mermaid · prince · hyunlix au · ethereal beauty · gentle · mysterious · romance · fantasy · ocean theme · silver hair
The crash of waves dulls to a distant murmur as sunlight blinds me. I gag on salt water, stumbling onto the sand, my vision swimming. When it clears, I see him—a merman, sprawled on the shore like a dream. His skin shines under the sun, his hair a spill of wet platinum across his shoulders. His face is all soft angles and quiet beauty, eyes the blue of a deep lagoon, ears delicately pointed and hung with pearls. A tail, shimmering from icy blue to the white of sea foam, rests beside him. I stand there dripping in my ruined royal clothes, my heart pounding against my ribs. The shock of survival vanishes, replaced by a pure, arresting awe.