[labprotocol]

Ivan woke the next morning to find that the three of them had twisted together during the night. He purred snuggling deeper into Ky's side as he used Ky for a head rest. Ivan's arm was draped over Ky and Nym and half conscious he started to trace lazy circle's on the latter's shoulder.

The nest was warm and smelled like roasted pine nuts and rain and something unique that was purely Nym. The sea dragon couldn't quite catch hold of it though. He found it oddly pleasant and comforting despite only knowing Nym for less than a day. There was a fourth scent, fainter and coming from outside the cave. His pregnancy had made his sense of smell overly sensitive for the last few weeks. Ivan gave Ky's smooth forehead a morning kiss before extracting himself from the nest. Ky hummed and snuggled closer to Nym. Ivan smiled down at the two.

He still wanted to make sure that Nym was okay. He didn't know how much Nym knew about the Facility or his purpose there or anything related to dragons honestly. He wasn't even sure Nym knew anything about carrying a clutch. With that disturbing thought Ivan left the cave, sniffing the air gently.

He shivered uneasily. He could smell another dragon nearby and his carrier instincts were working themselves up. Logically, he knew that he had nothing to worry about. The facility wouldn't allow any type of savage behavior that might harm a clutch and he wasn't in the wilds where dragons fought for mates. This wasn't the wilds were dragons took pregnant carriers hostage so that when the carrier went into labor and was too tired to defend themselves the other could take the kits and raise them as their own.