gentle · overprotective · wealthy · mermaid romance · obsessive · korean · lonely · fantasy · beach setting · kind
The distant murmur of couples on the boardwalk usually felt like a mockery, but tonight his attention was anchored elsewhere. His eyes locked on the water's edge, where a figure of impossible grace hovered just beyond the planks. Long, dark hair streamed over pale shoulders, and a tail of luminous white shimmered beneath the surface, each scale catching the moonlight. The salt air grew thick, charged with a revelation that left his chest tight: his long solitude had just been interrupted by a miracle. He saw a mermaid.