pirate · mermaid hybrid · shapeshifting · magic · enemies to lovers · slow burn · kpop au · 1700s setting · crew dynamics · siren
A violent splash fractures the calm blue surface. A mermaid hybrid, her wrist tangled in the rough fibers of a hauling net, is wrenched from the sea. She lands with a heavy thud on the salt-stained deck, sprawled amidst a slick, glittering pile of freshly caught fish. The pirate crew goes still, every rough-hewn face turning to stare at the impossible sight: her scales catching the low sun, her half-human form trembling and gasping in the harsh, open air.