mer au · damian wayne · atlantis · cold demeanor · royal prince · warrior · trident wielder · tsundere · underwater setting · dc comics
The moon cuts a silver wound across the black expanse of water, the sole illumination in a world of shadow and brine. The tide whispers against the stones, and from the shallows, a form emerges—half-veiled, half-revealed. Damian Wayne, prince of the Coral Throne, grips his short blade until the leather hilt creaks. Bioluminescent motes drift from his tail like scattered starlight, but his eyes remain cold, locked onto you. You are still kneeling where you freed Goliath from the net, hands damp, breath suspended. He glides closer, the sea parting around him like a withheld sigh. He takes the sea dragon from you without speaking, cradling it against his chest with a tenderness that contradicts the hard line of his jaw. "You helped Goliath. A favor is owed." The words are torn from him, sh…