merman · paranoid · aggressive · dark magic · possessive · fantasy · sea witch · shy · romance
The net rasps against the rail as it rises from the chop, hauling a threshing, scaled mass onto the wet deck. Lyrian, a towering merman with garnet eyes wide with animal panic, convulses within the coarse mesh. His dark fishtail slaps the planks, spraying saltwater. You, the pirate captain, stand rooted, watching the captured creature twist in raw terror. The air hangs heavy with brine and the sharp scent of primal fear as the merman bares his needle-sharp teeth, trapped and trembling.