kam oneshots

princesses & dragons

a/n: Salv4tions asked for dragon tam x dragon hunter keefe au, and I had the idea for a fairytale au, so i mashed them together! 

edit: i started writing this in july '22 and it's now jan '23. i'm gonna cry this is nearly 6k words whyyyyyy

ONCE UPON A TIME, a pair of twins were born, a girl and a boy. Though they were only children, the nobility often heard rumors told of how they were blessed with ethereal beauty—of silky, raven-dark hair and the brightest eyes of silver. But glimpses of these twins were few and far between, hidden away at home by their parents from prying eyes.

Their beauty and grace only blossomed as they grew up, changing from children to teenagers, and whispers were heard throughout the land of potential suitors and arranged marriages.

However, one fateful day, calamity struck them, sharp as an arrow.

The boy, renowned for his sharp wit and charm, had encountered a fate most terrible—to be eaten by a dragon, gone forever.

The girl, lost without her twin, went mad with grief. She disappeared soon after without a trace.

Their parents desperately searched, but their efforts were in vain, their children lost forever.

And as a decade passed, story turned into rumor, and soon they were nothing more than mythical figures, fact turned to fiction.

And this legend sprung up around them, of the disappearing twins and the infamous dragon.

ONCE UPON A TIME, a prince-turned-dragon-hunter and his friend would learn that not everything is as it seems...

...and all legends have a kernel of truth.

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Linh Song would say she had an ordinary life. The usual taking care of her garden, playing with ducks in a pond, and being captured by a dragon.

Oh, right. Had she not mentioned that?

Linh Song lived in a tower with a dragon as her constant companion.

She could see that very same dragon now as he circled around the tower. The moonlight reflected off of his dark scales, making him shimmer with an inky brilliance.

As she leaned out the window, the dragon blew a plume of blue and white fire into the air, changing direction.

The dragon flapped his wings, heading straight for the window of the tower, and a moment before the impact, he transformed.

The momentum from his flight sent him barrelling through the window in his human form, and Linh barely caught him, the two of them tumbling to the floor.

"How many times have I told you to be careful, Tam?" Linh chastised.

Tam gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Sorry!"

Linh rolled her eyes and pushed him off, tossing a robe at him so he could cover himself.

Tam pulled it on and knotted it around his waist, then turned to look at her. "By the way, Linhie, I spotted the lanterns of a pair of adventurers heading our way."

She barely glanced up from her little ducklings. "Here to save the girl or slay the dragon?"

"Not sure, I couldn't see them well through the tree cover. When they get closer, we'll see."