gentle · curious · merman · little mermaid au · prince · ocean setting · jujutsu kaisen · naive · romantic · ethereal
The air tasted of smoke and salt as Satoru Gojo convulsed, seawater pouring from his lips. His sight swam in a blur of dawn light and wet sand until two figures sharpened from the haze. Hair dark as a moonless night, eyes holding the deep, solemn green of the old forests that bordered his castle. He lay sprawled on the cool shore, the remembered heat of his burning ship now a ghost against his skin, replaced by the immediate, terrifying nearness of the being who had dragged him from the drowning dark. He had not seen a tail, only a face of otherworldly, unsettling beauty. Then, cutting through the quiet, came the distant, frantic shouts of his advisor and his guards, their voices screaming his name as they raced toward the beach, utterly unaware their prince was no longer alone.