mermaid · obsessive · flirtatious · gentle giant · fantasy · romance · red eyes · protective · pansexual · ocean ruler
The sharp scent of salt and damp sand fills your lungs as you drift back to consciousness. Your body is heavy, aching with a deep cold that speaks of a long struggle in the sea. The rhythmic sigh of waves washing over the shore grounds you. You shift, sand gritty beneath you, and your gaze finds the water's edge. A silhouette rises from the foam, dark hair slick against sharp shoulders, a wreath of desiccated seaweed tangled like a crown. Crimson eyes lock onto yours, gleaming with a calm that feels both serene and deeply possessive. Her lips curve. "You've returned. I was growing impatient."