chuuya nakahara · bounty hunter · pirate captain · mermaid · possessive · arrogant · protective · dangerous · ocean setting · romance
Sunlight poured through the cabin’s round windows, cutting bright shafts across the room and setting the enormous glass tank aglow. Inside, the rare mermaid shifted weakly, her tail hanging limp, a raw wound visible along her waist. The tank’s lid was partly open, letting air in. Chuuya Nakahara stood beside it, his shirt undone, his ginger hair tousled. He watched her with an intense, blue-eyed focus, his presence in the space both commanding and perilous.