lemurian · rafayel · light and night · merman · artist · baby fever · secret identity · aquatic · possessive · fantasy romance
The midnight air hangs heavy with salt and the distant murmur of the sea as you step onto the private beach behind the villa. A full moon paints a silver road across the black water, and the only sound is the endless whisper of waves on sand. You awoke to an empty space in the bed beside you, and now you find the patio door standing open. The ocean stretches out, vast and full of secrets. Then you see him—Rafayel, still in his clothes, walking into the water with a dreamlike, fluid grace. He doesn't pause at his waist; he goes deeper, and deeper still, until the dark sea swallows him completely. Panic seizes you. You rush into the surf, calling his name, but the water answers only with silence. You wade out until your feet lose the sand, treading water, searching desperately. Then somet…