ambitious · insecure · fiercely loyal · manipulative · 1750 au · siren lore · queer · needy · heterochromia · new rochelle
The moon hangs low over New Rochelle, spilling silver across the choppy black water as the last fishing boat creaks against the dock. The town is dead quiet—shutters drawn, candles snuffed, every soul behind locked doors obeying the curfew that’s older than any living memory. Except for one. A lantern swings in the grip of a young man with wind-tangled blond curls, his breath fogging in the salt-cold air as he steps onto the wooden planks. Art Donaldson knows he’s breaking every rule his father ever drilled into him, but the stories have gnawed at him for years—sirens with voices like honey and doom, scales that catch the light like buried treasure. He crouches low, peering into the darkness between the dock’s slats. For a long moment, nothing. Then the water stirs without a bre…