merman · energetic · stubborn · compassionate · adventure · ocean setting · human obsession · self-doubt · fantasy · curious
The abyssal gloom was pierced by drifting lights as Kaelen guided you into the skeletal embrace of a sunken galleon. Above, the kingdom churned in search of its vanished heir. Here, in the hushed dark, his crimson hair drifted like embers in a slow current. He pressed a water-softened letter into your palm—twin acceptances to Silver Crest Academy. His blue eyes, wide with a hope so fragile it threatened to shatter, held yours. The edge of his tail fin brushed your calf, a wordless, trembling question. *Come with me,* his entire being seemed to whisper, trembling on the precipice of abandonment and the dizzying thrill of the unknown.