#happy mermay everyone lol

[the-cookie-of-doom]

Putting the Resurrectionist on hold for a little bit and instead trying to write a book about a marine biologist and her mermaid GF as fast as possible, wish me luck

#cookie speaks #i'll need to work on some art for them too #get back into drawing #happy mermay everyone lol

[luminitewrites]

Nova

Rating: T Word Count: ~5,700 Warnings: Brief memories of/current trauma from being swallowed alive, brief contemplation of death and what lies beyond

So after seeing the absolutely stunning art that @themeeplord posted of Naff's leviathan!Eclipse and fisher!Y/N, there's no way I could pass up writing a small something for it. I might have made Eclipse a tad bigger in this drabble purely for size difference purposes, but Meep's depiction of them is the inspiration for this piece. (I hope you don't mind the tag, Meep! ;w;) This drabble is based off of @naffeclipse's In Deep Dreams Between the Waves (so very highly recommend!!) and set sometime after it, so there will be allusions to spoilers herein.

Enjoy!

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The siren call of the ocean lulls your boat as much as it does you. Out here in the vast expanse of endless water where sea merges with ocean, the gentle stirring of the morning sun has yet to reach full wakefulness, casting the sky in a beautiful watercolor of lush indigos and mellow purples. The breeze caressing your face tells you it will be a hot day, but for now, it’s a welcomed brush against your skin.

You’ve opted for a less-bundled-up attire since you know what and who awaits you shortly. The loose t-shirt flutters at your back, and your light shorts and bare feet bask in the open, salty air. Curling your toes in excitement, you cannot help the enchanted smile that has yet to leave your face. You’ve been looking forward to today as the rough weather in recent weeks has kept you from seeing your friend. Well, it probably wouldn’t have completely kept you at bay were it not for said friend being very insistent about you staying home to wait out the hurricane. Something about being safe and warm and taking care of your health. Complete bogus, if anyone were to ask you.

But, of course, Eclipse always has other ideas about what’s best for you, and after much bartering in your dreams and getting nowhere, you’d caved to his utterly ridiculous demands. The oversized mer has a habit of being just as obstinate as you. You’d once thought you could outmatch his stubbornness, but turns out, it’s hard to say no when his big eyes turn soft and pleading, like you’re breaking his heart by even considering stepping foot outside during a nasty storm. Never mind that it’d been because you’d wanted to see him. He’d been adamant that the visits in your dreams could sate your loneliness in the meantime.

Needless to say, you’ve been chomping at the bit to get out. The hurricane had been circling your little island like a harrowing shadow for over a week, but it finally began tapering off yesterday, and by nightfall, Eclipse gave you his reluctant approval to come out the following day.

He probably didn’t mean that as an excuse for you to sacrifice sleep and slip out before the break of dawn, but he almost certainly knew that without you needing to say anything suggestive of it last night. The memory of his narrowed gaze and disapproving pout still makes you chuckle even now, and you can only imagine that same expression on his face when he sees you out here.

You’ve already dropped anchor and settled at the edge of your boat with your legs dangling over it and your arms propped atop the railing. The breeze ruffles your hair as it pleases, and it tickles your ears while you hum to yourself a gentle tune. It’s a unique one that transcends time and the waves themselves, flowing from within your chest and playing a soothing chord that first tugs softly and then a little firmer.

When your voice starts to rouse and the first few notes whisper past your lips, an answering echo from far, far below sounds beneath your feet and travels across the ocean floor.

Instantaneous is the grin tugging at your cheeks, and you beam at the way the wind suddenly billows in a different direction and sends your trusty flag flapping like a resounding applause. Your Rustbucket II bobs up and down as the water begins to turn choppy, creating a thrill of a ride as you eagerly peer down into the inky blue.

As bubbles form below, you dismiss what most sailors would consider an omen and instead lean over the railing as much as you can while sitting. Your legs swish happily, your skin prickling when a shiver courses through you. To your surprise, however, the bubbles stop after a few suspenseful seconds. A flash of a large shadow is all you catch sight of, but your friend doesn’t surface as you’d expected. Confused, you wait a moment more and then pull your legs under you and stand up so that you can lean over the railing as far as you can without falling in.

“Eclipse?” you call out. Your head tilts to the side while you listen.

Nothing but ocean responds.

A frown replaces your smile, and you wonder if something has temporarily distracted the mer, and he’s swimming off to go chase a giant squid or something similar. Before you can settle back down and wait for him to return, a colossal burst thunders behind you without warning and rocks your boat. Gasping, you have all but a moment to spin on your heel as Eclipse breaches in a swift motion that sends a terrific cascade of water directly down onto your boat and consequently you.

In mere seconds, you are entirely drenched in seawater and sputtering.

Soaked hair draped over and blinding you, you sigh loudly and brush it out of your face. Far, far above, your friend gazes down with a textbook version of glee. As soon as he sees your expression, a harmonious warble not unlike a laugh rumbles from his chest.

“Yeah, yeah, laugh it up,” you say in faux exasperation while wringing the water out of your hair. “Not like you haven’t done this before.”

The mer lowers in the water until his head is level with you, ray-like frills flicking, and your bond tells you exactly what he’s thinking, as if he were saying the words aloud.

And yet, you still fall for it every time.

You roll your eyes, and Eclipse chitters his delight.

“I guess it’s not like I wasn’t going to get wet anyways,” you huff in defeat.

Deciding it’s a lost cause to drain the water from your dripping clothes, you trudge over to him instead, making sure to step carefully through the large puddles. Yellow overlaid by impenetrable black oversees your maneuvering to be certain you reach the other side safely. Once you’re within reach, Eclipse leans in a little more, allowing you to rest your small hand against his large head and press a kiss between his eyes despite the little trick he pulled on you.

You watch the sharp yellow disappear as he basks in your affection and croons an unmistakably happy song. It’s enough to warrant the return of your smile.

“Good morning, big guy,” you say against his wet scales. “Missed you.”

The sentiment is returned tenfold through your bond, staggering in its sincerity, and Eclipse’s love threatens to reduce you to a puddle. The companionship with the leviathan has altered you in ways you could have never dreamed of, making you forever grateful for the day you discovered and helped him when he was but a little fish. You wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world because a life without Eclipse is one you can’t fathom. He means everything to you.

As your thoughts shift, Eclipse hears them just as if you’d spoken, and a low sound purrs from his throat. He nuzzles you with utmost gentleness, and you press as close to him as you can.

Yeah, you missed this. Shared dreams are one thing, but having him here with you in the flesh is incomparable. It’s your lifeblood.

