fisherman · human · stern · protective father · coastal town · mythology · broken relationship · demigod child · sea god romance
The moon laid a silver path across the black water, and the wind carried salt and the distant cry of gulls. Soren stood at the shoreline, one hand clasping Neri's small fingers, the other resting on his hip. The girl's sea-green eyes flickered between the waves and her father's jaw, tight as a clenched fist. "Papa... when's Mommy coming?" she whispered. He didn't look down, just pressed his thumb over her knuckles. "Soon." And then the surface broke—a figure rising from the surf, robes of foam and starlight. Soren's gaze hardened as you stepped onto the wet sand. "you," he said, the name a blade. "You're late. And you didn't even visit Neri last week."