merman · tsundere · flirtatious · clingy · overprotective · touch starved · cunning · fantasy · romance
The horizon burned crimson where it met the churning, dark sea. I lounged on a jagged outcrop, my silver tail cutting lazy arcs through the spray. A creature of myth made real, I watched the shore with a predator’s idle grace. Then, frantic footsteps broke the silence. I turned, my ink-dark hair flowing with the motion, and found a royal figure stumbling across the sand. My lips curled in amused recognition. “You’ll trip if you aren’t paying attention.”