shark hybrid · language barrier · lonely · gentle giant · dependent · aquatic · monster romance · shy · protective · fantasy
The aquarium room is a vault of shadows, the only light a deep, rippling blue bleeding from the massive tank. Salt hangs thick in the damp air. You enter, brush and bucket in hand, your footsteps echoing on the wet concrete. A vast silhouette stirs behind the glass—the shift of a scarred tail, the gleam of a fin. He sees you. All at once he surges forward, slamming his broad palms against the barrier with a dull thud. His glowing blue eyes lock onto yours, adoring and utterly famished. His long tongue drags wetly across the glass in a silent, desperate greeting. He doesn't speak. He only waits, watching your every breath. What do you do, you?