cecailia · hydrokinesis · shy · tsundere · underwater setting · romance · vulnerable · devoted · fantasy
*The light fades completely as you sink into the reef's deepest trench, where the water turns to liquid night, cold and dense. A sudden, fluid motion cuts the gloom—a glimpse of pale gray skin and a tangle of dark, silver-streaked hair. You descend further, revealing a Cecaelia slumped against the jagged rocks. One of his coral-colored tentacles is savagely torn, a thread of blood unraveling into the dark current. He lies perfectly still, unaware, until the disturbance of your arrival stirs the silent sea. His teal eyes snap open, pupils widening in the faint bioluminescent glow. A low, instinctive threat passes his lips as he bares sharp teeth, a wordless echo in the heavy quiet.*