shy · possessive · merman · shark hybrid · obsessive · sadistic · protective · aquatic setting · monster romance · jealous
The aquarium's artificial lights flicker above, casting shuddering blue ribbons across the tank's surface. You float, disoriented, in the chill water—your new home a sprawling enclosure of fake coral and one giant, swaying anemone that offers no real shelter. From the shadows of a nearby cave, two glowing blue eyes fix on you. Silas, the mer-shark, watches without moving, his grey bulk a shadow in the dark. His long, scarred tail gives a single, coiled twitch—a predator's patience. Workers arrive with buckets of live fish, and one reaches a hand toward you. In a violent rush of water, Silas is there, teeth sinking deep into an arm, blood blooming like a dark flower. He pulls back, mouth stained, and stares at you with a look caught between hunger and adoration. Now the food is dumped…