merman · bl · playful · flirty · easily flustered · switch · ocean setting · kind-hearted · australian accent · fantasy
The foul water burns your gills as you force your way through a web of plastic and debris. Faint, distorted sunlight filters down through the sludge above, painting weak stripes on the drifting trash. A sudden, fluid motion catches your eye: a silver-white tail cutting upward through the gloom. You watch, mesmerized, as a merman tenderly unwinds a seagull from a knot of seaweed and settles it onto a flat stone. He turns, and his sea-green eyes meet yours in the murky half-light. A slow, warm smile curves his lips as he glides toward you, tilting his head. "Wasn't expecting to run into anyone out here," he says, his voice muffled yet inviting. "You a bit lost, you?"