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princessfbi · 4 months
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A Diamond Mind and Those Ocean Eyes
“Buck…” Eddie wheezed, his eyes rolling in his head. Maddie snapped her gaze down to look at him and almost burst into tears at the sight. Eddie’s sun kissed skin was deathly pale, with blue tinging his lips and dark circles under his eyes. Buck never would’ve left him. Not like this. “What about him?” Maddie heard herself ask, her voice trembling with it. Eddie’s lips moved but a wordless huff left his lips as his eyes started to close. Chimney shook his shoulder, tapped his face, anything he could to keep him awake. “Eyes on me, Eddie! No sleeping on the job.” Eddie made a wordless gurgle sound that still made it seem like he was drowning. He possibly was. Maddie could sense the salt water flooding his lungs. “Eddie!” Maddie said, shaking him herself. “Where’s Buck?” Eddie wheezed and said, “… boat.” Then Eddie stopped breathing and Chimney started CPR. 
Part Three of Mermaid AU
Read on Ao3
Rated: T | One Shot | Words: 35,510
Banner by the beautiful @mellaithwen
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daniwib · 2 months
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Blown away
I was stunned and amazed to be shown this today. Someone liked my Merman Buck fic so much that they used it to practise learning how to book bind (for personal use and enjoyment only, no selling dw).
LOOK HOW PRETTY IT IS!!! omg. If you've read the fic you will know just how apt this cover is. I am so honoured and touched and just utterly gobsmacked that someone liked something I wrote enough to do this. Just... wow.
Here's a link to the fic if anyone is interested: Cherish
Summary:
After surviving the tsunami with Christopher, Buck found himself suffering the consequences of his actions during the lawsuit. Isolated from his loved ones, plagued by nightmares and a deep fear of water, once his most cherished element, he begins a solitary journey to conquer his water-based trauma. Months later, Buck has long ago reconciled with the 118, and he and Eddie have grown closer than they’d ever been.
Then Buck’s plans to unveil his new hobby to his fire family are abruptly thwarted by an unforeseen accident, leaving everyone in a state of shock – and the future of any relationship with Eddie uncertain.
Rating: Teen, wordcount: 21k
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agentx8d · 9 days
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This is two year old Ismail, his mother Laila and his father Mohammed. He should be living in peace and safety and excitedly awaiting the birth of his younger sibling from his pregnant mother Laila. Instead him and his family are forced to endure starvation, constant bombardment, and a lack of medical treatment that is desperately needed. Ismail and his family NEED HELP NOW. My friend, his mother Laila tells me of the horrible conditions they are living in and how their family NEEDS HELP to afford BASIC NECESSITIES LIKE FOOD AND URGENT MEDICAL TREATMENT. Everyone in this family has hopes and dreams. Laila dreams of being an english teacher and has already published a book! Laila’s children deserve to have a chance to LIVE and have dreams IN THE FIRST PLACE! PLEASE HELP ME SHARE HER CAMPAIGNS. I am providing a link below to buy her book or donate to her directly. PLEASE SHARE, THIS IS URGENT.
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blue-sadie · 8 months
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.Random.
.Request Page.
A place for my different fandoms brain rots
Platonic = 🌼 Fluff = 🌺 Smut =🌹 Lime = ⚘️ Angst = 🥀 Yandere = 🍁
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Anime
Imagines.
(H) kakeru Sengoku - Her Little Merman 🌺
(H) Keishin Ukai - Assistant Manager 🌹
(HMC) Howl Pendragon- A Thing Of Beauty 🌺
(LOK) Mako & Bolin - Brothers Charm 🌹
(MHA) Katsuki Bakugo - Silly Nicknames 🌺
(MHA) Shota Aizawa - Villainous Love 🌹
(MHA) Shota Aizawa - Little Helper 🌹
Combo.
Incorrect Quotes.
Drabbles.
Oneshots.
(H) Asahi Azumane - Pregnant Hungry 🌺
Different Aus.
Headcanons.
NSFW/SFW Alphabet.
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Animation
Imagines.
(QFC) Garrett Touch Says All 🌺
Combos
(A&TAE) Dimitri & Cale Tucker - The Tucker Twins 🌹
Incorrect Quotes.
Drabbles.
Oneshots.
Different Aus.
Headcanons.
Nsfw/SFW Alphabet.
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Celebritys
Imagines.
Hayden Christen - Yn Moment 🌺 Jamie Flatters - Admiring The Interviewer 🌺
Henry Cavill - Distraction 🌺
Oscar Isaac - Wavering 🌺
Combo.