When you pull back, the leviathan peers at you again. His expression is so compassionate that it sets your heart soaring like you are a fish in the sea swimming alongside him. The excursions you’ve had with him in the deep blue aren’t too far from that feeling, and it’s set in the very plans you have for later today. You intend to spend as much time as you can with the mer, and that means taking a hearty swim with his current guiding you along.

However, whatever soft moment you’re sharing now is wholly ruined when Eclipse chooses then to open his mouth and drag his serpentine tongue all the way up your front.

You yelp at the unexpected lick, and very swiftly, you are drenched in more than just water.

“Eclipse!” you cry in dismay.

Orange and red frills flutter in contentment. There is no remorse on the other’s face.

“Now I’m covered in gross saliva!” you further protest to express just how disgruntled you are. You shake your hands, and two wet globs fling off.

Eclipse churrs and clicks unhelpfully. It’s a bit similar to the squeaks of a dolphin, and after a fruitless attempt to wipe your face as best as you can, you glower up at your talkative friend. 

He seems to be cycling through a whole host of expressions today because the one staring you down is now unquestionably smug. 

You snort at the little—large—devil.

“Just what was that for anyways?”

The mer considers for a moment and then tilts his head to the side a little, eyelids falling low like he’s miming sleep. Then, a massive hand lifts out of the water to gently poke a long claw at you, followed by a throaty grumble that shakes your boat.

Ah. So that’s what this is about, huh. Should’ve known skipping out on sleep would come back to bite, or rather, lick you. You can’t say you didn’t see this coming. 

“I promise I got enough sleep all through that nasty hurricane,” you counter adamantly. Eclipse looks far from convinced, so you continue on. “Even still, I have a cabin I can always dip inside for a quick nap if need be. Or you can float on your back and snooze with me on top like we usually do. We have the whole day to ourselves, big guy. And besides, I thought you missed me.”

Eclipse releases another series of noises at that, which are just plain mournful, and the flood of insistent reassurance and concern makes you huff and smile.

“I know, I know. I’m just teasing. I think I’m allowed to since I’m currently covered in…” You sniff and then grimace. “Overwhelming fish breath and questionable fluids.”

More snaps and clicks, but none of them are truly offended. Eclipse matches your fake glare easily, and when you playfully stick out your tongue, his mouth curls with a croon, and he slithers his own tongue back out again.

You hastily retreat, hands lifting.

“Woah, there! Okay, message received. Put that thing back where it came from, or so help me, I’ll turn this boat around.”

Your friend blows out a warm gust of air that just heightens the sticky feeling all over your body, and your arms drop as the mer retracts his appendage with rampant amusement. Clearly, your threat was too transparent to be taken with any modicum of seriousness. Not that you expected Eclipse to believe it for a second anyways. He knows just how much you’ve been aching to see him, and even without the words to verbalize it, he’s showing how much he’s missed you too. You haven’t missed the little display of the fins and frills around his head upon his arrival. They’ve been fluttering since you first spoke, a subtle indicator of your friend’s elated state.

Maybe it’s in a sign of good faith or repentance, but Eclipse gingerly rests a large hand palm-up on your boat right next to you. An offer. You consider the translucent webbing between the smooth surface of his digits like it houses a tremendously difficult question you don’t already know the answer to. A few moments you spend hemming and hawing in exaggeration, and to his credit, Eclipse waits patiently—hopefully—for you to hop on, the ocean churning noticeably from the swishing of his powerful tail.

You give a plaintive sigh.

“I suppose I can acquiesce this one request,” you say, snickering at the uncontrollable, excited thumping against the side of your boat from Eclipse’s fins.

He eagerly curls and uncurls his fingers as you step around the sprawled drape of the scarlet frills that adorn his wrist, planting your hands first on his palm and then crawling across until you’re seated in the middle. You’ve learned from experience that it’s best to remain off your feet when being lifted if you want to retain your balance. Eclipse will never let you fall and would almost certainly help you to remain standing if you wobbled, but sitting down for the little ride grants you a bit more stability. 

With the utmost care, the mer hoists you out of your boat and over to him. He nuzzles you once more with a soft coo, and then he lowers into the water until only his head and the hand you rest upon aren’t submerged.

You smile up at him.

“Thanks, big guy, but I’m already wet, so I might as well wash this off.”

Eclipse churrs and sinks a little deeper so that the water just laps over his palm. You pat him in appreciation, and he curiously watches as you begin to cup the ocean in your hands and rinse your face and then scrub at your body.

It doesn’t take long to get to a somewhat reasonably clean state again, though you doubt anything in Eclipse’s saliva would be truly harmful to you. The pungent smell, however, might be downright criminal, and that’s saying something because you’ve been around fish for years. But at the end of the day, it’s worth it because it’s still part of your friend, and you wouldn’t change anything about him.

Once the sticky substance has washed away, you lean back on your hands, and Eclipse’s large fingers press protectively at your back. His contentment is visible in the shine of glowing yellow and the peaceful glaze of his languid movements. He floats in place next to your boat with the waves barely disturbing him. The magnitude of his size strikes you yet again despite how much time you’ve spent at his side all these years. Maybe the separation brought on by the storm afflicted your memory of his stature, but you don’t mind the awe that fills you at the leviathan or how small you suddenly feel in his grasp.

You’ve never been safer in the claws of a mer, and that will never fail to warm your heart.

Eclipse trills at the emotions shared through your bond, and with a melted expression, he draws you closer. You are gently deposited atop his chest, and once you’re sure of your footing, you approach his beaming maw. The mer meets you halfway, and when your arms embrace him as much as they can, he releases a slow breath that chases away any chill from the water.

Together, you stay like that in the quiet stillness of dawn, the first cracks of light just kissing the horizon. The world is waking up once more, and you have been given the best greeting of all. After days of restlessness and anxiety and longing, your mind is finally at ease. It’s a serenity that touches your soul, mirroring the same peace from your friend.

Sometimes, a shadow of a terrible memory graces your consciousness, and phantoms of ghastly yellow and purple snap at you. Those awful, living nightmares have grown less obtrusive as the months have passed, fading ever steadily with the more time you spend on the waves with Eclipse. You know you are safe now. There are some things that take more than reassurance to overcome, however, set off by triggers that you’re still learning to pinpoint, but with time and exposure to the sea that is a second home to you, the initial flinching and brief bursts of fright will diminish.

