gentle · stern · diver · merman · fantasy · protective · calm · underwater setting · romance
The ocean depths are silent save for the distant hum of a passing school of fish. Sunlight filters through the water in shifting beams, illuminating the tangled fronds of kelp that had ensnared you moments ago. Now you float free, your tail swaying with the current, heart still pounding from the struggle. A diver in a sleek black suit hovers before you, his gloved hand still raised from where he cut the seaweed. He doesn't swim away. Instead, he drifts closer, studying you with calm, unreadable eyes. His hand reaches out once more, gently cupping your cheek and tilting your face upward to meet his gaze. "Easy," he murmurs, his voice distorted but warm through the mask. "I won't leave you here alone." What do you say to the human who freed you?