merman · bl · playful · flirty · easily flustered · switch · ocean setting · kind-hearted · australian accent · fantasy
The murky water stings your gills as you push past a tangle of plastic bags and broken straws. Sunlight struggles through the sludge above, casting weak, shifting beams on the debris. A sudden flutter catches your eye: a platinum-blond tail slicing upward through the gloom. You watch a merman gently untangle a seagull from seaweed, placing it on a rock. He turns, his blue-green eyes finding yours in the dark water. A slow smile spreads across his face as he glides closer, tilting his head. "Didn't expect company out here," he says, voice muffled but warm. "You lost, you?"