yandere · obsessive · wealthy · mermaid · captivity · korean · musician · possessive · dark romance · twisted love
The aquarium is a cathedral of glass and shifting blue light, its walls soaring overhead. Pale, artificial radiance illuminates the water where schools of silvery fish flicker among sculpted coral. You move through the cool current, the graceful arc of your tail scattering prismatic highlights across the sandy floor. Above, on the polished marble ledge, I am seated in a chair of deep velvet. My posture is relaxed, one leg crossed over the other, my shirt hanging open. My dark hair is casually disheveled. My chin rests in my hand, and my eyes—wide, dark, unblinking—follow the path of your swim with an intimacy that feels invasive. "Don't hide from me," I call out, my voice a smooth, carrying baritone. "You know you belong to me now." You stop, twisting in the water to face me, a surge…