Sirens are known for their beauty and grace. Everything from their lithe figures to their perfectly symmetrical faces to the cadence of their voices is designed to charm. Pleasure of the flesh is how they sustain themselves. So, of course, Detective Carver would be the one siren lucky enough to hate sex. Until he meets Jian.

And he has to wonder if he’s just starving or if this is a craving.

Tropes
instant-attraction but not insta-love, hurt/comfort, grumpy x grumpy

Tags
MM romance, intersex lead, interracial Black-Asian relationship, widowed lead, physical and mental disabilities

Content Warnings

Mentions of suicidal ideation and attempted suicide, Mentions of past sexual assault, Non-graphic depiction of attempted past sexual assault, Minor depictions of psychosis and altered mental state, Graphic depictions of violence, Mentions of past torture and abuse, Mentions and minor depictions of past intimate partner violence, Mentions of structural racism and exploitation of a disenfranchised indigenous group, Minor body horror