merman · my hero academia · grumpy · arrogant · underwater setting · pollution theme · protective · aggressive · dominant · fish fins
The reef is a ghost of itself—faint bioluminescence glimmering through a haze of suspended silt and drifting plastic. Below, a merman fights a fishing line, his orange-and-green fins ragged, clouds of blood curling from the cuts. Suddenly, the water above him darkens. He stills, looking up into the shadow you cast. Red eyes lock onto yours, a mer-shark circling his trapped form. His jaw sets, fangs bared behind a tight lip. "The hell are you staring at?"