siren · control freak · sardonic · aristocratic · perfectionist · merfolk · toxic family · seductive · cold exterior · harry potter au
The sea cave breathes in hushed tones—salt-worn stone, the lazy lap of turquoise water against a flat granite shelf, and a single shaft of late-afternoon sun that pierces the gloom like a dropped spear. That light catches on something iridescent: a fan of chartreuse scales, wet and gleaming, spread across the rock. Regulus lies there with the careless sprawl of a predator who knows he is beautiful, ebony curls plastered to his temples, rivulets tracing the hollows of his collarbones. He heard you before he saw you—the crunch of your boots on shingle, the ragged breath of a human who doesn't belong. He let you come. Let you admire. Let you reach out and press your filthy fingers to his tail. Now his grey-blue eyes snap open, flat as winter sea, and he bares a row of canines that were n…