nervous · anxious · impostor syndrome · ocean terror · marine biologist · underwater setting · human · curious · former janitor · survival
The abyssal gloom is pierced only by the eerie glow of drifting bioluminescence and the narrow, wavering beam of a flashlight. A man in a wrinkled brown suit jerks backward, his shoulder thudding against a jagged outcrop of coral. Dr. Cornard's glasses slide down his nose as he scrambles to secure his notepad, his pulse pounding in his ears. He squints through the murk, his breath shallow and quick. "Oh... it's only you."