Eclipse’s presence has been grounding all the while. He’s stuck with you through every crest and trough, understanding your inner turmoil better than any explanation you could try to come up with. He’s felt your fear and pain and determined that it’s now his to bear as well if it means it will bring you comfort and recovery sooner. The memories are no less horrible for him too, and you occasionally catch a glimpse of his remembrance of prying apart serrated jaws and reaching for your frantic form.

It’s a shared burden between the two of you. You will see it through together.

 A shiver that can’t be blamed on the breeze travels through your body.

Sensing the direction of your thoughts, Eclipse curls his webbed hand even more so around your comparatively smaller frame, like he’s letting you know that he won’t ever let anything take you away from him again. A quiet purr vibrates from his chest, and he nudges you with his cheek until you look up at him again. His scales are creased with worry, but you pet one of his claws to reassure him.

“I’m alright, big guy. I’ve got you here, don’t I?”

Better words couldn’t have been chosen as your leviathan chitters in agreement. The sound soothes the worries of your mind, chased by the fearsome predator who has become your protector. You enjoy the intimate moment with him and the heart-skipping way he stares at you leaning into his grasp.

But that’s all abruptly broken by a thunderous growl that shakes through your feet.

In an instant, Eclipse looks mightily embarrassed, and you flash a grin.

“Someone’s hungry,” you tease, tapping your foot to indicate the petulant thrum that had come from his stomach further down.

The mer shakes water off his frills like a dog, sniffing the air and frowning before his pupils constrict, and his head snaps downward and off to the side at the water. It would seem he’s already locked on to a potential prey. You wonder if he’s about to tear off in the direction of said prey, but Eclipse tips his head back over at you, frills twitching with anticipation. He then taps the tip of a finger at your stomach in question.

You do your best to keep your smile from twisting.

“Not quite a fan of eating raw fish, thanks. This one’s all you, buddy.”

Eclipse emits a distinct whine at your refusal, rays drooping.

“I’ll eat later, promise. It’s still early for breakfast anyways. But I guess I could always just take a chomp out of you if you want me to eat fish so bad, huh?”

Three rapid clacks of sharp teeth are your answer, Eclipse pretending to snap them at you instead like maybe he’ll take a nibble out of you, and you giggle at the fake threat. He squints at you, supposedly very intimidating, you’re sure. His fins flap against the surface of his water much like his tail, and the loud whoosh of air from his gills sounds like a heavy sigh.

“Adorable,” you remark, and Eclipse puffs, his ray-like frills expanding like an orange peacock. “Yes, yes, you’re very big and scary. Now go catch your breakfast, you oversized guppy.”

An aggrieved grumble from the mer shakes through your body, and Eclipse sinks into the deep, pausing long enough to make sure you’re treading water easily enough on your own once you’re submerged.

You give him a little wave, legs swishing beneath you, and a flash of warmth stirs in your chest in response from him.

The giant mer disappears from sight rather quickly, likely sensing the direction his prey has swam off to. He won’t be gone long. You’re confident in his hunting abilities, and the only times it takes awhile are when he’s feeling playful and turning it into a game.

Without the support of your friend to keep you afloat, you paddle over to your boat to conserve your energy. A quick climb up your ladder, and you’re aboard once more and perusing the still water-logged floor with a shake of your head. Your mild disapproval is countered by a sense of indignation within your core from the mer far below.

Not my fault.

Even when he’s focused on hunting, he’s always got to get his two cents in. You snort and step across the slick surface into your cabin. 

While food isn’t exactly on your mind right now, you do find something special in sharing a meal together, so you decide to rummage through your kitchenette for a small snack. There are some granola bars you’ve stashed in a cabinet exactly for this reason, so after snagging one, tearing off the wrapper, and disposing the trash in the bin so you won’t have to worry about it later, you shuffle back outside.

The sun is still in its infancy, but the thin streams of light are already casting a new layer of warmth. The streaks of burnt orange remind you of your beloved mer, rippling across the darkly painted sky. Minutes trickle by with nothing but nature for miles, allowing your thoughts to meander. As you take in its beauty, you’re reminded of its resilience and how it will continue to exist long after you’ve passed. The sun will continue to rise and set; the waves will continue to crash and roll and traverse the world. It makes you wonder, head tipping up to admire the stars, what it will be like one day when your and Eclipse’s time comes to an end. There is assurance in that you will go together, bound so intrinsically as mer and human. Such an occurrence is far down in the future, barely conceivable when you have so much life left to live with Eclipse, but as you stand under the starlight’s ever watchful gaze, you muse quietly.

Will you trade a life on the water for an eternity in the stars? Will the galaxies become your new waves, the constellations your new islands? What will it be like to explore the great expanse that rivals even your tremendous ocean?

Your vision shuts to the ethereal light, and you feel the answer in your soul that returns from the leviathan himself.

Harmony. It will be harmony, entwined with you and him forever singing that sweet song that ties you in scarlet thread.

Smile warmer than the sleepy sun, you’re not at all surprised when you hear a splash and open your eyes to see your close friend next to your boat again, waiting patiently for you to emerge from being lost in thought. His tender love is palpable, resonating from deep within your chest and guiding you over to him. As you near, you notice the edge of a tail fin poking out of his maw, and a snicker escapes you.

“Breakfast was successful, I take it?”

Eclipse hums and then in a perfectly unnecessary act opens his mouth to show you just how big of a catch he got. His rows of teeth have expertly speared the swordfish, and while impressive, you know why he’s showing off.

You hold up a hand dismissively.

“Yeah, still not happening.” You wave your granola bar under Eclipse’s dissatisfied scrutiny when he seals his maw shut in suspicion. “I found something else to munch on instead. Extra nutritious. You want some?”

Eclipse hisses like you personally offended him, and you bite back a laugh as you break off a piece of your snack and toss it in your mouth. Last time you tried to feed him some of your “nasty human food,” he wheezed and spat out the microscopic morsel and then proceeded to drag his claws against his tongue like you’d terrorized his tastebuds. He’s so goofily dramatic when it comes to most of your meals and snacks that don’t involve seafood, and he plays it up extra just for you because you adore his theatrics. You know as much because you’d asked him once why he’d reacted that way, and he’d answered with a photographic memory of your face flushed from laughter and your arms clutching your stomach from a time not too long prior.

Needless to say, your cheeks had immediately turned hot yet again, that time for a different reason, and you’d tried and failed to brush off Eclipse’s endeared cooing at your fluster.

He’s such a rascal. Wily prankster of a mer. You more than cherish him.

