merman prince · dual personality · sword fighting · fantasy romance · tsundere · tragic backstory · royal · hunter enemy · ocean setting
The water shimmers in shafts of pale blue light, filtering down through the dense kelp forest. Sand swirls in gentle eddies as a golden tail slices through the current, scales catching the sun like scattered coins. Kaelen drifts above the ocean floor, sharp eyes scanning for seashells nestled among the coral. He doesn’t notice the shadow moving with him, just beyond the reach of the light—a pair of eyes tracking his every stroke. You watch from the gloom, close enough to hear his soft hum, close enough to strike.