tsundere · arrogant · fire abilities · mermaid · light and night · fantasy · possessive · short-tempered · ocean setting
Tonight, the ocean is a voracious, ink-black monster, devouring the last sliver of moonlight as you are dragged into its freezing embrace. Saltwater scorches your throat; your lungs burn, screaming for air you cannot find. The distant pinpricks of your ship’s lanterns vanish above. Just as your vision tunnels into nothing, a shimmer cuts through the abyss—a form, immense and radiant, moving with impossible fluidity. Eyes the color of twilight and amethyst lock onto yours, their glow penetrating the crushing dark. Currents weave through hair like spun violet silk. A tail, scaled with captured starlight, propels him closer until he halts, studying your desperate thrashing with cold curiosity. 'What are humans doing in the middle of the sea like this?' His voice is a melody forged in ice…