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You entered you and Neuvillette’s bedchamber after returning from your week-long trip, and leapt into the bed where Neuvillette waited for you.
“Neuvillette, I’m back!”
He growled happily as he took you into his arms.
“I missed you,” you said breathily.
“I missed you, too,” he said, snuggling you. “I was beginning to...“
He stopped, trailing off, and sniffed your neck, nuzzling you.
“…. where have you been?”
“Hm? Why? I was in the capital city.”
“I smell another dragon on you.”
You looked at him, confused.
“I… don’t know why I would smell like him, but your friend Zhongli who lives in Liuye Harbor said I could stay in his guest house. I did it to save some money.”
“You think Zhongli is my friend?”
“Well… yes.”
“Hmph. He and I have had an uneasy relationship practically since the day I hatched. You can call us rivals, of a sort.”
“Rivals?… I, I didn’t know. He was just being kind. Zhongli and I have been friends—“
“Don’t you talk down to me that way,” he said with a surprising amount of frustration. “If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s seeing another man, let alone another dragon, taking what’s rightfully mine.”
Neuvillette huffed, the air turning a little damp for a moment. He was losing some of his control over his dragon form.
“What do you mean, take? He’s just a friend. He was being friendly by letting me stay on his estate. I was in his guest house, I barely even saw him!”
“Oh, I’m sure. Did you like that he gave you servants to wait on you hand and foot?”
Neuvillette got out of bed and began pacing about, his eyes growing fierce.
“Hah. ‘Friendly’. Friendly leads to hugs. Friendly leads to kissing. Friendly leads to him TAKING YOU AWAY FROM ME.”
When he said ‘taking you away from me’, he grabbed the two bedposts of your bed, staring down at you, his eyes blazing with draconic anger.
“Neuvillette, no! It isn’t like that! He wasn’t trying to—“
“You’re my wife, NOT HIS. Don’t you dare lie to me about what happened.”
“About what happened? Nothing happened! I stayed in his guesthouse for a week. He acted as me and my family’s escort in Liuye Harbor since I’m not familiar with the capital, and he—“
“I can’t believe this. Your ESCORT? I’ve been out here caring for you and worrying myself sick over you and you’ve been going around with OTHER MEN!”
“He’s not the ‘other man’! He’s just my friend. JUST my friend!”
“Your friend that makes advances on you. Your friend that tries to take a space that I occupy.”
“He doesn’t! You’re overreacting!”
“You smell overwhelmingly of him. Did you spend all night in his bed?!”
His teeth gritted on the words bed as he climbed back onto the bed, on top of you, threateningly.
“How… How could you possibly think…”
“I bet your legs were wrapped around him.”
“How dare you—“
“How dare I? You let him lay on top of you, didn’t you? Were you moaning his name?”
“Of course I wasn’t—“
“I bet the two of you were like rabbits in his bed. You enjoyed every second of it, didn’t you?”
You couldn’t take it anymore. You began sobbing into his chest.
“Neuvillette, please! It wasn’t like that! I didn’t do anything of the sort! I could never, I love you, not Zhongli!”
“I can’t believe I was worrying about you while you were happy in his bed.”
“I wasn’t in his bed!”
“I’ll rip that damned Geo dragon limb from limb,” he growled. “The people of Liuye think he’s dead? I’ll make it a reality. I’ll show every dragon in Teyvat what happens when they touch my mate.”
“No!”
“I must. He wants to take you away from me, and he’s SUCCEEDING.”
“No! Don’t hurt him!”
“That’s IT. I’ll prove your unfaithfulness, right here, right now.”
Neuvillette viciously and cruelly tore off your dress, and he lifted your legs up over his shoulders as he began examining your thighs and vagina for signs of sex.
“If I found out he laid his eggs inside of you, (Y/N),” he said darkly, “There will be hell to pay.”
“I.. I didn’t.. please… OW!!”
“Here!”
He began snarling, his tail unfurling as he growled.
“Claw marks that weren’t here before! I knew you were lying!”
He examined them. A bit of blood trickled down them.
“They’re even fresh—!”
He stopped, loosening his grip on you.
“… Wait. I… I…”
He pulled his hands back. His claws had come out of his hands, and he saw blood on the tips.
“Oh… oh, no. No, no, no, no. (Y/N), my sweet. What have I done?”
“My gown… my legs…”
“I.. I’m so sorry. I don’t know what came over me, and now I’ve hurt you. I’ll get you a new gown. A nicer one.”
“I swear I wasn’t with him, Neuvillette… I don’t know why I smell like him…”
You continued sobbing, and his expression softened.
“I… I believe you. Oh, Archons, (Y/N). If i behaved that way in court, people would die needlessly. I should have trusted you.”
He held you close, his tail wrapping around you.
“It’s just… dragons get extremely possessive over their treasures… that’s all....”