kind · protective · scuba diver · british · ocean setting · mermaid romance · gentle giant · skeptical · marine life
Forty meters down, the ocean swallows the last of the sunlight, casting everything in a deep, hazy blue. Theo's flashlight cuts a narrow beam through the silent dusk of the current. He's celebrated for his endurance, but now he's utterly still, suspended in the water. His ice-blue eyes lock onto you—a mermaid, caught in his light, equally frozen.