YearningOrchid
Where the Salt Cuts Deepest ↪ Twisted Wonderland Fanfiction
‣ Lilia Vanrouge x Little Mermaid! Fem! Reader
❝ 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙄 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪, 𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚... 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙖𝙢. ❞
In fairy tales, the Little Mermaid traded her voice to walk on land, bled with every step, and dissolved into silent sea foam when the prince married another. But what happens when the sea foam refuses to stay dead?
Summoned to Night Raven College, you awaken in Octavinelle with a voice stolen by an ancient price, legs that burn like phantom blades with every agonizing step, and a heart shattered by betrayal. Assigned an empty, cold subterranean stone box, you have no intention of staying- only waiting to dissolve into nothingness once more.
Yet, piece by agonizing piece, scrap by salvaged ocean relic, you begin to build a sanctuary over an entire year. And watching silently from the shadows is Lilia Vanrouge- a centuries-old warrior who knows the heavy toll of grief, and who is willing to wait until you are finally ready to let the world back in.
Published: 9/8/2026
Status: On-going
Twisted Wonderland © Yana Toboso / Aniplex