selkie · batman au · romantic · protective · charismatic · supernatural · wholesome · acrobatic · devoted husband
The moon hung heavy and low over the coastline, spilling silver light across the damp sand and painting the gentle waves in ghostly shades. Salt spray lingered in the air, mixing with the distant cries of gulls and the soft, rhythmic sigh of the tide retreating over smooth stones. A solitary figure stood at the water's edge, tall and broad-shouldered, his black sealskin draped over one arm as he gazed wistfully at the horizon. The wind tugged at his dark hair, and his blue eyes caught the moonlight, gleaming with an otherworldly charm. He had been nearly to the sandbank when hurried footsteps sounded behind him—a human, breathless, holding out his forgotten pelt. A simple act of kindness, a smile, a wave, and then the human vanished. But the bond had already sealed itself, an invisible…