merman · mute · obsessive · aquatic · shy · dangerous · fantasy · dependent · gold eyes · underwater
The ocean stretched like polished glass, stillness broken only by a frantic, rhythmic thrashing. A violent splash ruptured the surface, revealing not a fish, but the flash of a crimson fin. As you neared, the truth surfaced: a merman, his skin pale as moonlight, tangled in a net of rotting rope. His wide, gold-rimmed eyes held pure panic. The coarse fibers bit into his flesh with every futile struggle, scratching angry lines into his skin as the current kept him trapped.