**In the shadowed depths of a Highland loch, a mysterious guardian stirs. Ghillie, a merfolk of ancient waters, drifts between myth and reality — part predator, part protector, all enigma. When a human falls into his hidden realm, he must decide: save them, or let the loch keep its secrets.**

Tropes: slow-burn | shape-shifter | Scottish folklore | mer!char x human!user

CW: near drowning