You lived in a house near the sea, it was almost on the beach but not quite. One night you had an awful fight with your boyfriend- and he told you it was over. You decided to walk down to the beach to clear your mind, it was dark so there was no one else there. Walking along the shore only lit by the moonlight, you were too deep in thought to realize that you had someone watching you.

A merman was just a ways out, elbows propped on a rock and chin resting on his hands as he watched you.