Jamie Flatters,Tedros Pendragon,Neteyam - One Room 🌹
Incorrect Quotes.
Drabbles.
Oneshots.
Jack Champion - Past Experiences 🥀🌺
Jamie Flatters - Attention Thief 🌺
Jamie Flatters - Bakery Girl 🌺
Jamie Flatters - When Fate Intervenes 🌺
Stephen Lang Hard At Work. Prt 2 🌺
Combos.
Avatar Cast - Dream Come True 🌺
Different Aus.
Headcanons.
NSFW/SFW Alphabet.
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Games
Imagines.
(BG3) Astarion - Love From Cold Lips 🌹
(BG3) Astarion - For Your Pleasure 🌹
(BG3) Astarion - Flaunting Treasures 🌹
(BG3) Astarion - Sweet As Sugar 🌹
(BG3) Astarion - Red As Cherry 🌹
(BG3) Halinsin - Size Difference 🌹
(HL) Sebastian Sallow - Dazzling Smile 🌺
(TLOU) Joel Miller - The Tiredness 🌹
Combos.
(BG3)Astarion & Halsin - Vampire And The Bear ⚘️
(BG3) Astarion & Gale - Love From The Gods 🌹
(BG3) Astarion & Harleep - Jealous Much 🌹
(HL) Sebastian & Ominus - Bros Before... 🥀🌺
Incorrect Quotes.
Drabbles.
Oneshots.
(BG3) Ascended Astarion - Truly Broken 🥀
(BG3) Astarion - My Darling Baker 🌺
(HL) Sebastian Sallow - Lace Me Up 🌺
Combos
(BG3) Astarion & Halsin - Lust Filldd Touches 🌹
Different Aus.
(BG3)God Astarion & God Gale -Praises From The Gods🌹
Headcanons.
NSFW/SFW Alphabet.
(BG3) halsin - NSFW
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Movies
Imagines.
(HP) Draco Malfoy - A Bubbly Companion 🌺
(It) Bowers Gang - Plaid Skirts 🌹
(MR) Newt - Second In Command 🌺
(MR) Gally - Soft Spot 🌺
(RH) Prince John - Fall From Grace 🌺
(T) Paul Lahote - Second Head 🌺
Incorrect Quotes.
Drabbles.
Oneshots.
(A) Kane - Stop Your Breath 🌺🌹
(FG) Walter Mckey (keys) - Cuter Then Puppies 🌺
(MR) Newt - Glow Of Embers 🌺
(TF) Santiago Garcia - Friend Of A Friend 🌹
Combos.
(TF) Santiago Garcia & Frankie Morales - Movement Of The Hips 🌹
Different Aus.
Headcanons.
NSFW/SFW Alphabet.
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Series
Imagines.
(F) Savitar - A New Day Has Dawned 🍁
(OBX) Rafe Cameron - Uncontrollable??? 🌹
(SN) Dean Winchester - Jealous Much 🌹
(ST) Billy Hargrove - Addicted 🌹
(ST) Eddie Munson - Something A Bit More 🍁
(TVD) Stephen Salvatore - The Classics 🌺
(T) Jason Todd - Cold Stares 🌺
(TW) Derek Hale - Big Bad Werewolf 🌹
(VK) Ivar Ragnarsson - Tracing Tattoos 🌺🌹
Combos
(OUAT) Peter Pan & Felix - Princess Treatment 🌹
(ST) Billy Hargrove & Eddie Munson - High And Mighty 🌹
(TW) Stiles Stilinski & Scott Mccal - Rain Check 🌹
(ST) Billy Hargrove & Steve Harrington - You Wouldn't Dare🌹
(T100) Bellamy blake & John murphy - little convincing 🌹
(TVD) Damon and Stephen - Elana Really... ���🌺
Incorrect Quotes.
Drabbles.
Oneshots.
Combos.
(911) Eddie Diaz & Evan Buckley-Something To Look At 🌹
Different Aus.
Headcanons.
NSFW/SFW Alphabet.
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Tag.List
@sweetirilly @neteyamyawne @greekgods15 @laylasbunbunny
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sinisterstyle · 2 years
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NEW INFO ON THE SERIES
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BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon and Mattel today revealed a sneak peek clip and official key art for the original animated series Monster High, which will premiere in the U.S. on Friday, Oct. 28 at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. The comedy-adventure series following the teenage children of famous monsters will also debut in Canada, the UK and Australia later this year on Nickelodeon and Paramount+, and in additional international territories in 2023.
