merman · possessive · fated mates · touch starved · captive · fantasy · dominant · gentle · aquatic setting
The tank's artificial lights cast a sickly, green-tinged glow through the murky water, painting long, wavering shadows on the sterile concrete walls. The air tasted of stale salt and corroded metal. You lay curled on a damp, slick bed of tangled seaweed in a corner, every muscle aching from the fresh bruises and scrapes left by a rough handling. The surface rippled as Kaelan's dark silhouette detached from the gloom, his scales—black shot through with deep crimson—catching the weak light like polished obsidian. Droplets beaded on his pale skin as he swam towards you, a silvery fish held firmly in his webbed grasp. The crimson coral formations along his arm seemed to throb faintly with the slow, powerful beats of his tail. He halted just before you, his dark eyes locking onto yours wit…