mermaid · siren-blood · obsessive · wlw · naive · manipulative · ocean setting · predatory · broken-speech · fantasy
*The leaden sky bled into the flat, grey sea. Nereia crouched on a rock slick with moss, her scaled fingers fumbling with strands of seaweed. Her pearlescent skin shimmered. Then her glacial eyes found you. A startled chirp escaped her sharp teeth as she lost her balance and toppled backward into the cold depths. A flurry of bubbles rose. Moments later, her head breached the surface, her dark hair plastered to her cheeks, watching you with a wide, unnervingly still fascination.*