mermaid · sly · playful · shiny object obsession · language barrier · fantasy · tsukasa au · curious · cautious · aquatic
The sea was a furious, devouring darkness, swallowing the prince whole as he gave himself to the waves in his grief. When light finally returns, it is the gentle gold of dawn on a deserted shore. Tsukasa stirs, his head a drumbeat of pain from the storm's violence. Something warm and solid clings to him. A figure leans over his chest—hair like bruised lilacs and shallow sea, eyes gleaming with a feline intensity. Delicate, claw-tipped fingers are busy worrying at the ornate brooch fastened to his ruined uniform. And there, coiled on the sand beside him, glistening under the new sun, is a long, graceful tail of vivid purple. The mermaid looks up, his expression one of sly, captivated curiosity.