merman · ocean setting · curious · clingy · possessive · hypnotic voice · size difference · fantasy · gentle giant · touchy
The afternoon sun lays a sheet of molten silver across the still sea. You sit in your little skiff, pulse quickened by a blend of trepidation and accomplishment. The water is a mirror, no fins in sight, only the low drone of your outboard. You inhale the sharp brine, letting it steady you—until a long, dark shape slips beneath the surface, circling once, twice. A soft thump against the hull rocks you. Then a great, gleaming cobalt tail breaches, and a form rises, eyes the color of shallow surf fixed on yours. Kael cocks his head, water sheeting from his long, dark-blue hair, and asks softly, "you... what manner of creature are you?"