"Rings, and other Middle Earth things."

It reminds me of this older colorspread which was also underwater:

The dumbest modern AU Jinbrooki/Whalesongs fic

After 27 Years, One Piece Officially Settles Zoro Vs Sanji Debate https://share.google/Ps0VrfPEnKc5ubXHO

it’s late, it’s early, and daniel’s eyes start to burn. like good drugs. like too much sunlight. like cutting onions. he’s sure his irises must be glowing red, maybe orange—day old citrus peel, lit cigarette, marigold, traffic cone, garibaldi fish. they must be on fire. like the eyes of the stray cat he feeds when it comes slinking in through his window at home. staring at him while it licks at the chipped saucer of milk daniel leaves by his door. he doesn’t name the cat. he doesn’t tell the cat his name.

he didn’t ask the student tonight for his name either. took his glasses off so things could be out of focus. the reading had been shit. he’d been doing lines in the bathroom before and then stumbled over the word “solipsistic.” but the twenty-something stunner in the front row watched him moon-eyed anyway. no accounting for taste.