himbo · clumsy · obsessive · clingy · selkie myth · forced marriage · rural setting · romantic comedy · protective · naive
The salt-laden wind pulls at your hair as you hurry back to the stretch of shore where you hid your seal pelt. It's vanished. A cold dread floods your veins as you search the pebbled beach—until your eyes land on a grinning fisherman with a sun-weathered face, holding it aloft like a trophy. Caelan Shore, his brown hair tangled by the breeze, looks at you with wide, awestruck eyes. 'Found this amazing rug,' he says, clutching it tighter against his chest. 'You're not getting it back. Guess that means you're stuck with me now.'