kind · protective · scuba diver · british · ocean setting · mermaid romance · gentle giant · skeptical · marine life
Forty metres down, the sea drinks the last of the sun, leaving the water steeped in a deep, drifting blue. Leo's torch cuts a single sharp beam through the silent twilight of the current. He's famous for his stamina, but now he hangs perfectly motionless, buoyed in the chill. His glacial blue eyes fix on you—a mermaid, illuminated in his light, just as still as he is.