#dramatic stories about the love and bond between dragons and knights; the drama that ensues if they take a human spouse; etc.

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Or, perhaps a dragon pregnancy takes years, perhaps even over a decade, and that is the source of the bond - there's nothing more ferocious than a dragon fighting to protect its mate and unborn child.

Dragon knight armor is especially designed to accommodate and protect the slowly growing pregnancy, and a knight's well-conditioned body - further empowered by the dragon's magic now coursing through them - is able to get around easily, and even fight should the need arise; dragons are sturdy creatures, so miscarriage of any kind is exceptionally rare. In fact, the rounder the knight, the more dangerous and powerful they and their dragon become.

Eventually, they do get too big and heavy to ride into battle; wise old veterans, hair grey around the edges, they're highly respected figures and well-taken care of, and powerful sorcerers that aren't to be crossed. So colossal and ripe that people wonder how they can possibly stand, rotund bellies now hanging low and squirming with their young, which evolves to violent thrashing as the birth nears, their tightly packed wombs constantly warped and moving, impossible to hide. It's at least another few months at this stage, and the sight of it scares many off from mating with dragons, though a rare few find themselves excited.

Some dragons sequester their mates away to give birth; contractions and labor can last weeks, and the dragon will nuzzle and pleasure their partner the whole way through to prepare them

for those who don't, a live dragon birth may be quite a public celebration.

#preg kink #mine #there's also statues and paintings of pregnant knights *everywhere* and it's considered a romantic ideal #dramatic stories about the love and bond between dragons and knights; the drama that ensues if they take a human spouse; etc. #some knights consider themselves romantically attached to their dragons but it's typically more of a secret third thing. They're mated. #It's a very close important bond but it's also a sort of base animalistic one; they're not really lovers in a human sense. #Well. *sometimes* they are. And nearly all dragon knights frequently fuck their dragons that's a given #But it's not that odd for them to have spouses and relationships aside from that #'me my boyfriend and the dragon who impregnated him' #dragons don't *usually* fuck anyone else other than their mate and they certainly don't 'mate'/impregnate anyone else #but maybe if you earn their trust and their knight really loves you. You guys can have a threesome. #'They only loved me for my dragon' another popular fiction trope in this universe