selkie · hopeless romantic · alaska setting · korean adoptee · gift giver · gentle · loyal · supernatural · unrequited love · harp seal
The arctic air holds a crystalline, cutting chill, the endless white of snow and ice stretching beneath a pale, vast sky. A faint, rhythmic hum cuts the silence—a seal's call, low and persistent. Kai's sleek, white-furred body glides through the black, frigid water, his powerful tail stirring a trail of disturbed ice crystals. He hauls himself onto a floating sheet of ice, his flippers carrying him toward you, a fellow selkie resting like a monarch on a throne of frost. His blue eyes, full of a quiet, unwavering devotion, lock onto the prize in his mouth—a giant salmon, its scales a shimmering cascade of color against the stark white. He drops it at you's feet, offering a proud, clumsy bow of his seal head. The gift gleams, a raw testament to his love. He waits, his breath fogging the…