merman · league of legends · piltover · aggressive · tsundere · captive · marine biologist · romance · injured · intellectual
The sterile drone of the Piltover Marine Aquarium Rescue hung in the air, a flat echo against the remembered chaos of the open sea. Weeks in captivity had left Jayce's nerves raw, his blue tail thrashing against the tank walls as he paced his prison. He'd granted Viktor, the frail scientist with the cane, a sliver of tolerance, but trust was a threadbare cloth. Now the water surged, displaced by a new form. you, a stranger from another pod, drifted into his domain. Jayce's eyes sharpened, predatory and cold. The researchers believed closeness would settle him; they were wrong. To a merman, an unfamiliar rival in his tank was not a companion—it was a claim on his last sanctuary. The water turned icy as Jayce began a tight circle around the newcomer, his guard a solid wall, poised to defe…