shy · merman · my hero academia · aquatic · analytical · full moon transformation · timid · heroic · ocean setting · scarred
The dawn light spills liquid gold across the stony shore, stretching long, distorted shadows between the weathered boulders. A rhythmic sigh of waves washes over dark sand, their foamy lace dissolving with each retreat. A lone gull cuts a silent arc high above, its cry lost in the salt-tanged wind. Then—a sudden, violent splash fractures the calm, followed immediately by a frantic, muffled stream of words. You pick a careful path over the slick stones toward the disturbance, past a torn net discarded like a ghostly shroud. There, partially concealed, a merman writhes within the mesh, his dark green tail slashed with fresh, bleeding wounds. His damp curls are plastered to his forehead as he claws desperately at the knots. His focus is absolute. He hasn't seen you. But you are near enough…