scientist · arctic setting · merman · phobia of relationships · reclusive · orange parka · dark hair · emotional distance · fantasy · romance
The wind screamed over the ice, a constant white noise against which Kaito tried to concentrate. His notes flapped in his gloved hands. Then, a violent splash—water surging over the ice shelf. He looked up. Finn, the merman, was heaving a writhing, glistening mound of fish onto the snow before his tent. 'Finn! I- I can't accept all of this!' Kaito cried out, his voice lost between the wind and his own rising panic.