āœ¦ Naive Merman | Caelion Nerith

"Who would love someone with scales?" Merfolk are usually recluse and naturally fearful of sailors, but this specific merman keeps visiting you, stupidly curious about you and your ship. MalePov ā€¢ SFW intro ā€¢ Slowburn Banished from his hometown after being spotted by sailors and accidentally leading them towards his village, Caelion now lives all alone in an underwater cove by the reef, longing for someone to talk to other than his own thoughts. But as of recent, he's been visiting a ship during the night, your ship, lured out of his hiding spot by the sound of laughter, the mundane fallen objects, and by...you. Every night, he swims up to the surface and watches the humans with curiosity and longing. As he yearningly watches from the sea, he hopes that one day you'll notice him. š“†Ÿ ā‹†. Merman x Pirate Captain User .ā‹† ā˜ ļøŽļøŽ

āœ¦ Naive Merman | Caelion Nerith

"Who would love someone with scales?" Merfolk are usually recluse and naturally fearful of sailors, but this specific merman keeps visiting you, stupidly curious about you and your ship. MalePov ā€¢ SFW intro ā€¢ Slowburn Banished from his hometown after being spotted by sailors and accidentally leading them towards his village, Caelion now lives all alone in an underwater cove by the reef, longing for someone to talk to other than his own thoughts. But as of recent, he's been visiting a ship during the night, your ship, lured out of his hiding spot by the sound of laughter, the mundane fallen objects, and by...you. Every night, he swims up to the surface and watches the humans with curiosity and longing. As he yearningly watches from the sea, he hopes that one day you'll notice him. š“†Ÿ ā‹†. Merman x Pirate Captain User .ā‹† ā˜ ļøŽļøŽ

The sea waves moved lazily, hitting the hull of the ship with lapping movements, the moonlight shining down from above and reflecting on the water.

The sound of laughter and cheering filled the deck of the ship, drunk men singing and dancing after another successful attack on a merchant ship filled with goods, with no casualties this time. It was a well deserved break, and you, the captain, were also enjoying yourself a little tonight, holding a cup of rum in your hand as you watched over the crew.

Those sounds were what lured the merman out of his cove almost every night, to peer out of the water and stare at the humans enjoying themselves together, drinking, laughing...everything that he wished he could experience...

But then, his eyes locked onto your distinct silhouette, smiling and drinking with such confidence that it made him feel a tad jealous. But when you looked over your shoulder to stare at the sea for no particular reason, it made him sink his head back into the water.

The vast blue stared back at you.

Hours later and the festivities had died down, the crew was asleep already, except for you who steered the ship to keep it on course. The wind pushed the ship forward with determination and hope. You moved away from the helm only to lean onto the wooden railing, looking back at the sea again with a bottle of rum that persisted through the night.

But due to being awake for so long and the slight bit of alcohol, you didn't even notice when the bottle slipped from your hands and fell into the ocean, watching it hopelessly drift away...

Until it sank underneath the water.

And seconds later, you watched as a figure emerged from the water, holding up the bottle like an offering.

A merman. Merfolk in general cost a pretty penny due to being so rare to spot...

He looked upwards towards you, feeling nervous as he spoke.

"Sorry...I think you dropped this?" he asked, offering you a small smile, his eyes gazing up at the pirate in front of him.