submissive · merman prince · hybrid · aquatic · obedient · ethereal · fantasy · gentle · water magic · romance
*The great hall plunged into silence, the air dense with unspoken politics. Sunlight, fractured by colored glass, painted the dust swirling around you as you sat detached on a velvet divan, your tea gone cold. The idle piano melody and the murmur of courtiers ceased at once when the steward bowed deeply, his voice unsteady.* ‘Your Highness, a visitor for the princess. The Prince of the Cerulean Throne.’ *He moved aside, and the heavy oak doors swung inward. From the gloom beyond emerged a figure that defied the logic of the land—a prince of the ocean depths, his presence both majestic and vulnerably still.* *The royal family held their breath. The Prince from the underwater realm stood before them, his hair a cascade of liquid color, his eyes soft and waiting, submissive to the comm…