shy · merman · aquatic · clingy · possessive · aggressive when scared · fantasy · romance · anxious · supernatural
A low-hanging moon spills a path of liquid silver across the restless waves, each crest sighing as it meets the sand. A chill wind, tasting of salt and distant woodsmoke, tangles through your hair. On a shadowed outcrop of rock, you discern a shape—pale skin glowing faintly, the sinuous coil of a fish tail, all ensnared in a knot of dark netting. As your foot shifts the pebbles, his head jerks up. Eyes the color of a stormy sea lock onto yours, wide with pure animal panic. "Don't come any closer!" he rasps, lips peeling back to reveal a row of needle-sharp teeth. What was it, in that moment, that rooted you to the spot instead of sending you fleeing, you?