Also announced today is an all-star lineup of additional voice talent:
Ken Marino (Reno 911!) as Dracula – Dracula is about 4,000 years old and Draculaura's dad. He wants to be a good father but does not always have the necessary tools for the job.
Felicia Day (Mystery Science Theater 3000) as Ghoulia Yelps – Curious, clever, and with ultra-fast fingers, Ghoulia is a zombie and the top gamer at Monster High.
Valeria Rodriquez (The Valley of Tears) as Spectra Vondergeist – This ghostly girl makes up for her translucent appearance by being super chatty. She just wants to be seen!
Scott Menville (Teen Titans Go!) as Romulus – Romulus is the current head of the were pack at Monster High, though he's still got a bit of learning and growing to do.
Cole Massie (Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers) as Finnegan Wake – Charming and chill, Finnegan is a merman who uses a wheelchair to get around on land. He has a beautiful singing voice, just like his aunties, the sirens.
Victoria T Washington (Dropouts) as Howleen – Howleen is a natural leader who values integrity over the pack mindset and always speaks her mind.
Jordan R. Coleman (A Million Little Things) as Manny Taur – Big, bull-headed Manny looks like a brute, but he's the gentlest kid at school. With his penchant for solving puzzles, he's one of the only students that can compete with Draculaura for honors as a top student.
Krystina Alabado (Sesame Street Mecha Builders) as Nefera De Nile – Nefera is the mummy who has it all – beauty, popularity, royalty, and a heart of gold (literally, she dipped her heart in gold and keeps it in a jar).
The all-new series (26 episodes) follows Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura, Frankie Stein, and Deuce Gorgon, as they discover who they are, embrace their differences, and learn to be fierce and fearless at the one place they all belong: Monster High.
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kayla-crazy-stuffs · 2 years
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When he says it, it's for a reason pt 6
It's finally here :) but it's a bit short though :']
Anyways enjoy
TW: Blood, deep injury, safe vore, soft? vore
Bad moved 'slowly' through the water. "Baaaad, do you really feel like going for a swim at this time of night?" Skeppy asked sleepily in Bad's storage. “Not that I want to take a swim, Muffinhead. I just feel like something bad is going to happen or is happening right now… I'm really not sure though.” "Okay... I'll be awake for a while, in case you need me, I guess." Skeppy replied as he settled further against the soft walls.
Bad was swimming for a few more minutes until a smell of blood reached him... And it wasn't just any smell... He accelerated while growing to his largest form of 20 meters tall. “Whoa whoa! Bad, why have you suddenly changed?" he asked, a little surprised that Bad suddenly shifted. "I can't tell right now, just move aside." Skeppy could hear the urgency in his voice so he did as asked.
Bad followed the scent of blood until he finally saw Karl's motionless body sinking in the distance. He came up quickly from below, opening his mouth wide to let the body enter, closing it soon after. He held Karl gently against the roof to swallow the water that engulfed him. He could feel Karl's blood on his tongue, which he didn't like at all, finally deciding to swallow Karl to send him off to Skeppy.
He could feel him going down his throat until he finally reached his storage. Skeppy's eyes widened as he saw Karl get into the storage with him. “Karl?! Hey Bad, what happened to him?!” he asked as he moved closer to Karl's face, concerned about the large blood-covered wound on the side of his forehead. 
“I don't know, Skeppy… He was sinking and by then, he was already bleeding, so it's very likely that he hit his head…” Skeppy hummed in understanding. “Do you think Quackity and George have noticed that Karl isn't there? If they've woken up, of course…”
“I hope so, since we're getting to the beach…” Bad replied, his head beginning to rise out of the water. The first thing he saw was two figures walking in circles, rather worried. One of them finally noticed him and hurried over. “Bad! Have you seen Karl!? We can't find him!” 
"Yes, I've seen Karl, but first call the hospital, quick!" he said as he began to push Karl towards his throat. "What happened to him!?" George asked concerned as Bad finally pulled him out of his mouth and left him on the sand and Quackity called 911.
"Apparently he hit his head while he was in the water, luckily I got there in time before he drowned." he said softly. George sighed looking back as he began to hear the ambulance sirens. "Well, I'm leaving, okay? Take good care of him." Both humans nodded in thanks. "We will, thanks Bad." The merman just nodded back, disappearing into the sea as emergency services began to arrive.
//
A few weeks have passed since that incident. Karl was left with a scar on his forehead, which he covers with his bangs. "Good thing you're better now, Karl." Said Dream as he swam around Bad, finally stopping to look at his friend. 
