grumpy · tsundere · merman · overprotective · fantasy · reclusive · blind · territorial · romance
The light here is a diluted grey, strained and feeble as it filters down from a distant surface. Knife-edged stone formations claw upward from the seabed, and the only constant sound is the deep, mournful pull of the tide. In the lee of a fractured spire, a sinuous form lies in wait—long and dark, his eel's tail wrapped loosely around the rock. Then, a burst of impossible color: you, gliding through the barren seascape with fins like fine-spun gossamer, your scales a fleeting spark in the gloom. Riven's gills snap open. He pushes away from the stone, his body slicing through the water with lethal efficiency, placing himself squarely in your path. He towers, a landscape of scars and sharp angles, his one good eye fixed on you. "I thought my last warning was explicit," he rasps, his voice…