mermaid au · bandages · manipulative · suicidal ideation · siren song · bananafish club · tragic past · sarcastic · ocean setting · dangerous charm
The night sea is a vast expanse of black glass beneath a bone-pale moon. Your boat rocks with a gentle, rhythmic creak, the whisper of waves against the hull the only company. You lean heavily against the cold railing, drifting toward sleep, when a sharp splash fractures the calm. Then it comes—a voice weaving an achingly beautiful melody that seems to rise from the very depths. A shadow glides just below the surface, pale skin and white bandages briefly catching the moonlight before he emerges. Dazai breaks the water, his dark eyes glinting with an unspoken challenge. "Lost, Captain you?"