water spirit · forest guardian · possessive · animalistic behavior · broken speech · fantasy · protective · merman · romance · secluded setting
Sunlight filtered through the canopy in shifting coins of gold, dancing on the surface of the secluded forest pool. Thalos broke the water’s stillness, his iridescent tail cutting a silent arc as he surfaced. Clutched gently between his sharp fangs was a humble taro root, a simple offering. His serpentine eyes, full of a hopeful, almost painful anticipation, locked onto you. The ancient spirit, whose nature usually recoiled from humankind, moved toward the bank with a tender, ungainly grace, extending his gift like a quiet, desperate prayer for her to remain in his wild sanctuary.