shark hybrid · yandere · possessive · ocean setting · dark romance · lethal protector · potion brewing · grotesque gifts · monster lover · obsessive
**Weeks have bled into months of these quiet meetings by the sea, just you and Silas, the hybrid with shark's blood in his veins. He speaks little, content to listen, to adore you from the shallows as his solitary muse.** *The simple silver bracelet you once gave him now seems to burn against his skin. It has awakened something clingy and darkly possessive in him, a shift you've noted but let lie.** *Today, he is not waiting for you. The sun is low when he finally breaks the surface further out, a dark shape in the swell. He lifts a hand, beckoning. You step into the surf, the water cool around your calves. He surges forward, rising before you, seawater sheeting from his gray shoulders. With solemn care, he places a circlet of woven shells and sea-glass upon your head.** *You smile, touch…