“That could have ended very badly for you, Karl. The next time you are going to leave the house to go to the cliff, let us know, so we can go with you and that this does not happen to you again. We don't want to lose you Karl…” Quackity commented.
"Calm down Quack, I'll do it, don't worry." he replied with a smile. “You are not going to get rid of me so easily.” They all started laughing watching Karl flirt with Quackity. 
There was a moment when they were all talking and they were so immersed in the conversation that they didn't notice that Sapnap had moved a bit away from them.
Meanwhile Sapnap was swimming calmly, completely in his thoughts, not noticing that someone was staring at him. After a few seconds, he was roughly grabbed around the waist and lifted several meters into the air, letting out a scream.
“SAPNAP!”
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luukeskywalker · 7 months
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20 questions writer meme.
THANKYOUUU @crimsonrainseekingflower FOR TAGGING ME!! <33
1. How many works do you have on AO3?
92!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!??! WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?!?!?!?!!?
2. What's your total AO3 word count?
409,439 i feel a little lightheaded tbh
3. What fandoms do you write for?
erm a lot of them LMFAO but my main fandoms are star wars, mxtx novels, one piece, and then supernatural once in a while
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
The Pros and Cons of Keeping Wei Wuxian's Spirit Hostage - hua cheng keeping wwx's spirit safe during the time he was dead, 12k words, 4.5k kudos (this is insane)
there's a STALKER in the CLOUD RECESSES??? - hualian adopts wei wuxian and raises him, he goes to cloud recesses and causes trouble :3c, 5.7k words, 2.7k kudos (this is also insane to me)
sun beneath the sea - merman wangxian au i wrote for the mdzs reverse bang! 19.2k words, 1k kudos (this is slightly less insane)
Jin Ling and the No Good Very Bad Terrible Year of Cloud Recesses Bullshit - my first mdzs fic! 2.9k words, 912 kudos (thank you?!?!?!)
a kiss with a helmet is better than none - omg the first non mdzs fic on this list LOL, this was a short dinluke fic i wrote when i first got really back into star wars. 1.1k words, 911 kudos (LOVE U GUYS!!!)
5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?
i do usually within the first two days! after that i tend to either get too busy and feel bad responding to comments super late or i just plain forget ;A; but i read every comment and they mean the absolute world to me!! i'm trying to get better at responding but it really isn't my strong suit.....
6. What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
this is a tie imo between the precipice from my skywalker palindrome series (i prommy i will upload another installment.....eventually), and Star Light, Star Bright (which is about apollo dreaming of clay while he's in the hospital for the courtroom bombing)
7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
in my personal opinion it's gotta be No One Lives Forever, my deancas big bang - it was a labor of love, and also how much i wish certain plot lines could have been wrapped up more properly!
8. Do you get hate on fics?
occasionally i get a comment telling me they didn't expect my fics to be full of "gay shit" but i think those comments are mostly funny, like, bestie this is the gay shit fanfic website. but once in a while people will bookmark my fics with fairly negative comments/judgements and that's just like.......why make that public????
9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?
hehe. i love writing smut. idk what "kind" this would be but i tend to gravitate towards silly weird sweet kinda kinky sex???
10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?
i do write crossovers! i haven't in a while (unless you count mxtx novel crossovers which only half count imo LOL) but i think the craziest one i've ever posted is the star wars/animorphs one that is unfinished and will probably remain unfinished for a long time ;~;
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
i know i've definitely had elements of my fics show up in other people's work before but it's not something i keep track of these days, i don't have a lot of time to read fic ^^;; however a few months ago i did find some podcasters had read my fic aloud and commented on it and put it up on the free tier of their patreon??? they said really nice things about it which was a shocker but i feel my insides curdling whenever someone reads my ao3 username out loud HAHAHA
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
i have had them translated a few times! i think pros and cons has a translation or two floating around, and i thiiink? some fics from skywalker palindrome have been translated? i know someone asked and it took me a few days to reply to tell them yes (again, terrible at replying, that's my bad)
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
not exactly a singular fic but i love co-writing series together with my bestie!!!
14. What's your all-time favorite ship?
AAUUUGH YOU CAN'T ASK ME THAT. I CAN'T ANSWER. but i did one time listen to wangxian.mp3 about fifty times in one day, recently
15. What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?
so many.
if i HAD to pick one, i guess i'd say....the straight up 10k of twilight au moshang i have hiding in my google docs. maybe i will just post what i have and leave it at that one day because that was a lot of work to never share it LMFAO
16. What are your writing strengths?
dialogue, visual description, characterization
17. What are your writing weaknesses?
FINISHING THE DAMN THING. both in terms of actually sticking to a fic long enough to finish it, and also the concept of endings as a whole.