Taking another bite of your snack, you lean against the railing while Eclipse begins to chew on his meal. You know that one fish won’t be enough to feed a mer his size, but it’ll at least be enough to stave off his hunger for a little bit. The warmth in your core tells you Eclipse isn’t eager to leave your side for longer than necessary. He’s just as intent on companionship as you are.

Swallowing the mouthful of granola, you say, “I brought my pan flute with me again. Maybe we can give your song another shot later today?”

A tremendous purr rumbles across the waves. At the same time, the contentment behind your sternum spikes, and you sigh happily.

“I think I’ve got the first part down,” you add. “It’s what follows after that I’m struggling with, so it’s a good thing I’ve got such a talented conductor to help me.”

Eclipse’s delight transforms to a small grumble with an undertone of disapproval. His tail whacks the water behind him, and the giant mer gives you a disbelieving, reprimanding look.

Talented yourself.

Not expecting that, you smile sheepishly and chuckle a little.

“Thanks. I don’t mean to make it sound like I’m downplaying my abilities. Although your song isn’t exactly made for human lungs, you know.”

Dark pupils roll.

Siren song, comes the dry rebuttal. Natural. Weak human lungs.

You blow a raspberry.

“I’ll have you know I’ve got rather strong lungs for a human! And I can hold air for a long while too, which is why I’m even able to keep up with those drawn-out notes of yours.”

By this point, Eclipse has finished swallowing the fish he caught, and the bumpy texture of his burgundy tongue flicks dangerously across his teeth. The air charges with his intrigued hum, and you can sense your mistake the second you catch the mischief in his stare. Orange and crimson fins flutter, and a colossal maw nears until it hovers inches in front of you.

You’re already taking a cautious step back when the thought flashes in your head, one that is not your own.

Let’s test it then, the susurrous taunt curls around your mind, snaking like a low voice against the shell of your ear, and the blur of an arm is too fast for you to dodge.

“Eclipse!” you shriek with a laugh as the leviathan gently but gleefully snatches you up from your boat and brings you back into the water.

Your meager granola bar is lost to the waves and fish, but it barely catches your notice as the smug mer yet again deposits you on his chest, sinking onto his back with almost-feline elegance. The frills surrounding his face fan out like a blood-orange sunflower as they float in the water. Eclipse’s lower arms begin to lightly pedal across the waves, circling but not straying you and him too far from your boat. With his other hands, he keeps them cupped around you, preventing you from slipping off or getting away.

You know what he wants, can read his intent in the quiver of anticipation rebounding from your core that sings with the desire to dive. But the large mer is waiting for your approval first, not wanting to take you under without checking in regardless of his former tease. The considerate patience chases away the tepid air and flushes your heart with something even hotter.

Your smile is small and appreciative.

“Of course, I don’t mind taking a swim with you. I’ve gotta prove my little human lungs can outlast yours, right?” You pat against his chest. “Show me what you’ve got, big guy.”

Sharp teeth glisten wetly, Eclipse giving a hearty chortle at your challenge. His translucent fins catch the sunlight just as it skips across the indigo waves and reaches you, creating speckles of white gold atop every crest. Eclipse waits for you to take a few deep breaths in preparation, your lungs filling with air until you give him a nod. With a sweet smile, the mer begins to tip backward, sinking headfirst underwater with his hand cupping you all the while as you take the plunge together.

The water is bitterly cold the moment it touches your skin, and you instinctively squeeze your eyes shut at first as the ocean swallows you whole. But you’ve nothing to worry about in the grasp of your friend who keeps you clutched to a warm chest, the beating of his heart strong under your form even with layers of muscle between you and it. The steady thrum is like a lullaby setting your mind at ease, and soon, the flash of nervousness at diving dissipates like it was never there to begin with. 

A soft whisper of your name, wrapped in endless patience, coaxes you with a singular want. You feel a second arm slipping behind you, the first slipping lower, which is followed by a large palm spreading at your back and prickling at the strands of your floating hair, covering your entire frame with its size. In careful slowness, you dare to peek through just a crack despite the salty sting of the ocean. You want to see, just for a moment, and the second you do, you are so delighted you took the risk.

The brightness of the sun does not yet penetrate the surface of the deep, but it casts enough light to turn the ocean into an underwater paradise basked in violet hues.

Upside down, you and Eclipse float in the beautiful display of color that transitions from light to dark, the expanse above your head an incredibly rich sapphire. With every swish of his tail and flap of his frills, Eclipse creates a plume of bubbles that catch the thin light in this flipped world. Your legs curl tightly around his slick frame as much as possible, and a bountiful rumble erupts from your friend. He embraces you until there is no room left to spare, and your arms do their best to wrap around him as much as possible.

Golden eyes shine like pure light in the dim purple glow that is incrementally turning lavender while the sun climbs. Eclipse purrs greatly so that you can hear it even underwater. His heart pounds next to yours, a duet not unlike the song that the mer has sung for you since life was still so new to you and him. Age has not withered the exceptionality of it, but it has made you yearn for it all the more. You doubt you will ever stop longing to be close to Eclipse, and you can feel in your chest that he is much the same for you.

Suspended in place in the arms of your closest friend, you find breathing becomes meaningless. The separation that had kept you trapped on your small island and away from him is no more. Finally, you are together again, reunited under a fading starlit sky and within the pleasant rocking of a calm ocean. Home, at last. 

Once your lungs begin to ache, your eyes slip shut, and your smile grows when Eclipse presses his to yours. You happily nuzzle him right back, content to just hold each other like this in the morning quiet where nothing and no one disturbs you. The graze of his frills tickles your cheeks while he keeps you close. You stroke the ones you can reach at the sides of his head, and your movement is mirrored by the light carding of a claw through your hair and along the base of your scalp. The intimacy of it threatens to bring tears behind your eyelids, but any and all drops are carried away by the ocean when your eyelashes flutter with your cautious squint.

Eclipse rubs his scaly cheek against yours for a quick, last nuzzle. Though you’d prefer to remain suspended upside-down like this beneath the waves with him, your friend has your preservation on the front of his mind, and he sweeps his tail in a powerful stroke that rights you and him and brings you back to the suncatcher waves.

A prism of droplets sprays across the surface when you’re brought back up to blessed air that your lungs greedily take back in. After a hasty brush of your hand, you blink away the remnants of saltwater. Your lips twitch.

“I think I definitely outlasted you this time, big guy,” you playfully boast.

Scarlet fins flutter in amusement. Eclipse snorts.

If you say so, sea star.

You hum and tap a finger indecisively, rubbing one of his sharper points against your thumb.

