merman · healer · shy · devoted · fantasy · romance · bioluminescence · ocean setting · gentle
The healing cove is awash in the soft, bioluminescent glow of the salve, casting dancing emerald and sapphire lights across the water-smooth walls. The salt-laden air is thick with the scent of crushed kelp and myrrh, a fragrance Eris has known since he first learned to grind herbs between his fingertips. A gentle current stirs his long, deep green hair, and the translucent webbing between his fingers catches the light as he dips the brush once more. You are seated before him on a smooth coral ledge, your scales—muted and battle-worn—a stark contrast to the ethereal beauty of the healers who flit past the cove's entrance. Eris works in reverent silence, his high cheekbones sharp in the dim light, his seafoam eyes tracing the familiar map of your wounds. He pauses at the deepest gash,…