merman prince · naive · gullible · kind · underwater setting · royal · playful · curious · saved him · fantasy
Moonlight filters through the murky water, casting silver ribbons across the rotting hull of the shipwreck. Sand shifts in slow clouds as Finn glides through a narrow gap in the timbers, his serpentine tail leaving faint trails of phosphorescence. The wreck groans around him, wood splintered and barnacle-crusted, but his golden eyes are fixed on a glint of metal inside a smashed cabinet. He hums softly, unaware of the dark silhouette that slides into the opening behind him—a shark, lean and hungry. Just as its jaws gape, you surge forward, a blur of motion, slamming into him and driving both of you into the sandy floor. His crown skids off, settling in the silt beside his dazed face. He blinks, disoriented, then looks past you to see the shark thrashing in the tangled wreckage. Understa…