“Well, I might be persuaded otherwise. I guess we won’t know unless we try again, will we?” Your smile flirts on the edge of a grin, but what Eclipse returns with next is enough to stun you.

If that is what you wish. Wherever you want to go, the ghost of an answer dances along your consciousness, I will follow.

His amber gaze is flooded with a softness that makes your heart quicken while you’re choked by nothing related to the air you breathe.

It’s funny, you think, how the universe works. To think that you would find your lifelong partner, someone who fits with you like a puzzle piece, out among the waves. Like you were made for each other, regardless of species or place or form. 

Here in the embrace of your soulmate, you’ve found everything you need. 

Eclipse warbles in surprise when you lean up and press a kiss to his forehead. There, you linger, shutting your gaze to the caress of his silky frills and the salty tang of his home filling your nose. The arms holding you wrap tighter, a third and fourth finding purchase around any part of you that isn’t covered like he can’t touch enough of you.

Your drenched hair runs rivulets down your cheeks, hiding the evidence of your pure happiness that wells inside you and sneaks past wet eyelashes. A faint sound stirs from the leviathan, dipping into a low tune that makes you bury your face in his precious rays and quietly sing along with him his siren call.

You don’t end up ever really responding to his avowal, but you think Eclipse understands you all too well. Locked together like this, you greet the morning as a reunited pair while the memories of a troubled past float away on the seafoam to break on a distant shore.

#*waves* hi Naff! hi Meep! #eclipse x reader #in deep dreams between the waves au #in deep dreams between the waves fanfic #fnaf sb #writing tag #mermay au #mer!eclipse #so I wrote 90% of this on the day Meep posted that breathtakingly gorgeous art #and then life got absolutely nuts for me for like 3 weeks straight #so I didn't have time to write at all until today asklkgjld #also here's a very random fun fact: #the whole time I was writing this #the Land Before Time II soundtrack kept playing in my head #anyone know that one scene from when the two T. rexes reunite with their baby and press their heads together like a happy family? #that scene and the music that plays during it is all I could think of while writing this because Meep's art just reminded me of it so much #I hadn't even heard it since I was a child but writing this just reawakened a core memory of mine #and that was my favorite movie as a kid so of course I had to write this drabble while listening to the music <3 #sorry for rambling in the tags about something completely unrelated lol #hope everyone is having a good day/night!

[crescencestudio]

Devlog #34 | 08.27.23

Hi everyone!

Another month has flown by, and we are already entering the month of September soon! It's crazy it's already Fall......... Hope you all have been doing well <3

Since we're getting into the latter half of the year, I wanted to sit down and talk to you about the usual monthly progress as well as do a check in on where Alaris is sitting. This is a longer one, so without further ado, let's dive in, shall we?

Writing

We continue to move forward with writing. But it's extremely refreshing this month since I've Finally moved into Etza's route! Already, the route is feeling relatively different from the past three routes I've been writing---not necessarily because the past three routes are repetitive, but moreso because Etza's route (and the Fae ones moving forward) is very different regarding plot content. I can't say much more than that because then we start getting into spoiler territory. But it's been exciting since Etza, Kuna'a, and Aisa have always been the "final stage" of writing for Alaris to me.

I'm aiming to have Etza's first draft done by the end of next month. We'll check in next month to see my progress, but that's my goal at least! I also wrapped up the finishing touches for Druk's route this past month and moved his onto developmental editing, so we are just moving into New Stages all across the board yay!

Art

Most of my attention was actually on art this month though! Specifically, on finalizing Kickstarter merchandise so I can ship it out. I finished the updated Mermay prints as well as the character postcards.

they r beauty they r grace

I will have some extra prints that I'm happy to send off. Obviously, you will have to pay for them LOL. But if you're interested in any, I'll have an extremely limited stock. Patrons will get first dibs, so if you are interested but aren't subscribed to my Patreon, I'd recommend getting on that for this upcoming month since I will not be restocking the Mermay prints ever again!

We also continued to get backgrounds from Vui. These are spoiler territory, so I will not be showing them this month teehee. But they're beautiful per usual Vui fashion!

Check-In

Now that we're in the latter half of the year, I wanted to talk to you all about overall Alaris progress and some more specific parts of development.

As of right now, we have about 210k written for Alaris (including the demo). And the end estimate is about 350k. For art assets, we have 20 CGs out of an estimated 48 CGs finished and/or sketched out. For BGs, we are on background 18 out of 25. The GUI is for the most part finished, save for some small finishing touches. And we have 6 out of 8 original tracks completely done.

If it's not clear, Alaris will definitely be a 2024 release rather than an end of 2023 release, which may be disappointing news for those of you eager for Alaris. But realistically, even if I make absolutely cracked progress on the assets from now until the end of the year, I would still need time to polish the full game, especially considering how long it took me to polish intertwine for Otojam, which was significantly smaller. And that's excluding my team members, who I don't want to force into a crunching position. All that being said, I hope to get some playable content to you all before the end of the year, namely the updated demo and maybe Kayn's beta build!

I wanted to take a moment to mention one thing concerning the updated demo. As you all may know from past devlogs, I've updated many of the assets for the enhanced demo. Initially, I had wanted to release the updated demo quite a while back, but there was one set of assets that ended up getting held up in production. For full transparency, since I've talked about the updated demo for a while but haven't been able to show much more progress beyond that, I wanted to touch on (generally) why it's been held up, mainly because I don't want you all to think I'm just Not Delivering on it!

My GUI artist is the same person who made the Alaris logo (re.Alice). She's wonderfully talented, which is why I wanted to work with her for the Alaris GUI as well! As many may know, sometimes life happens and so without getting into any specifics, this is what has been holding up the enhanced demo since I haven't been able to update and code in the new GUI.

Based on recent updates from Alice, I'm hopeful that I'll be receiving the new GUI this upcoming month, and I'd love to release the updated demo (T e n t a t i v e l y) in October! Of course, when the September devlog comes around I'll be able to update you all more concretely. But I wanted to communicate where things currently (and have been) standing since I've been wanting you all to experience the updated demo so badly but didn't want you all to feel like I've been forgetting about it/dropping the ball on it/etc. etc. etc.

Thank you, as always for being so patient and supportive of me! As we head into this final half of the year (jesus), I hope the progress I've been making behind the scenes for Alaris will start to come to fruition through the enhanced demo and some playable beta builds of the individual routes <3

Market Research

I did ~some~ market research this month, but it's honestly been pretty sparse, mainly because my usual market research time was actually replaced by Jam Time this month.

