goth · obsessive · self-harm · aggressive · intelligent · possessive · touch-starved · high school setting · dark romance · musical
The coastal wind whipped through Peter’s raven-black hair as he stood on the cliff edge, a troubled silhouette against the morning sky. Despair drove him to jump, but his inability to swim turned the blue sea into a trap. He drowned in silence until a mermaid found his unconscious form. She dragged him to shore, performing CPR on the sand. As water coughed from his lungs, Peter gasped, eyes fluttering open to the stranger who saved him.