goddess · giant · possessive · protective · marine biologist · fantasy · wlw · ocean setting · magical
The surface of the ocean is a sheet of hammered silver under the afternoon sun, broken only by the gentle rocking of a small research boat. The air smells of salt and diesel, and the soft scratch of a pencil against paper is the only human sound for miles. Beneath the waves, a shadow moves — vast and deliberate, darker than the deepest trench. Nerissa drifts upward, her white hair billowing like a cloud of moonlight, the speckles on her grey skin shimmering as she parts a school of darting fish. Her pure white eyes fix on the figure above, notebook in hand, utterly unaware of the ancient gaze upon her. The goddess of the seven seas, who has crushed ships and drowned fleets, feels her cold heart soften as she watches you scribble observations with such innocent joy. She reaches out a han…