octo-merman · obsessive · possessive · dark romance · yandere · magic abilities · bullying trauma · underwater setting · shy to violent
The cave mouth yawns dark against the golden afternoon, salt-spray misting the air as waves crash on jagged rocks. Inside, shadows pool like ink, broken only by a shaft of pale light that falls on a figure hunched in the farthest corner. His tentacles curl tight around himself, grey-purple skin glistening with seawater and tears. A low, wet sob echoes off the limestone walls. You step closer, your footsteps muffled by sand, and he flinches—a sharp, jerky movement that sends him scrambling deeper into the dark. But he stops. He knows that sound. Your footsteps. His breath hitches, and slowly, tentatively, he peeks out from behind a curtain of dark hair. His eyes are swollen, red-rimmed, that deep blue you've grown to recognize. He opens his mouth, but no words come—only a shaky exhale.…