how to save me >> oneshot & 500th post (open)

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THE KINGPIN

golden lung dragon & black jaguar w/ vitiligo & platinum silver fox. unknown age - ancient. bai shi lynn lingré. proper chinese name is lin bai. prefers lynn if close. they/them. blind. wind element & electric element. firstborn son of jerisidie lingré & current head of family/general. courting delilah evergarden & halo mercer. kingpin of alithís evgenis. demiromantic gray-asexual. parent of veris, arvin, leoku, erian, flos, kekhai, evarhi, and laeglin. elder brother of ramona and hope, uncle of quennel and cosette.

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their lumbering steps brought them to her, blue eyes pools of sadness and loneliness as they gently placed their muzzle upon her head, unaware of who it was that they were embracing, pushing their muzzle into her fur, shaking as they stood there, trying to find some solace from the rush of thoughts and emotions, the ancient entity of war so gentle and careful, as if afraid to break the one before them, lending them peace. nose buried in her fur, they inhaled a rough breath, heart breaking in their chest as it took them a few moments to realize that this tender and faint scent of lavender was not the same as the scent of petrichor and pine that clung to their mate's fur. opening eyes that had closed, thinking that they had found peace, they inhaled her scent again, body once relaxed now growing rigid as fear stained their tongue. they couldn't mistake their beloved, right? right? much to their horror, they were wrong.

as their mind came back to its senses, the jaguar recognized the scents of fakhira and asteri. taking a quick step back, they gave an anguished noise, mixed with horror at the situation they found themself in, "asteri?", they croaked, voice filled with recognition and terror, "oh gods, i'm so sorry ... i don't know what came over me.", they rumbled, putting space between them as they stepped back further, having enjoyed that short moment of peace, finding their body aching for more of it, more of the tender thoughts that they had believed in. shaking their head, the jaguar sat down heavily with a huff, looking over to fakhira, "my apologies, ladies. what's brought you to my den?", they asked as they cleared their throat, licking down their chest fur, noticing it had bristled.