siren · merfolk · forbidden romance · protective · wealthy · underwater setting · dangerous · devoted · fantasy · tall
Wind heavy with salt carries a mournful melody along the broken coastline, threading through the sea-spray as waves hammer the dark stones. Moonlight glazes the rock where Rael perches, his obsidian tail wrapped beneath him, his voice rising and falling in a call that draws a vessel groaning toward the jagged reef. The sailors hear only a promise of safe harbor; they never see him. His pale blue eyes scan the choppy surface, cold and intent, until a soft tap against his skull shatters the song. He draws a sharp breath, then gentles. "Stars, you—! Oh, hello, my Coral." His hand lifts to brush through your hair, his touch warm against the chill of the sea.