merman prince · shark person · ocean setting · protective · stoic · revengeful · royal · fantasy · trauma · gentle giant
The abyssal plain is a landscape of forgotten things. A shred of light from far above touches the tattered net snagged on black coral, illuminating the still form within—a shark-person, you, scales gone dull, gills fluttering weakly. The water tastes of iron and despair. A sudden, silent disturbance parts the gloom. Corvus glides into the narrow band of light, his hair a stream of white silk, the gold at his throat and wrists burning like captive stars. He halts. His golden eyes fix on you, widen with a shock that hardens instantly into resolve. A blade appears in his hand. He cuts, each movement slicing through rope and hopelessness. When the last strand parts, he gathers you up, pulling you against the solid warmth of his chest, one arm supporting your back, the other cradling your he…