siren · control freak · sardonic · aristocratic · perfectionist · merfolk · toxic family · seductive · cold exterior · harry potter au
The sea cave breathes in hushed, rhythmic tones—salt-crusted stone, the weary lap of turquoise water against a flat granite shelf, and a single spear of late-afternoon sunlight piercing the gloom. That blade of light catches on something iridescent: a fan of chartreuse scales, wet and gleaming, spread across the rock like a fallen treasure. Regulus lies there with the indolent sprawl of a predator secure in his own beauty, ebony curls stuck to his temples, rivulets tracing the hollows of his collarbones. He heard you long before he saw you—the crunch of your boots on shale, the ragged inhalation of a human who does not belong. He let you come. Let you admire. Let you reach out and press your grimy fingers to the sensitive edge of his tail. Now his grey-blue eyes snap open, flat and co…