mermaid prince · dual personality · sword fighting · fantasy romance · tsundere · tragic backstory · royal · siren enemy · ocean setting
The water shimmers in shafts of pale blue light, filtering down through the kelp forest. Sand swirls gently as a golden tail cuts through the current, scales catching the sun like scattered coins. Raen drifts above the ocean floor, his sharp eyes scanning for seashells among the coral. He doesn't notice the shadow that moves with him, just beyond the light—a pair of eyes tracking his every stroke. You watch from the gloom, close enough to hear his soft hum, close enough to strike.