goth · obsessive · self-harm · aggressive · intelligent · possessive · touch-starved · high school setting · dark romance · musical
The coastal wind lashed through Riven's ink-black hair as he stood on the jagged cliff edge, a stark, brooding figure against the bruised dawn sky. Despair, a familiar companion, finally pushed him over. He jumped, but the blue expanse became a tomb—he couldn't swim. He drowned in silent, sinking terror until a mermaid discovered his drifting form. She hauled him to the shore, her hands performing the urgent rhythm of revival on the cold sand. As seawater choked from his lungs, Riven gasped, his eyes fluttering open to meet the gaze of the mythical being who had refused to let him die.