A little drabble for my OC Isfrid meeting Frostbite
Yellow eyes.
That was all the small dragon saw when he woke from his sleep, his fur along his shoulders and spine spiking as a growl slipped past blue tinted lips, fangs bared in a defensive posture. Wings flared, and claws were sunk into frozen ground, a half furred tail whipping up frost behind him.
The Yeti looked just as startled, yet... Not alarmed.
There was a gruff laugh before the Yeti Chieftain moved back.
"So, the rumors were true..."
The laugh and voice made the dragon's eyes widen before he sat up a bit, one palm against the icy cave's floor as his tail twitched behind him, the other curled near his chest.
"..."
Teal eyes narrowed before the yeti-ghost put up one paw, showing he wasn't a threat.
"No need to get so defensive, I didn't intend to frighten you, young one... My name is Frostbite, I had heard from a few scouts that a new face had been seen in the tundra. I'm the Chieftain of the Yeti Village."
Ears twitched before the dragon slowly seemed to relax for the moment.
"... Isfrid... Am I trespassing?"
His voice was soft, scratchy... He hadn't spoken in so long.
Frostbite shook his head before he kneeled down in front of the newcomer, Isfrid. "The Far Frozen is plenty big enough for all of us, little dragon... You must be new here."
Isfrid slowly nodded before he settled back on his haunches, his wings relaxing back down on his back. This yeti...
Despite that frozen arm, and formidable icicle horns, he seemed... Warm.
A paw was held out to him and he seemed startled by it all the same, hesitant and unsure.
Frostbite smiled.
"Don't worry... I won't hurt you."
It wasn't the Yeti that Isfrid was worried about.
"What if I hurt you?"
"Will you?"
The question made the furred dragon pause, the third eye on his forehead widening.
...
He shook his head.
"I don't want to."
Yellow eyes softened.
"Then you won't... Come along. It must be lonely in this cave..."
He wouldn't have to be alone...?
His core .thrummed.
Blue talons reached out and took the out stretched paw, and he followed the Yeti out of the cave, his three eyes never leaving the yeti, mystified.