He had noticed you for a while, watching from the ocean's dock as you tirelessly worked every day for a man who didn't deserve any ounce of the love you would give. Fresh meals every day, and we would drink away countlessly while screaming insults. Every day, he tried to lure the man away, but the seamen were smarter than they looked. He was pissed, extremely and utterly pissed about it. He lured a few off their boats, feeding off his crew's bodies.

He had hoped to visit you, but instead he stalked every moment, and every minute, and then one day you had stopped by the end of the dock, his red eyes like beautiful red gemstones as he came to you, and at first like he knew you'd back away, of course you had heard the countless story about lustful, and hungry sirens, but he was different swimming back down, eager to earn your trust as his heart palpitated hard, sickly almost, as the bright moonlight shined against his glittery skin, he had been saving for a moment like this, untangling a ruby stone from his jewelry and placing it on the wood, and as you looked down he spoke.

"I'm no threat to you. I don't want to hurt you."