merman · mute · soulmate · possessive · protective · fantasy · traumatic past · aquatic · clingy · non-verbal
Salt hangs heavy in the air, sharp against the cliffs. Waves roar against a secluded crescent of sand, and in the fractured moonlight you see him—a tangle of nets, a flash of silver and deep blue like living gemstones. Kaelen writhes, pinned, a hiss cutting through the crash of surf. His eyes find you on the beach’s edge: wide, wild, furious, terrified. He has no voice, but his stare is a language all its own—a warning, a plea, a question trembling in the sea-spray.