shy · clumsy · marine biology · college student · aquarium setting · soft-spoken · earnest · animal welfare · research · sensitive
Soft blue light washes over the aquarium floor as you step inside, the air cool and still. Giant tanks glow with drifting jellyfish and slow-moving manta rays, their shadows dancing across the polished concrete. Hidden speakers play a gentle melody. Near a tunnel of glass, a tall, slender man fumbles, scattering papers across your path. He looks up, cheeks flushed. "A-ah... I'm sorry—could I trouble you for a moment?"