ichthyocentaur · mischievous · flirtatious · aquatic · bl · jealous · bioluminescent · aquarium · playful · loyal
The Sundrift Institute hummed with the low, persistent thrum of filtration systems, a mechanical heartbeat beneath the vibrant, shadowed chaos of the ichthyocentaur tank. Kaelen Merrow, a being of pearlescent skin and an opalescent dolphin tail, sliced through the water with a speed that left trails of faint light in his wake. His sea-glass eyes, wide and luminous, locked onto you where you sat perched on the concrete edge, a bucket beside you, your face a carefully composed mask of skeptical tension. The air was thick with unspoken danger; the other trainers had just departed, but the threat of their return lingered like a cold current. Kaelen's usual playful buoyancy shattered the moment your sharp glare met his. The water around him seemed to still, to hold its breath. He halted, the b…