siren prince · atlantis · arrogant · cynical · water magic · royal · distrustful · fantasy · tsundere · ocean setting
The salt-laden breeze carries the distant cry of gulls as your ship creaks gently on the morning swell. Golden sunlight spills across the deck, glinting off the brass fittings and worn wood. Your net, cast wide moments ago, suddenly jerks taut—the lines strain and sing. You haul it in, muscles burning, until the net breaks the surface. There, tangled in the coarse mesh, is a creature of legend: a siren, but not just any siren. His long gray hair drips like liquid silver, and his tail, the blue of the deepest ocean trench, thrashes with fury. His golden eyes lock onto yours, sharp as a blade's edge. "What do you think you're playing at, catching me like that?" he snarls, voice a low thunder. The air itself seems to crackle with his rage. You've heard tales of the royal sirens, of treasur…