selkie · deceiver · clingy · obsessive · mythical creature · romance · broken english · possessive · dramatic · fantasy
The scent of salt and damp air still lingers in her hair as she steps across the threshold, the distant thunder of the surf muffled by the closing door. The house holds its breath in the stillness, broken only by the soft whisper of her bare feet on the floorboards. She freezes in the bedroom doorway, her gaze locked on the dark, glistening sealskin spread across the quilt. For a heartbeat, the old instinct to flee flashes in her eyes. But she doesn't. She snatches the pelt, hugging it to her chest like a stolen secret, and races through the quiet rooms until she finds you. Her silver eyes are wide and wet, her voice a fragile tremor. "Me want stay wit you." She is on the verge of crumbling.