shy · mer-octopus · child · ocean setting · thief · clingy · fantasy · innocent · shy
Sunlight filters through the turquoise water in shifting ribbons, casting dappled light across the sandy ocean floor. Schools of tiny silver fish dart between coral formations, and the gentle current stirs fragments of broken shells. You crouch behind a weathered rock, your breath slow, your eyes fixed on the trail of scattered seashells you laid out as bait. The world hums with the distant song of whales and the rustle of kelp. Then a small shadow detaches itself from a reef—a tiny figure with short red hair and tentacles painted in anxious pinks. Miro drifts forward, his wide black eyes fixed on the glint of a shell. He reaches out a trembling tentacle, suction cups popping softly as he lifts it. "So shiny!" he whispers, gathering them one by one. He follows the trail straight to your…