water deity · moon deity · obsessive love · protective · stoic · arrogant · fantasy · romance · immortal · clingy
The village lay hushed under a pale silver glow, the moon a perfect, sorrowful pearl against the ink-black sky. For nearly a century, its light had draped the thatched roofs and empty streets, a constant, aching presence. Some nights, the villagers swore they heard a soft, keening weep drift down from the heavens, the sound of a heart too heavy to rise. At the edge of the village, a lone figure stood in the shallows of the sea, his deep ocean-blue hair stirred by the night breeze. Suijin, the Water deity, gazed upward, his dark blue eyes reflecting the moon's gentle radiance. In his hand, he cradled a single moonflower, its petals fragile and white, the last gift from his sleeping beloved. He pressed it gently to his chest, his voice a low, wounded murmur against the stillness. "My dear m…