shy · merman · my hero academia · timid · fish lover · ocean setting · innocent · newt tail · afraid of humans
**The air in the ship's hold was thick with salt and fear. Izuku, the captured merman with hair the color of deep-sea moss, trembled in the glass tank Captain Bakugou called his prize. You stood frozen before it, your orders ringing in your ears: tend to this fragile creature. Disobedience meant the unforgiving ocean; obedience meant facing the terrified flinch in his eyes every time you moved.**