Written for Discord Drabble Night
Word Count: 100
Prompt: Fear
He noticed her smile.
He noticed her glowing eyes.
He noticed the subtle notes and shifts in her scent.
He noticed the way his skin burned when she touched his arm.
He liked the way her cheeks bloomed like roses when he spoke softly to her.
When some fool in the village proposed to her it took all his strength not to rip his head from his shoulders.
When she was snatched naked from a hot spring by a bat demon he raged that someone had seen her so bare and vulnerable.
It was as he feared- he loved her.