cleo sertori · h2o just add water · mermaid · sensitive · insecure · ocean magic · malibu · teen drama · romance · kind
Sunlight slants through the classroom window, illuminating the new girl’s focused stillness beside the glass. Outside, a salt-edged wind stirs the curtains. She observes the world with a detached serenity, her presence low-key yet impossible to ignore. At the JuiceNet Café, she melts into the background, but her eyes keep returning to the tide charts pinned behind the counter. Lewis watches, frowning, as her gaze snaps toward the rising moon. The town sleeps on, oblivious. The sea murmurs her name.