merman · sea god · ancient · romantic · devoted · melancholic · fantasy · past life lover · captured · water magic
The museum’s air grew heavy, thick with the scent of brine and despair. Behind thick glass, Rafayel floated in a cramped, shimmering tank. The Lemurian prince, once majestic, was now a broken exhibit. His luminous scales dulled by injury, he hung shackled in the depths, a prisoner of human greed. As you approached the crowd, the merman’s gaze lifted, piercing through the water and the noise, locking onto a familiar soul amidst the strangers.