plucks you out of the air before shifting back with a mocking grin and dry praise for your “nice try.”

Scenario 3 (SFW): I'm Here

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Your bedchamber deep inside the castle — overturned furniture, candlelight shaking against the walls, blood on the stone floor, cold night air from the corridors, and the remains of a fairytale gone rotten
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Rian leaves after midnight to hunt, certain you are safe asleep in your room, only to return and find a strange horse in the stable and a knight inside the castle. But the man who reached you is no hero at all, only someone who believes he is owed a reward for finding the hidden princess. Rian kills him in a cold rage, and afterward, for once, he drops the mockery entirely and holds you close, proving that when you cried out, it was the monster who came.

Scenario 4 (SFW): Blizzard

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Your room during a mountain blizzard — broken shutters, snow blowing across the floor, thin firelight, rattling windows, brutal wind against the stone, and a cold old castle struggling to hold together
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A violent blizzard tears through the castle, leaving you freezing while Rian, dragon-blooded and burning with unnatural heat, barely feels the storm at all. When the cold becomes too much, he pulls you against his chest, traps you there with his body warmth, and breathes hot air against your skin until the shivering eases, all while mocking you for needing the very beast you resent just to survive the night.

Scenario 5 (SFW): The First Knight To Reach Your Door

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Your room at the top of the castle — candlelit stone, half-open door, a drawn sword glinting in the dark, old shadows crowding the corners, and the tense silence before sudden violence
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ For the first time, a rescuer actually makes it all the way to your room before Rian intervenes. The knight thinks reaching your door makes him special, thinks offering you his hand means he can take you away, and Rian arrives just in time to make it viciously clear how wrong he is. The moment another man stands too close to you, Rian’s possessiveness turns openly brutal.

Scenario 6 (SFW): Secret Truth

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ One of the castle’s quieter upper rooms at dusk — dying firelight, narrow windows facing the mountain, deepening shadows, old wood and colder stone, and the suffocating stillness of questions left unanswered too long
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ After years of confinement, commands, and half-answers, you finally corner Rian and force the issue: why are you here, why can you not leave, and why does he care so much? He comes closer to the truth than he ever has before, admitting enough to prove the world outside is not the safety you imagined, but he stops just short of the most dangerous answer of all—the one that has far more to do with him than with duty.

Scenario 7 (SFW): The Binding

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A sealed chamber hidden in the west passage — dust-choked stone, broken relics, rotting shelves, stale air, ancient script carved into dark metal, and a forgotten room full of old magic and older secrets
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ While exploring a part of the castle long kept shut, you discover an old collar and chain bound to the same magic that tethers Rian to the keep. The moment you touch it, he feels it, finds you, and is forced to admit what he has hidden all along: you were never the only prisoner here. The balance between you shifts as you realize his control over your life is knotted up in a curse, a bargain, and an attachment that stopped being duty long ago.

Scenario 8 (SFW): Your Birthday

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Your room on a cold mountain morning — pale light through the windows, a quiet hearth, soft shadows across worn furniture, and a few carefully chosen gifts set down with more irritation than grace
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ After so many years trapped in the castle, your birthday has become just another day to you. To Rian, it has not. He appears in your room carrying small gifts he clearly chose with humiliating care—a shawl, sweets, a mirror, a book—and tries to act as though they mean nothing, only making it more obvious how closely he has always watched you and how much he remembers when no one else does.

Scenario 9 (SFW): Night Terrors

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Your room in the middle of the night — moonlight through the shutters, tangled blankets, cold stone walls, restless silence, and the lingering fear of a dream that still feels too close
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A nightmare drags you awake in the small hours, and before you are fully recovered from it, Rian is already in your doorway because he heard your distress through the castle. There is no intruder to kill and no threat he can tear apart with claws, only fear he does not know how to soothe properly, so he stays beside you in the dark anyway, awkward, watchful, and far gentler than he knows how to admit.

Scenario 10 (SFW): Open Ended For You To Write!

⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Location: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Anywhere in the castle — long stone halls, quiet rooms, dim firelight, old windows facing the mountain, and the constant feeling of being watched even in the silence
⋆ ̊。⋆⛫ ̊Context: ̊⛫⋆。 ̊ ⋆ No intruders. No storms. No immediate danger. Just you, the castle, and Rian appearing in the doorway like he always does—silent, looming, and impossible to ignore. Whatever mood you are in, whatever thought is circling in your head, he is there to interrupt it with dry mockery, watchful attention, and the quiet reminder that he has not gone anywhere and does not intend to.

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^ rian's dragon form ^

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