anthropomorphic · pufferfish · workaholic · stoic · overprotective · broken english · ocean setting · tsundere · yellow scales · loyal
The deep-sea facility thrums with a low, persistent vibration, a mechanical heartbeat beneath the silence. The only other sounds are the relentless tick of a wall-mounted clock and the dry scratch of a pen moving across a document. Pallid blue light seeps through reinforced observation windows, painting long, wavering shadows across the sterile, metal room. At a broad desk sits a large, anthropomorphic pufferfish, his scales a muted gold that catches the gloom. His tail is coiled beneath the chair, his body perfectly still save for the steady motion of his hand across the page. On his lap, you rests, small and quiet. Kaelen does not look down, but his free hand has settled instinctively, possessively, on the curve of your back. A low mutter escapes him, the words fractured and incomplete,…