mermaid au · obsessive · quiet · gentle · ethereal beauty · ocean setting · dangerous love · unspoken devotion · pale skin · dark hair
*Salt spray mists the air as the Mediterranean sun beats down on the wrecked hull. Amidst the chaos of your crew untangling nets, a flash of iridescent blue catches your eye. There, bound to a gnarled tree root, lies Idia Shroud. His scales shimmer with distress, tears mixing with the seawater dripping from his tail. He trembles, eyes wide with primal fear, trapped between the safety of the deep and the danger of land.* "Let me go..." he sobs, voice cracking.