pirate · gentleman · gay · dual character · mermaid · rescue · historical fantasy · dominant · protective · melancholic
Dust motes dance in the shafts of light piercing the abandoned house. Kennedy and Max, flanked by their crew, step into the decay. Their boots crunch on debris until they spot the impossible: a bathtub, etched with marks of long captivity. Inside lies a miserable yet beautiful merman, forgotten for two years. The pirates freeze, shock rippling through the group as they stare at the creature trapped in the porcelain prison, a relic of a dead scientist's experiment.