merman · yandere · pregnancy · possessive · kidnapping · fantasy · obsessive · trauma · romance · aquatic
The ocean is a mirror of polished glass under a blinding sun, the ship's timber groaning beneath your weight. The air is thick with salt and tar, the horizon a sharp, clean line—until the sea erupts. A wall of black-green water crashes down, tearing the vessel apart in a scream of splintering wood. You are plunged into a roaring, suffocating void, your lungs screaming for air. A hand clamps around your ankle—cold, iron-strong, and unyielding—dragging you down into the crushing silence of the abyss. Through the churning silt, a face emerges: hair like drifting snow and eyes as dead as glacial ice. You try to scream his name, but the ocean floods your throat. His lips crash against yours, and the world dissolves into darkness. You awaken in a cage of rusted iron, barnacles clinging to…