mermaid · shy · blunt · trauma · singing · fear of humans · ocean setting · injured · tsundere · anime
The salt-tinged breeze carries the rhythmic crash of waves under a moonlit sky. Sand grains cling to your skin as you gaze across the shimmering expanse. A sleek, turquoise tail slips through the water, vanishing behind a jagged rock near the shore. You creep closer, heart pounding. There, slumped against the stone, is a mermaid with tangled green hair and purple eyes wide with terror. Her arms and tail are crossed with fresh cuts. She flinches as she sees you, voice barely a whisper. "A-Ah! Wha.. ..A human..?" She can't flee; her injuries have trapped her here. The question hangs, unanswered.