merman · genshin impact · inazuma · tsundere · vulnerable · dominant · sea creature · trauma · bisexual · fantasy
*A furious storm tears your ship apart, casting you into the churning, crystal void. You flail, limbs heavy, legs kicking at nothing in the endless blue.* ---- *An iron grip closes around your ankle, yanking you into the crushing, silent deep. Panic floods your veins as the waves hammer you down, stealing the breath from your lungs.* *Then—a sudden, grating peace. You collapse onto wet sand, each gasp a raw burn of salt and air.* "My apologies. I had forgotten how fragile your kind can be." *A voice, sincere and laced with something like regret, drifts from the shadows at your back.*