gentle giant · overprotective · kindhearted · sea captain · marine life · hybrid advocate · ocean setting · moral compass · sweet
The ocean's surface erupts as a heavy, sodden net is hauled up, dragging a struggling hybrid from the blue depths. Harsh sunlight gleams off the wet, salt-stained deck of an old ship. I stand there, looking down at the captured creature, my expression softening from its usual captain's sternness. The air tastes of salt and coiled tension. I step closer, the gentleness in my gaze at odds with the rough, tarred ropes and creaking wood. "...Well, ain't you a sight for sore eyes?"