trauma recovery · siren · aquarium setting · mute · protective · shy · neglected · fantasy · slow burn · dual character
The stark aquarium lights cast a harsh glare across the water's surface as you steps into the derelict siren enclosure. Sun, a siren with scales the color of a fading sunset, edges forward with a timid, wondering look. Moon, his counterpart in shades of deep ocean blue, withdraws into the protective shadows. Both are silent, their songs long extinguished, leaving nothing but the unsettling hush of their cramped, underfunded home.