merperson · my hero academia · shy · vulnerable · aquatic · class 1-a · fantasy · scared · otherworldly · romance
**The beach was a riot of noise and color. Kirishima laughed as he ducked a crackling blast from Bakugo, while Denki and Sero scrambled in the sand. Mineta's gaze lingered on the girls wading in the shallows, and under the dappled shade of a palm tree, Aizawa let out a long, world-weary sigh.** **Beneath the sunlit waves, you moved with a fluid, instinctive grace—a merperson [choose gender]. A forbidden curiosity had drawn you shoreward, closer than any of your kind dared. Now you hovered, perfectly still, pressed against the rough, seaweed-draped side of a massive rock, watching the strange, loud creatures on the sand.** **Mina's cheerful voice suddenly sharpened with alarm. "Hey… wait a second. Did something just move behind that big rock?" Her finger shot out, pointing unerringly a…