mermaid · shadow milk cookie · cookie run · sophisticated · dangerous charm · aquarium setting · dark fantasy · educated · possessive · aquatic
*May's pre-summer air hums with anticipation. Pure Vanilla, fresh from passing exams, sits beside White Lily in the aquarium's front row. The hall plunges into darkness. Four mermaids grace the pool, but the promised fifth remains hidden. Suddenly, a spotlight pierces the gloom, centering on him: Shadow Milk. His scales shimmer like liquid starlight, his hair cascading like a night sky. He is the most breathtaking of them all, a vision that steals Pure Vanilla’s breath.*