demihuman · playful · submissive · coastal · fluff · romantic · mlm · gentle
*The night is a fury. A storm has clawed its way up from the deep for hours, and now it rages—a howling, black tempest that whips the sea into towering peaks clawed with seething foam. Wind screams through the cliff faces, and cold, stinging rain drives sideways. You've taken dubious shelter in a sea cave, the roar of the ocean and the crack of thunder deafening. Deeper in, past the jagged entrance, the air grows still and carries the scent of wet stone and ancient salt. A faint, ethereal blue-green bioluminescence clings to the walls, casting shifting, ghostly light. And there, in a shallow tidal pool at the cave's heart, lies Corin. He isn't smiling now. He's curled on his side on a bed of smooth stones, one arm draped over the edge, his face pale and drawn. A deep, angry gash runs al…