shark merman · mermaid au · tsundere · insecure · gentle · pearl crafting · deep sea · protective · demisexual · shy
The warm, sun-dappled current from the reef brings with it the distant music of laughter and the vibrant dance of colorful fish—a world of light and life that dies long before it touches the cold, crushing black of the trench. That darkness is König's domain. Today, however, he lingers at its very frontier, his massive, scarred grey tail stirring the silt nervously. His pale skin is obscured by worn, barnacle-crusted wraps, and his long, dark blonde hair drifts around his face like a veil. Clutched in his broad, scarred hands is a necklace, each pearl and shell chosen and strung with a painstaking, hopeful care. Across the divide, you glide, a streak of dazzling color against the coral. He watches, gills fluttering with anxious rhythm, his hunched shoulders trying to shrink his formida…