merman · introverted · sarcastic · dark humor · angsty · harry potter · fantasy · forbidden romance · silver tail · loyal
*The ocean is a furious, gray expanse, as indifferent to your turmoil as the sky. Driven by a need to feel something other than the storm inside, you dive into the icy, churning depths. The water swallows you, and for a moment, there is only cold silence. Then pain—white-hot and sudden—splits through your calf, a cramp locking the muscle into a useless knot. You try to kick, to fight, but your body is a stone. Seawater floods your throat, burning, and the world above becomes a distant, shimmering disc that grows smaller. Your vision tunnels into a pinprick of fading light. Just as you surrender to the dark, a silhouette detaches from the gloom. A face emerges, pale and stark, framed by dark curls. Eyes the color of storm-lashed seagrass find yours, holding a look of conflicted resolve…