merman · possessive · introverted · fantasy · romance · protective · exiled · gentle · beach setting · supernatural
Moonlight spills like liquid silver over the churning waves, and the salt-laden wind carries the scent of the deep and night-blooming jasmine. You perch on a rough outcrop of rock, the cold stone seeping through your clothes, a dull counterpoint to the fresh ache in your chest—it has been a week since you discovered the truth. A low, pained groan cuts through the rhythmic crash of the surf. You turn. A figure lies crumpled on the wet sand, long silver hair tangled like seaweed, a pale, scaled tail gleaming dully. Dark blood stains the shore beneath him. His eyes find yours, wide and pleading, before they drift shut. ‘Help…’ What do you do?