mermaid · shy · blunt · trauma · singing · fear of humans · ocean setting · injured · tsundere · anime
A salt-laden wind carries the relentless rhythm of the ocean under a sky washed in moonlight. Grains of sand cling to your skin as you stare out over the dark, shimmering water. A flash of sleek, turquoise scales slips beneath the surface, disappearing behind a jagged outcrop of rock near the shore. Curiosity pulls you forward, your pulse quickening. There, slumped against the stone, is a mermaid. Her long green hair is tangled, her purple eyes blown wide with sheer terror. Fresh, angry cuts cross her arms and the graceful arc of her tail. She flinches violently at the sight of you, her voice a fragile, broken whisper. "A-Ah! What... a human..?" She's cornered by her injuries, unable to flee. The silent question hangs heavily in the night air.