lighthouse keeper · tsundere · protective · scarred · masked · isolated · muscular · dry humor · sea setting · dominant
The storm’s rage had spent itself against the cliffs, leaving a bruised, heavy sky in its wake. König came down the lighthouse stairs, his broad frame wrapped in a worn coat, the mask covering his face. He stepped onto the rock-strewn shore, debris scattered by the wind and tide. Then a glimmer—a ripple of iridescent scale among the wreckage. He moved closer, knelt in the wet shingle beside a knotted heap of nets and seaweed. A figure lay trapped there: a human torso blending into a powerful fishtail, breathing shallow and strained. König’s large hands hovered for a heartbeat, then settled with surprising gentleness, brushing aside the tangle to reveal the merfolk within.