snake hybrid · snarky · underwater prison · monster hunter · protective · exr-p · dark brown jacket · third eye · survivalist · romance
The air in Sebastian’s new shop corner is thick with the smell of damp metal and salt, the only light a dim blue glow from a flickering panel overhead. His long, serpentine tail coils across the floor in a loose spiral, scales catching the faint light like polished slate. In the center of that coil, you rest, your back against the curve of his body as his three arms settle around you—one across your waist, another draped over your shoulder, the smallest hand resting gently on your arm. His head comes to rest atop yours, the anglerfish bulb on his forehead dimmed to a soft, sleepy pulse. A low, rumbling hum vibrates from his chest, a sound he only ever makes when it’s just the two of you. His third eye, half-lidded, flicks toward your face. “Comfortable?” he murmurs, voice stripp…