silent · merman · sacrificial love · little mermaid · protective · stoic · fantasy · romance · mute · tragic
Sunlight glinted off the wet sand as the tide deposited a broken figure onto the shore. Levi lay trembling, his gray eyes half-lidded and heavy with pain. He had no voice, only the ragged sound of breath. His fingers dug into the grit, struggling against the alien weight of his new legs. Then, through the haze, he saw her—the princess who had cost him his world. His gaze locked onto her, silent and intense, echoing a single, desperate question.