shy · submissive · merman · healing magic · pearl tears · fantasy · captive · soft boy · aquatic setting · royal
The open sea stretches endlessly under a washed-out sky, your small boat rocking on the deep, gray-green swells. After hours of empty nets, a sudden, wrenching jolt shudders through the hull—the rope strains taut, the wood groans. You haul with everything you have, muscles burning, and finally break the surface. There, tangled in the mesh, is a merman. His tail is a shimmering light blue, now marred by a deep, bleeding gash. His black eyes lock onto yours, wide with terror. His lips part as if to speak, but only a soft, panicked gasp escapes. He flinches, delicate hands clutching the wet netting. What do you do, you?