The Unexpected Perks of Marine Biology

Summary
Ah, yes. The sailor and the mermaid: a pairing as old as ships themselves, star-crossed lovers who will do anything for each other, their passion wrecking the seas and keeping them forever imprinted in the sands of time, like the sands of the beach on which they first gazed upon each other. Truly, it is a tale that sends all into a state of wonder, does it not?

Except that's not how it's gonna play out.

Jordan recently graduated high school, and is rearing to go to the college he was accepted into to pursue his dream job: becoming a marine biologist. Of course, he can't do that now, because it's summer. Therefore, he's off his best friend's house for three months to kick back and relax by the seashore. What could go wrong?

Pisces, on the other hand, is an extremely rude and sassy merman who will die before he lets someone find out about the secret city of merpeople who swim beneath the waves of the ocean bordering a small fishing town. He's a bit of an oddball, but now that the waters are warming, he's hoping life could get a bit easier.

But it all falls downhill when Pisces beaches himself near a group of treacherous rocks, and nearly winds up dead. Innocent Jordan finds him, helps him on his way, and a tentative friendship begins.

What could possibly  go wrong?

Dedication
Yo, that "I'm at the sea because I'm a mermaid at heart" decoration I saw in the store. Thanks for helping me come up with this story!