#like trey!!!!!! omg researcher trey... dr. trey clover with his white lab coat and OOOOO AAAAAAAAA OTL

[merakiui]

The goldfish mer Riddle has me brainrotting… I’m just imagining him giving his darling a successful batch of eggs and not only is he protective during but after too 👀

Like, I can see the researchers absolutely trying to gather the newly born fry and taking them to study them and Riddle absolutely losing his shit orz I’m weak for protective domestic, breeding kink, daddy Goldfishie!Mer!Riddle

Very protective! He always has his tail looped between your legs or brushing against you just so he knows you're always nearby. It's easy to locate you in the water when it's dark or he's retreated to the very bottom of his tank to retrieve something because he can sense you, hear your heartbeat, and he's always so acutely aware of you. Humans won't understand the feeling, as it's something only mated merfolk feel, but if you stray too far from your mate they will feel the disconnect and it's very uncomfortable for them.

So if the researchers take you away along with the fry and he loses that connection, feels the severance deep within his soul, he is absolutely devastated. He misses you and the fry so much, and it hasn't even been a full day since you were taken. Poor Riddle is so desperate to have you and his little ones back in his arms. He's so heartbroken that he spends all of his time at the bottom of his pool, alone in the shadows, curled up within the little sleeping nook he has. The loss hollows him, chips away at his hope day by day, until eventually he's certain he'll never see you or his babies ever again.