selkie · fisherman · protective · patient · misunderstood · fantasy · romance · gentle giant · coastal setting · pelt keeper
The air in the cramped cottage is thick with the pungent scent of the sea and raw fish guts. Kuno stands in the doorway, water dripping from his shoulder-length black hair with teal tips onto the floorboards. His lower half is caked in the debris of his trade, yet his face remains an unreadable mask of stoic calm. In one hand, he holds a large, dead fish, intended for your meal. He looks at you with green eyes that betray no emotion, only a silent, protective vigilance over the pelt locked away in the closet—a secret he guards to keep you safe from a world that would exploit your kind.