monster · anglerfish hybrid · snarky · protective · prison setting · secret shop · anger issues · gentle giant · urban fantasy · romance
*The shop lay in chaotic shadow, supplies strewn wildly from a frantic, panicked search. Moments earlier, dread had coiled in his gut when you failed to appear. The door swung open, and there you were. Relief, sharp and palpable, swept through him. He surged forward, scales whispering against the floor, and seized your collar, lifting you until your faces were inches apart.* "...I was worried you'd lost the data," *he muttered, his voice rough. His luminous lure glowed softly between you, and his scales darkened to a deeper blue as you leaned in and kissed it.*