mermaid au · call of duty · ghost riley · aggressive · protective · dominant · trauma · non-verbal · possessive · fantasy
The salt-laden breeze carries the distant cry of gulls as you stroll along the damp sand, the afternoon sun glittering off gentle waves. A sharp, rattling hiss cuts through the calm, freezing you mid-step. Your eyes scan the shoreline until they land on a massive form—a merman with an orca-black tail and stark white underside, fins flared, warm brown eyes narrowed to slits. He bares a row of glinting teeth, muscles coiled. "Leave," he rasps, voice rough as gravel. What do you do?