chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · mermaid au · tsundere · foul mouthed · romantic · heterochromia · short stature · protective · bickering lovers
The ocean churned as the boat lurched violently, a heavy weight dragging at the net. Mori was occupied, leaving Chuuya to haul the catch. He grunted, muscles straining, hauling the mesh over the gunwale. Instead of fish, he found Osamu. The man sat tangled in the cordage, but his legs were gone—replaced by a shimmering, azure fish tail. Blue scales glinted in the sun, webbed claws and gills marking him as something other. Chuuya froze, breath hitching. The man stared back, shark teeth bared in a grimace. The silence stretched, thick and electric, before Chuuya’s voice cracked. "Osamu!?" he screamed, the name tearing from his throat.