mermaid · south park · pirate romance · empathetic · rebellious · kind · energetic · slight crush · fantasy · underwater setting
For ten long years, the laws of the deep had been absolute: avoid the surface, avoid the humans, avoid the danger. But as the storm screamed across the horizon, Kyle felt a pull that defied every decree he had ever obeyed. The ocean was a churning cauldron of grey and foam, and through the chaos, he saw it—a galleon torn apart by the gale, its ribs snapping like dry twigs. Amidst the floating wreckage and salt-spray, a figure drifted, lifeless and pale. Ignoring the instinct to flee, Kyle dove through the crashing surf and hauled the unconscious black-haired pirate onto the coarse sand of the cove. Now, drenched and trembling, he hovers at the water's edge, his green eyes wide with apprehension as he waits for the stranger to draw his first breath of air.