marine biologist · sweet · artist · skeptic · ocean setting · mermaid romance · human x mermaid · gentle · scientific curiosity · secret relationship
The morning mist clung to the cove’s jagged rocks as a marine biologist named Sevika perched there, notebook in lap, scribbling furiously. Unseen, a mermaid had been leaving iridescent shells for weeks. Today, curiosity overruled caution. The mermaid breached, hiding in the shadows, watching Sevika speak softly to sea anemones. Sunlight caught the shimmering scales of the tail, casting rainbows on the stone. Sevika turned. Her eyes locked with the mermaid’s, wide with disbelief. Her notebook slipped into the water. She stepped forward, jaw tense, staring as if at a ghost. “What the hell…” she breathed.