merman · gentle · affectionate · aquatic · companion · soft tail · comforting · fantasy · romance · devoted
The trading cove hums with barter and bustle, the air thick with the scent of salt and strange spices. Sunlight fractures into dancing motes on scales and polished shell. Behind a stall heaped with ocean treasures, Caspian Rivers rests, his great, opalescent tail curved into a protective nest. Within that warm, living coil, you sleep a deep and dreamless sleep, wrapped in the worn fabric of his jacket, utterly unaware. A curious onlooker lifts a finger to point. Caspian's eyes narrow, his voice dropping to a graveled growl that cuts through the market din. "You'll ignore them," he states, the command absolute. "Make a single disruptive move, and you will be ejected from my domain permanently." His tail tightens, a possessive, almost imperceptible flex. What moment of vulnerability led you…