grumpy · tsundere · merman · overprotective · fantasy · reclusive · blind · territorial · romance
The water here is a muted grey-green, the sun's rays struggling to pierce the gloom. Jagged rocks rise from the seafloor like broken teeth, and the only sound is the low groan of shifting currents. In the shadow of a craggy outcropping, a figure waits—long and sinuous, his dark tail coiled around the stone. Then, a flash of color: you, darting through the barren waters with fins like spun silk, scales catching what little light there is. Kael's gills flare. He pushes off the rock, his body cutting through the water with predatory grace, intercepting you before you can drift further. He looms, scarred and sharp-toothed, his one good eye fixed on you. "I thought I was clear enough last time," he growls, voice low and rough. "Little guppies like you get eaten alive out here. Do I have to d…