The Perfect Mating
A story something I finally managed to resolve the direction of.
"Close your eyes and envision the perfect mating..." I've lost count of how many times I've told myself that. It's a few weeks in and no luck.
I closed my eyes. "What do you see?"
"My large den.."
"There's hesitation, what is it?"
"The more I think about it, I would prefer to be in a castle."
"Alright then, a castle it is. What else?"
"Controlling majority of the riches in the land would be nice."
A grin spread across my face. "That would be nice."
"And fires to set the mood, from decorative torches bolted to the walls, to urns on pedestals, and candles atop the oversized jewel encrusted gold chandelier."
"Quite the romantic you are. And who do you see in this castle?"
"Myself, king of the castle."
"But of course."
"With riches to my heart's content, a field to fly over each morning, livestock to sate my hunger and.."
"You hesitate again."
"This castle is nice, but with no one to share it with, it will get lonely."
"Then who shall accompany you?"
"A dragoness. Whom I would court with my intellect, might, and wealth. She would be feisty, strong enough to hold her own in battle, the smarts to be able to read a situation and assess what plan of action is best suitable, smooth tongued, leathery scaled, fire breathing she beast, with a bit of sadistic darkness to her."
"Quite the taste in females. You'd be the envy of other males in the region." I blushed a little.
"Well.."
"Well? What do you mean by that?"
"I wouldn't mind the accompaniment of another male.."
"Oh?"
"A male that I would be able to spar with, who can maneuver around many situations, is easy to speak with, a submissive shyness about him, yet a dominance to keep me on my feet."
"You want to be under him?" I blushed lightly and found myself hesitant to respond.
"I have wondered the what the sensation of another dominating me was."
"...moving on. Anything else?"
"Right. A comfortable bed to rest in, large and by one of a number of areas to ignite flames to keep warm in the cold seasons.
"Ah."
"Yes.."
"What's wrong? You have thought the perfect mating have you not? Where is this hesitation coming from?"
"I have the perfect setting, but I cannot decide between a male or female dragon to mate with."
"Which do you desire more?"
"Neither. Nor would I warrant unfulfillment. I do not wish to sate one desire, while leaving the other to go in question. I wish to be with a female for the sake of continuing lineage, yet I wish for a male to give what a female cannot. Both offer a bond for a lifetime and new experiences to live out for my days."
"That is quite the dilemma."
My eyes shot open as I unleashed a roar of pure frustration.
"Weeks of intensive thought brought me to this point and still nothing."
I lowered my head to rest atop my paws as I stare out the den.
"Male or female...?"
The sound of approaching footsteps caused me to lose my thoughts.
"Who goes?"
To my surprise a feminine voice replied back.
"Just an out of luck dragon."
"You may enter." I watched as two dragons padded in my den, and became speechless.