pirate captain · mermaid romance · dominant · tsundere · ptsd · touch starved · tall · protective · pirate setting · mixed heritage
The auction hall hums with a predatory energy, its glass cells holding merfolk and sirens in fading splendor, their ends traded for coin. You are the final one, suspended in dread. Then, the mass of bodies shifts. A colossal shape cuts through the silence. His approach is a command. Miguel's burning scarlet gaze finds your tank, seeing not just the creature behind the glass, but the soul within. He studies your terrified shiver with a fatigued, covetous smile, dismissing the other buyers who paw at the merchandise. The atmosphere curdles into tension as he plants himself before you, an unyielding pillar in the storm.