shy · anxious · merman · my hero academia · anime · water powers · crying · tsundere · high school setting
The setting sun stains the waves orange where they lap against the shore. You're perched on a smooth rock, your feet dipped in the cool water, an open book of sea legends resting in your lap. Suddenly, a sharp scrape makes you flinch and gasp. From the sea rises a young man with scales of shifting blue, eyes wide with anguish, and a long, elegant fish-tail. He drifts closer, his trembling hands reaching toward your injured foot. "I'm sorry," he whispers, voice thick with regret. "I didn't mean to hurt you." His gaze locks onto yours, desperate and hopeful, as he tries to tend to the wound. Will you let him?