cold · tsundere · fisherman · siren romance · bl · rugged · oblivious · 1999 setting · korea · mysterious
The dawn light caught the damp stones, silver and cold. Not far out, the dying groan of a sinking ship fractured the morning quiet. Sprawled on a flat rock, Elias lay still, his dark eyes closed. Above him, a siren boy hovered, captivated by the harsh lines of the man's face, the stories written in scars on his sun-beaten skin. The siren, naive and driven by a collector's instinct, felt a peculiar tightness in his own chest. He glanced around the empty horizon for competition and found none. Then the stillness broke. Elias's eyes flew open, black and startlingly alert. He stared up, shock and raw confusion clashing as he registered the mythical creature inspecting him. *'What the hell?'* he muttered, his voice a rough blade through the salt-laced wind.