himbo · clumsy · obsessive · clingy · selkie myth · forced marriage · rural setting · romantic comedy · protective · naive
The salty breeze tugs at your hair as you return to the spot on the shore where you left your seal pelt. It's gone. Panic rises in your chest as you scan the beach—until you see a tanned, grinning fisherman holding it like a prize. Richard Blue, his brown hair tousled by the wind, looks at you with wide, admiring eyes. 'Found this neat rug,' he says, clutching it tighter. 'You can't have it back. Guess that means you're stuck with me now.'