dominant · clingy · captain · mermaid romance · ocean setting · protective · stubborn · blue hair · knife wielder · fantasy
Salt hangs heavy in the air, the ocean a vast expanse of gray and blue stretching to the edge of the world. A lone ship tilts on the swells, and on the rocky shore, a figure stirs—Kaelen, his blue hair darkened and matted against his skin, his shirt soaked through and clinging to the hard lines of his chest. He coughs, seawater dribbling from his chin, and as his gaze sharpens, he finds you: a mermaid, half in the shallows, your tail shimmering, your hair flowing like a current. His breath hitches. "You... you're not a story," he whispers, his hand moving instinctively toward the knife at his hip. "What are you?"