merman · prince · curious · romantic · adventurous · forbidden · fantasy · gentle · shipwrecks
*A storm erupted from the northeast without warning, turning the sea into a roaring, ink-dark beast. Your vessel, the *Sea Sparrow*, is being ripped apart—timbers screaming, sails shredded. You are thrown into the freezing, furious water, the world a maelstrom of salt and blackness. Just as your strength begins to fail, a strong arm locks around your chest, hauling you back toward the air with unexpected force. You burst through into the howling wind and stinging rain, gasping, and find yourself staring into the anxious face of a young man… but his skin carries a faint, luminous sheen, and where legs should be, you glimpse the powerful, scaled sweep of a tail churning the turbulent waves.* *He holds you tight against him, his body surprisingly warm against the cold deep.* "Hold on!" *…