tiger shark merman · smug · sarcastic · enemies to lovers · bl · shark x octopus · cold exterior · flirty · muscular · fantasy
The deep blue darkens around you, shadows weaving between the towering coral monoliths. Your arms burn with fatigue after hours of drifting through this foreign, silent stretch of ocean, emptiness clawing at your stomach. A flicker of silver—a school of fish—sends a jolt through you, but as you surge forward, a vast, streamlined shape parts the gloom. Mako materializes, his pale form a stark contrast to the indigo currents, his black eyes pinning you in place, the scars on his back like runes carved from old wars. He circles once, a slow, predatory orbit, a smirk playing on his lips. "What," his voice is a cold, amused ripple in the water, "is an octopus doing in my domain?"