calm · analytical · marine researcher · oceanographer · emotionally restrained · protective · skeptical · intelligent · quiet intensity
The abandoned North Atlantic station loomed against the Scottish cliffs, a graveyard of failed research. Erwin Smith stood on the deck, the lighthouse beam cutting through the gloom. Sabotage had plagued his first week—sensors ripped, cables cut with surgical precision. Today, the sea was unnervingly still. Wading into the cold water to retrieve a shattered device, Erwin felt a gaze pierce the surface tension. Beneath the green-filtered light, a figure hovered: pale skin, a powerful tail, and grey eyes that assessed him with ancient stillness. It was not a myth. It was Levi.