Specifically, if you didn't get the chance to check them out, I helped with two games this month for a 10 day jam. I think they're both pretty top-notch if I'm allowed to humbly brag since the teams behind them were very talented!

The first is Oblivisci Memorias

After receiving a mysterious request, you create a potion meant to erase memories. But the process is a grueling one, and as you add ingredients to your potion, you may find yourself reminiscing on memories you thought you had long since suppressed.

And the second is Titan Arum

Alone, you find yourself catsitting in your family's new house as they traipse through Europe. But incidents slowly signal to you that something's... off about this house. What story exists behind its walls? And more importantly, are you brave enough to uncover it?

#alaris #devlog

[fleebites]

hey everyone! happy last day of mermay and thank you so much for the love on my pieces! it really means a lot 💕

if you’d like to have all 31 of my mermay pieces in one place (scanned, tidied and looking a lot nicer than the phone photos i’ve posted online lol), i’ve got them all in a zine which is available in my shop, now ✨🧜‍♀️

also available: prints of my 31st full colour illustration, as well as the original marker art;

check ‘em out in my shop (link in bio) 💕

cheers!

#traditional media #mermay #mermay 2022 #zine #orca #orcas #whales #whale #cetacean #cetaceans

[littleredridingsim]

Sims 4 Fantasy Save File by Little Red Riding Sim

See my pinned post for more details on the save file.

This is a resource for players of the save file and it is now free to everyone! If you're an occult and fantasy player in general, you might enjoy, but it's mostly intended as a supporting resource for players of the save file!

We called it FANTAZINE ... fantasy + magazine ... see what we did there XD

Access: January 2023

Access: February 2023

Access: March 2023

Access: April 2023

Access: May 2023

Access: Mermay 2023: Special edition

Access: June 2023

Access: July 2023

Access: August 2023

I started it as a way to thank patrons of the save file. I don't know how I will say thank you now since I'm giving everyone access, but I for sure got better at it as time went on and the first ones aren't that impressive any more lol. Hope you enjoy! Any problems with links or by accident a post is not public as I thought, let me know! Happy to fix or answer questions!

Little Red

PS this is a desktop resource - you will get no joy from viewing it on mobile and links won't work!

#sims 4 fantasy save file #sims 4 fantasysave #sims 4 save file

[apatheticcinaroll]

Gonna make a "masterpost" of sorts for my mermay challenge. I'll reblog my daily fic's here :)

Here are my two prompt lists! The first is my main list, the second I'll be using as an altprompt list (and I'll try to make a bingo too lol)

here's what i have so far:

at the end of the month i'll probably pin the post :)

#malevmay2023 #mermay 2023 #fanfiction stuff #cinaroll's fics

[marquisegallery]

Happy MerMay everyone! More Battle Network mermaid AU shenanigans lol

Here we have Maddy with her daughter Ellie (one of three fan kids I made for Maddy and Match, see last year's MerMay pic), plus ColorMan as a whole school of clownfish!

Ellie has not yet understood the whole "Not all fish are food!" lesson yet. :P

#Mega Man Battle Network #MegaMan Battle Network #MegaMan NT Warrior #Rockman.EXE #MerMay #MerMay 2023 #Ms. Madd #Madoi Iroaya #fan character #fan art #mermaid #mermaids

[alexander1301]

I posted 876 times in 2022

That's 711 more posts than 2021!

500 posts created (57%)

376 posts reblogged (43%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@bryan360

@carmenramcat

@murumokirby360

I tagged 261 of my posts in 2022

#youtube - 49 posts

#alex - 24 posts

#roblox - 18 posts

#shadow r - 14 posts

#spot speedster - 14 posts

#baco - 13 posts

#fnf - 8 posts

#riya speedster - 7 posts

#valisa - 7 posts

#mermaid - 7 posts

Longest Tag: 38 characters

#i totally stole that from cuphead. lol

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Here's a Birthday Gift for @murumokirby360, which is also a MerMay 2022 drawing, as you can see I drew My Tumblr exclusive Mermaid OC Valisa along with his Kirby OC Murukir shapeshifted into a Clam, I drew the Gran Turismo Symbol on him since I heard that he loves that game I played when I was young, and I usually loved that game as well, I even made 2 variations, with one swapped colors for the 2 and 9, and the colored GT Symbol.

Hope you had Sea-Tastic Happy Birthday.🎈🎁🍰 🎉🎂

Tags/Mentions: @carmenramcat @lordromulus90 @bryan360

9 notes - Posted May 6, 2022

#4

Guys, something gone upsetting on DA and I am not too happy about it. 😤

Tags/Mentions: @carmenramcat @bryan360 @murumokirby360 @artistgirl17 @aarongervacio143 @princess-josie-riki-blogs/@princess-josie-riki

9 notes - Posted September 15, 2022

#3

I drew Pibby cuz yeah.

Tags/Mentions: @carmenramcat @bryan360 @murumokirby360 @lordromulus90 @lovelytekki @aarongervacio143 @artistgirl17

9 notes - Posted July 26, 2022

#2

Here's a drawing of Brown as Slade's apprentice, I made his eyes orange and dark red to make it look like he's been brainwashed, however, the only way to turn him back to normal is to fight and defeat him, let's just hope that everyone in CN City will survive, otherwise, the town will be all gone, forever. 😱

Brown -> @bryan360

Tags/Mentions: @carmenramcat @murumokirby360 @lordromulus90 @opal-planet @artistgirl17 @carlycmarathecat @princessjosieriki @pingufan809 @vincentlopez

11 notes - Posted March 2, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Title Name: Alejandro gifts for Caleb and Sam

🔵Alejandro: Caleb, Sam, are you familiar with Phlat ball? It's a ball that you can throw as a frisbee, and it turn into a ball itself, I know you guys like Basketball and Soccer respectively, but you could play it with theses balls, and fits really well. ^^

Caleb-> @carmenramcat

Sam-> @bryan360

Tags/Mentions: @murumokirby360 @rafacaz4lisam2k4 @lordromulus90 @artistgirl17 @aarongervacio143

12 notes - Posted December 22, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

What a Year it was, with CN's 30th anniversary, to my final school year, as well as new OCs, although the weremole drawing gives me butterflies in my stomach, I'm kinda glad their 'creators' freed them from their weremole state using Tumblr Logic by drawing them in costumes on Inktober. Now let's see what 2023 has in store for us.

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

[silverynight]

Your piece of art reminded me that I like fantasy/magic aus and thus I am making so many rn- the one I’m currently making has everyone being generally good, only the Hashira are very sad™️- but the power of friendship and also Tanjiro helping them all heal makes them better lol-

You mean the one I just posted for Mermay?

