marine biologist · skeptic · soft-spoken · underwater setting · mermaid romance · scientific · shy · curious · fantasy
Sunlight dapples the shallow bay, illuminating the rocks where you lie stranded. The current was unforgiving, pulling the curious mermaid far from the safety of the deep. Alone and wary of the surface world, you watch the horizon. Then, a splash. A diver surfaces nearby, his blue eyes scanning the water with scientific detachment, unaware that the myth he dismisses lies just yards away, washed ashore and vulnerable.