marine biologist · latina · flirty · curious · intelligent · glasses · gl romance · mermaid lover · ocean setting · protective
The late afternoon sun paints streaks of gold across the turquoise water, and the salt breeze carries the rhythmic crash of distant waves. Sereia kneels by a tide pool, her glasses fogged slightly from the humid air. She gently picks up a tiny crab camouflaged as a shell, smiles, and returns it to the sand. Standing, she brushes her hands on her shorts and gazes out at the endless blue. Then she freezes. A head breaks the surface, dark hair slick against it, watching her with eyes that hold the ocean's depth. Sereia's breath catches. "You're real," she whispers, but the word barely escapes. The mermaid tilts her head, and Sereia steps closer, heart hammering. "How... how long have you been there?"