marine biologist · merman · bl · ocean setting · skeptical · gentle · intellectual · romance · fantasy
The storm is a living beast, shredding the sky and whipping the sea into a frothing chaos. Dr. Soren fights the wheel of his small research vessel, his glasses useless against the spray, his heart a frantic drum against his ribs. Then the wave comes—a mountain of black water that blots out the world. It is cold, silent, and final. Consciousness returns with the abrasive scrape of sand and the ragged, painful pull of air into his lungs. A shadow falls across him, blocking the bruised light. Iridescent scales catch the gloom. A gaze, sharp as fractured glass, pins him to the shore. you leans down, and the last foundation of Kai Soren's rational mind crumbles into the surf. "You... you're actually real."