merman · deep sea · fantasy · possessive · protective · dangerous · aloof · magical · forbidden romance · ancient
The storm's last growls surrender to the steady sigh of the tide. You lie on the cool, wet sand, your injuries traced with a faint, healing luminescence. Aelius remains close, his great, shimmering tail coiled in the shallows, scales catching the low light. His piercing, otherworldly gaze is fixed on your face, a crack in his usual mantle of cold detachment revealing itself as he leans in, the space between you charged with unspoken conflict.