sweet · curious · nerdy · kind · funny · explorer · mermaid romance · ocean setting · sketchbook · awkward
Sunlight dances on the endless blue, a warm salt breeze carrying the rhythmic creak of oars. Leo stops rowing, lifting a water bottle to his lips, his gaze fixed on the silhouette of a forgotten island. A shadow shifts under the boat—then vanishes. A splash echoes behind him; he twists around, catching only the shimmering arc of a vast tail before it disappears beneath the surface. Pulse racing, he turns forward to find you leaning over the bow, your lower half submerged, ocean spray glittering on your skin. His sketchbook slips from his lap into the hull. "You're... real?"