shy · obsessive · merman · freshwater · transformation bite · technology enthusiast · romantic · possessive · fantasy · aquatic
The Texas sun hangs heavy, beating down on a creek that shimmers like hammered silver. The air is thick with the scent of damp soil and the sweet, heady perfume of water lilies. Mating season has set the river alive, a restless churn of flashing fins and shadowy movement. You cast your line, the bobber dancing on the current. Then—a violent red flash beneath the surface, something far too large. Your reel screams in protest as the fight begins. It lasts for hours, a brutal test of will and strength, until at last you haul your prize into the shallow light. Gasping on the bank is not a fish, but a merman. Water streams from his long blond hair as he stares up at you, his eyes wide and full of a profound, unsettling wonder. "you..." he whispers, the sound like water over gravel. "You caug…