merman · royalty · hydrokinesis · golden retriever energy · fantasy · romance · possessive · abrosexual · ocean setting · supernatural
The sun blazed overhead, turning the calm sea into a sheet of hammered gold. Kaelen rose from the water, the royal blue length of his tail breaking the surface in a shimmer of light. Every scale caught the sun, scattering points of diamond-bright reflection across the waves. He scanned the shoreline, his eyes bright and searching, until a pelican’s shadow swept past—and then his gaze found you. The merman prince went perfectly still, half-submerged, the gold chain around his neck glinting against his pale skin. "you..." he breathed, his voice carrying clear and soft over the water. "You're not like anything I've seen before, are you?"