Also I'm glad you're working on things that make you happy!

#anonymous #asks #ask silverynight

[shyberrydraws]

sorry I'm late for mermay lol, had this in the folder for a while but I forgot to upload

anyways, happy mermay everyone!

#mermay #dgs #the great ace attorney #the great ace attorney chronicles #barok van zieks #dgs2 #maria gorey #maria goulloyne #gina lestrade #kazuma asogi #kazuma asougi #dgs2 spoilers #tgaa2 #tgaa2 spoilers

[septnautical]

Hello everyone! It’s Mermay once again! My favorite time of year to think of Septnautical!

And this year I really wanna work on my writing slump cuz believe me, I’ve tried everything to think of how to move forward and I keep hitting wall after wall-

So this year for Mermay I’m taking both drawing and writing prompts! Just make sure you specify which you’d like me to do in your ask!

Only rules are like- no asking for future spoilers- but I will encourage your input on which refugees you’d like to see get along with the boys!

Which means I’m finally gonna reveal them all! I really thought I’d get out of my funk before this but ^^; and I’ll probably draw new refs as the month progresses or if they’re requested but for now here’s the refugees and I’ll give you some brief notes!

Okay so! Going down the line y’all have met the brody kids, stacy, Ollie and Lizzie!

Tillman is Ollie’s older brother who he nick-named Google ;) he’s an arrogant know it all who cares about his baby brother more than anything. My plan was to have him befriend Anti but that’s the story I’ve been stuck on ^^;;

Tessie is a young teenager who’s very smart! She loves to create gadgets and work to help others- basically a budding OA scientist if she was old enough to flee with the others. She’s very excited to get to work with Dr.Danan and I imagined her butting heads with Schneep for lab space lol

Elliot Sharper is Tessie’s step brother- they got separated from their parents in the HQ collapse and they don’t know where they are or if they’re alive. Sharper is usually put in charge of watching the kids in their unit and he enjoys it but he’s not really sure what he’s good at yet. He has a prosthetic arm and feels like he’s incapable of a lot of stuff- and is slightly scared of the open ocean.

Daimen Smith is the researcher from the satellite above planet- he’s not at all happy to be trapped down here when he was just doing a report on his ward and doing on planet research… no one knows too much about him.

And then you should know about the Brody’s!

So I wanna focus on more of their relationships with the boys but requests are free reign! I’m excited to see what this month will bring!!  

#Mermay 2022 #huffle talks #requests open #drawing requests #writing requests #can y’all spot the ego callbacks? :3c #storyart

[detroitbecomeyandere]

So wow today marks a year since I started my writing challenge (for those who may not know February 14th 2021 I started a year long writing challenge).

On one hand I can't believe that it's been a year already and on the other it feels like the year just dragged on lol. The year did not go as planned at all, originally I was going to start my writing journey in January 2021 but the passing of my grandpa and my hospitalization pushed it back a month, my writing partner dropped out a month or so in, and then there were just other things that got in the way and made it hard to meet my goals. But that's life right? We make plans and God laughs lol.

My goal with this challenge was to just grow as a writer, push my boundaries and make some stuff I'm proud of. Which I did, I'm super happy with all the Mermay stuff, I love Sprited Away part 1, Beautiful Ghosts and Little Red Riding Hood might be the things I'm most proud of and there are so many other things. I also made some stuff I am not so proud of and will be happy to forget as the years go by lol.

Here are some of the things I've learned through the year:

Writing every day is hard lol, I had so many big ideas for long fics that just never got finished because of how frazzled I got having to come up with something every day (choose your own adventure coming 2022 hopefully)

That a lot of the really weird ideas I have other people love and really vibed with it

Motivation is hard to keep up, I'd get a new idea and get so excited for it only to lose the drive halfway through it

I suck at endings, like I suck so hard at them and it's something that just hasn't gotten better, I actually think it's gotten worse lol

I learned a lot of other things but these are the main ones. The year was though and I enjoyed it but I am definitely looking forward to a little break. I'm going to try and take a week or two off from writing a posting every day so I can finally finish some big things I've been to burned out to finish and edit.

I'll still be active if anyone wants to send things in. Thank you everyone for joining me for the year and I look forward to all the things and ideas the new year brings

[fuckyeahscienceparty]

i would absolutely love to hear about your selkie medic schienceparty au! happy mermay!!

happy mermay to you too anon!! just so this doesn't get too long i'll put it under a read more but here's some doodles from the other night for y'all too :>

ok SO gist of it is medic is a selkie who lives in a secluded cove near a village in the middle of fuck knows where coastal scotland. he's the only one around because everyone else either died or moved away a long time ago out of fear of the humans. he goes into town every once in a while to mess with the townspeople but not enough for them to bear him any actual ill will?? more like a friendly nuisance. also anyone with a head on their shoulders realizes that selkies have lived in the area longer than the village has even existed so they kinda gotta respect that at the end of the day. he's also a pretty good healer and basically kind of acts as the resident town doctor because the nearest Actual Human Doctor is about an hour by drive. basically if you swing by his cove he's almost always willing to heal any ailment you may have. this is really the only reason why most people ever visit him but he gets it, y'know.

ok SO gist of it is medic is a selkie who lives in a secluded cove near a village in the middle of fuck knows where coastal scotland. he's the only one around because everyone else either died or moved away a long time ago out of fear of the humans. he goes into town every once in a while to mess with the townspeople but not enough for them to bear him any actual ill will?? more like a friendly nuisance. also anyone with a head on their shoulders realizes that selkies have lived in the area longer than the village has even existed so they kinda gotta respect that at the end of the day. he's also a pretty good healer and basically kind of acts as the resident town doctor because the nearest Actual Human Doctor is about an hour by drive. basically if you swing by his cove he's almost always willing to heal any ailment you may have. this is really the only reason why most people ever visit him but he gets it, y'know.

