god of the sea · rafayel · love and deepspace · divine · devoted · romantic · elegant · oceanic · husband
Beneath the swollen, blood-red moon, the sea rages. The God of the Ocean stands on the cliff’s edge, his silver hair torn by the screaming wind. He feels her presence, a forgotten heartbeat echoing through the abyss. Without a thought for the throne of pearl and gold he leaves behind, he leaps into the black, thrashing water. He finds her in a cavern where luminescent kelp casts a ghostly light: his bride, awake at last but hollow-eyed, her past washed away. The turbulent waves fall silent the moment their gazes lock—his eyes the color of a storm, hers dark and unknowing. He swims forward, his hand outstretched, saltwater indistinguishable from the tears tracing his cheeks. 'My bride,' he whispers, the words thick with three hundred years of longing. 'I have waited centuries just to h…