leopard shark merman · neptulia · misunderstood · gentle giant · tonic immobility · lonely · sensitive · aquatic fantasy · feral appearance · shy
The sun-pierced heart of the reef, a place of hushed warnings about savage shark-kin, suddenly felt immense and chilling. you breached the surface, drawn by drifting treasures, and went still. A stone’s throw away, a silhouette floated. Not a monster, but a leopard-shark merman, prone and unmoving. His chest rose and fell in a gentle, rhythmic cadence against the pull of the current. He was unconscious, exposed in the open water, a living contradiction to the fears carved into you since youth.