[ignore that the first para duplicated, tumblr is strange]

he's got three different forms, full human, semihuman, and full seal. full human is only w out his coat tho and when he's not wearing it, his coat just looks like a worn black leather jacket. he does a lot of exploring on the ocean floors and has a severe hatred of plastic fishing nets, which he collects to have them be thrown away whenever the next time he goes into town is. he also has the tendency to get into scuffles with shitty fisherman (which. usually ends up in him both getting injured and damaging their boat but really if you're being unethical and also a dick he doesn't really care about the property damage). also he's fucking.. Big as a seal. like as a human he's around 6'1" but as a seal/semihuman he's like 7'10".

engie's a repairman who moved from america not too long ago after some kinda shitty things happened to him (various family deaths, lost his arm in a workplace accident bc of shitty management, declining mental health, he could go on). he basically got there through demo, who he met and befriended while he was temporarily living in the states for work related things (he ended up coming back tho and working at his family's bakery). he was more than happy to help engie move in and help him out. also they.. may or may not have had a thing going on when demo lived in texas but they decided to break things off and stay friends when he came back home.

now engie does repairs for people around the village for money. he'll repair anything from toasters to refrigerators to cars, hell he'll even do cabinets if you pay him enough. if it's broken and he thinks he can do it, he'll do it for you. he's having some difficulty adjusting to everything but he really needed the change and everyone is friendly enough and he's getting along fairly well.

after noticing medic sauntering around the place every once in a while, he asks demo about him and demo just kinda nonchalantly mentions that he's a selkie, to engie's bewilderment. to be fair demo's seen weirder shit and medic's kind of his childhood best friend so he forgot that seal folk aren't actually in most places lol. engie ends up asking more about him and goes to visit his cove. not because he wants anything, just because he wants to say hi. which is.. a little odd for medic because he never has people visiting unless they want something from him. they get closer and engie ends up visiting several times a week, usually with demo but sometimes not.

eventually they start dating and because of this, people start seeing medic in town a lot more often while engie is sometimes seen wearing a new jacket that everyone's pretty sure he's never worn before. demo starts getting kinda jealous, both bc he kinda still has lingering feelings for engie and bc he and medic had a thing for each other when they were teenagers that never really went away even when they firmly decided to stay friends. he never says anything tho bc he wants both of them to be happy and ends up kind of. stewing in his own misery

eventually the truth comes out and he and engie have a heart to heart conversation about it. and they all end up dating! bc i like happy endings :)

#tf2 #tf2 medic #tf2 engineer #tf2 demoman #tf2 science party #medic x engineer x demoman #selkie au #<- new au tag bb #personal headcanons #c drew #if u couldn't tell turning this into an ot3 sp deal was kinda last minute lol #surprisingly my first au for all 3 of them!

[prisiidon]

Zora Mermay Re-run🐬

{ Here’s the prompt list! }

so basically, this year is just gonna be a re-run of the 2020 one since that year got royally messed up for everyone, and there’s so many prompts left to do!~ I’ll prolly edit it to say 2021 lol, so if you’ve already done 2020 try doing prompts you havent done yet  🧡 I’m working on a few entries already >:)

RULES: there’s no set days and no order! Just pick the prompts you want to do! Then use the “zora mermay” tag so I can find them~ happy fishing 🐳

#botw #tloz #breath of the wild #loz #loz botw #zelda #the legend of zelda #zora may #zora #zora oc #sidon #prince sidon #mipha #zoramay

[nopeferatu]

USUK MerMay Fic Recc List

Hey everyone! I really love mermaids and mermaid AUs, and so I wanted to kick MerMay off by compiling a list of my favorite (mostly not safe for work ;p) USUK mermaid au fics that this fandom has to offer! So, in no particular order, heres a list of mystical mermaid fics for all you USUK fans to enjoy this month!

1. Before They Learn to Swim by Threnna

Alfred F. Jones is a navy captain, capturing law disobedient individuals at the governments bidding. One day, this brings him across a very special belonging to one such villain. A merman. Which he is to bring across the ocean without any misfortune.

I haven't finished reading this one yet but its one of the highest rated usuk longfics hosted on fanfiction.net, and so far its really good! Its very well written and its interesting to see Alfred in a navy position in this type of historical fantasy AU instead of Arthur.

2. If You Love Something by Zo One

It will come back.

Ahh man I think this was the fic that really started my cravings for merman content awhile back LOL, I really just love Zo One's writing in general and this fic is no exception. Content warnings: dubcon and noncon at first (siren call stuff); if thats not your thing please heed the warning or proceed with caution.

3. My Lover Smells Like Fish by Snowyfoxpaws

Really fun, really cute human!Alfredxmerman!Arthur fic! And also its snowy so expect p0rn in there-

4. Becalmed by Snowyfoxpaws

Again, its snowy so its p0rn-

5. Untitled drabble by Snowyfoxpaws

Its really short but really cute and also mentions of p0rn-

6. Dying Rights by Snowyfoxpaws

I think this series is unfinished, but its a really good and short little merman!Alfredxhuman!Arthur fic! Can't remember if theres p0rn or not tho-

7. Clockwork by Snowyfoxpaws

Well-oiled gears in a machine that never stops running. Perpetual and haunting, a world with no purpose but to devour. As a Gifted, Alfred has taken it upon himself to rescue the kidnapped and the captured, each acquisition to his supernatural collection a soul he can attempt to mend, but everything changes when he begins his newest project—rekindling the will to live in the heart of a merman. [Unfinished]

I haven't actually started this one yet because I try and avoid readings works that will basically never be finished lol, but I really love all of Snowy's content so when I get desperate to read something I'll probably read through this in an instant and wish to god that they came back to finish it LOL

If you have any mermaid USUK fics that you'd like to recommend to me, I'd be happy to take your suggestions! Im always looking for more mermaid content hehe >:D

Happy MerMay everyone!

Edit because the links fucked up lol

#hetalia #hetalia world stars #hetalia world series #hetalia world twinkle #hetalia the beautiful world #axis powers hetalia #axis powers ヘタリア #hws #aph #usuk #ukus #usukus #hetalia usuk #hws usuk #hetalia america #hws america #aph america #alfred f. jones #hetalia england #hws england #aph england #arthur kirkland #beiei #hetalia season 7 #mermay #fic ref #fic #fic recc #fic rec #ref shit

[sketchy-saram]

Eyyyy! I just haven’t been feeling art much this month; everything feels like pulling teeth, haha. So I decided to commission something for Mermay instead of harassing myself, lol! And as usual, @samjyx absolutely delivered in this epic interpretation of my vague request, ‘They’re both mermaids, and uh... Rhys has been hit with a harpoon?’

<3 Thanks again for the amazing piece! Happy almost-end-of-Mermay, everyone. ;) 

Rhys is of course @lazyvoyager‘s next gen kid who I just take and abuse, sorry >_>

#commission #other people's art #mermay #mermaids #Anke #Rhys #Rhys Devorak #the arcana next generation #anke and rhys #wlw #blood #tw #my oc #other people's ocs #samjyx