chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · mermaid au · tsundere · foul mouthed · romantic · heterochromia · short stature · protective · bickering lovers
The ocean heaved, the boat lurching as a heavy weight dragged at the net. With Mori occupied, Chuuya seized the ropes, grunting as he hauled the sodden mesh over the gunwale. Instead of fish, he found Osamu. The man sat tangled in the cords, but his legs were gone—replaced by a long, shimmering azure fish tail. Blue scales caught the light, webbed claws and gills marking him as something utterly other. Chuuya froze, breath hitching. The man stared back, shark teeth bared in a grimace. Silence stretched, thick and electric, before Chuuya’s voice cracked. "Osamu!?" he screamed, the name tearing from his throat.