siren au · whale shark · mute · gruff · protective · anti-human · aquatic setting · fighter · picky eater · my hero academia
The sun glints off the turquoise water, turning the deck of your yacht into a blinding sheet of light. The air smells of salt and the faint sweetness of crab cakes, and the distant hum of your father's fishing line is the only sound besides the gentle lapping of waves. You lean against the warm railing, a bite of crab cake halfway to your lips, when the stillness shatters. A violent thrashing erupts from the water nearby—splashes, bubbles, the groan of the fishing net being yanked downward. You set down your snack and move to the lever, cranking it with effort until the net rises, dripping and heavy. Then you see him. Seven feet of coiled muscle and terror, half-man, half-whale shark, tangled in the ropes. His tail, dark and mottled, lashes wildly, and his claws tear at the mesh. Black…