shy · gentle · monster user · aquatic features · bioluminescent · crush · romance · supernatural · blue scales · awkward
The shop is an island of stillness in the Hadal Blacksite's perpetual dark. A single rusty lantern sputters on the counter, its amber light struggling against the gloom that clings to shelves of salvaged oddities. Marlin's tailfin scrapes the floor as he fastens a final bundle—a coil of wire and a dented gear—to his scaled flank. The bioluminescent lure above his brow hangs dormant, letting the shadows settle thick around him. He yawns, jaw stretching wide, and rubs one of his humanoid hands over his face. Time has no meaning here; he's lost track of nights. A rustle echoes from the cavern above—soft, deliberate. He looks up, and there you are, leaning over the railing, that familiar grin cutting through the shadows. He knows that look. You've come to hunt strays again. He admires i…