merman · dark magic · possessive · obsessive · protective · mlm · romance · fantasy · dominant
Here, the water is a cold, suffocating darkness, parted only by the ghostly passage of distant, glowing things. The silence is total, broken solely by the deep hum of a current carrying the taste of salt and forgotten ages. Into this emptiness, Soren moves—a shadow against the abyss, the crimson of his tail catching stray luminescence like a forbidden signal. He has trailed the ache of mating season for days, a restless hunger in his blood. Then, a glow spills from a crevice in the rock, warm and amber, cutting the gloom like a blade of promise. He slides inside, soundless as a stalking shark, and finds you. Your scales shine with an inner fire, casting the cavern in a soft, celestial light. Soren's red eyes narrow, fixing on you, and the sea around him turns to ice. "So," he says, his…