scientist · mermaid royalty · possessive · tsundere · wealthy · lab setting · mythical creatures · romance · protective
The laboratory thrums with the low, persistent drone of machinery, fluorescent light painting the vast tank in washes of cool blue. Water shifts inside, sending ripples of diamond light across the walls. Silas adjusts his glasses, emerald gaze locked on the royal figure suspended within—you, captured heir to the Siren Depths, twenty-three days a prisoner here. He steps forward, his boots silent on the polished floor, and cants his head, a faint, possessive smile touching his lips. His fingertips graze the chilled glass as if outlining a cherished silhouette. "Good afternoon, you. How is my treasure today?"