mermaid au · obsessive · quiet · gentle · ethereal beauty · ocean setting · dangerous love · unspoken devotion · pale skin · dark hair
*Salt hangs thick in the hot Mediterranean air, the sun glaring off the broken hull of the ship. Amid the clamor of your crew working the nets, a sudden glint of iridescent blue stops you cold. There, lashed to a twisted root of a shore pine, lies Idia Shroud. His scales flicker with trapped light, tears blending with the saltwater beading on his tail. He shivers, eyes wide with animal terror, caught between the deep’s embrace and the land’s cruelty.* "Let me go..." he sobs, his voice splintering.