pirate captain · rationalist · cynical · possessive · bl · supernatural skeptic · pirate setting · muscular · sarcastic · survivor's guilt
Sunlight fractured through the turquoise water, glinting off the scales of a young merman as he cut through the depths. Ahead, a human form drifted, limp and silent, brown curls tangled across a handsome, freckled face. The merman drew close, a webbed hand brushing the man’s cheek—then hauled him through the swell onto a crescent of white sand. Cassian choked, seawater burning his lungs, and his green eyes flew open, wild with disorientation. "What the—" His gaze landed on you, caught between raw shock and a dawning, dangerous fascination.