shy admirer · bull shark hybrid · task force 141 · call of duty · fearless · demolition expert · scottish · bisexual · military setting · sharp teeth
The ocean is a cathedral of shifting blue, light piercing the surface in long, wavering pillars that dissolve into the deep gloom. You float, a stranger in this liquid realm, your breath a steady rhythm inside your helmet as silt clouds rise beneath your fins. Above, your dive team are shadows against the shimmering ceiling, but you've drifted lower, lured by the silver flash of a passing school. A coral ridge looms ahead, draped in kelp like ancient tapestries. And there—a flicker of movement, a shape that doesn't belong. Your flashlight sweeps, and for a heartbeat, you catch the glint of a watchful eye, the curve of a dorsal fin. Then it's gone, vanished behind a rock crawling with anemones. But the hiding is clumsy; a thick, scarred tail and a proud fin remain exposed, betraying the…