18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?
i don't think i've personally done it, but if i needed to i'd like to make sure it's accurate, readable, and translatable for someone who doesn't read the language.
19. First fandom you wrote for?
i actually can get a link to it if fanfic dot net is still working!! (spoiler alert: it is...for now!)
anyways, the first fic i wrote/published was for the lost boys. it hardly counts as a fic bc it's more like a meme that was going around at the time on ff.net, which was a "you've seen [x media] way too many times if...!" list of in-jokes. here it is. and if you want to look at some of my other extremely old stuff i wrote over ten years ago, be my guest i guess! fair warning a lot of it is not great!
20. Favorite fic you've written?
i know this is cheating but i have to say i think my favorite fic i've worked on is the skywalker palindrome as a whole. it's a series of fics but they work together to tell a story that remains an open-ended tragedy. we know where anakin ends up. luke knows who anakin becomes. and it seems like nothing luke can do will turn anakin away from that path. this is the rare situation where i actually have a very clear idea of how it all ends, and i just need to write my way there - which is going to take quite a while QAQ
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anon911andbuddie · 3 years
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Hi! Not the merman au anon but really into it. If possible, I would really love to see how Eddie's Siren Song abilities work. Is it a curse? A blessing in disguise? Is it something that Buck helps him work through? I would love to know! k. thx. byyyyeeeee!
Claimed by Red💋 
I’ve been thinking about this one for a while, and I think I’m going to do it as a head cannon because that would be the best way to write it without having too many nonessential details attached. I know this took a while, and I’m so sorry. (I’m also sorry for the ending, but I wasn’t sure where to end it, if you would like more Siren!Eddie, let me know!)
Siren Songs
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-When Eddie was 6, he discovered his Siren Song. He was at a local Mer-person swimming pool with his family. It was the height of Summer and many families of Mer-people and their clan (human and Mer-related) were having fun. Eddie had struck up a game with another young boy, Carlos. They were playing Pirates and Mermen and it was Eddie’s chance to be the merman.
-Basically, it didn’t end well. Carlos had mentioned that he’d heard Mer-people could sometimes draw the pirates in with a song, so Eddie decided to try a song he’d picked up somehow. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw3z_rbfrFQ)   “Hear my voice beneath the sea Sleeping now so peacefully At the bottom of the sea Sleep for all eternity/
Sailors live so restlessly Come with me, sleep peacefully Listen to this siren's song Worry not for nothing's wrong/
Let my voice lead you this way I will not lead you astray Trust me as we reach the side Jumping out where men have died“
-He didn’t get to finish the song before his sister snapped out of her daze and jumped in the pool to slam her hand against his mouth. At the time, he didn’t understand why he was being silenced. He’d later been told he put everyone around the pool in a trance, he’d almost caused some of the human in the different groups to come to their watery death. 
-The Diaz clan quickly left the pool and when he got home, his parents had to tell him why he could never sing that song again...so as he grew up, he fought the urge to sing when he was in water...or if the lyrics popped into his head, he had to drown them out some way because he was forbidden from singing that song ever again.
-As he got into his adult years, it became easier and easier to ignore his Siren Song because he’d been doing for years at that point. He didn’t think much of it by the time he moved to LA.
-The one time he did think about it was when Chris started to hum the tune when he was around the same age as Eddie had been when he discovered the song...he’d had to explain to Chris that they couldn’t hum or sing that song because it could hurt people...Chris didn’t understand at first, but he made a conscious effort to keep from singing the song and Eddie helped him when he could.
-He met Buck soon after moving to LA. He fell in love with him, and that is when the song started to pop back in his head more frequently. It tended to happen when others flirted or intentionally hurt Buck and Eddie could tell that this was not going to go well. 
-When Abby returned, Eddie wasn’t proud to admit that he hummed the song under his breath to turn Abby away from Buck. Turns out the song was a good repellant if he meant it in that way...so maybe he started to use it with that intent any time someone threatened his place by Buck’s side.
-It’s not long after the fifth weird encounter with someone flirting with him that Buck figured out what Eddie was doing.
-“What’s that song you hum every time someone other than you has my attention,” he asked one day.
“What? I don’t...do that”
“Really? It goes something like,” he imitates the tune poorly.
“You really shouldn’t, uh, hum a tune you don’t know.”
“Why? Because it’s a song meant to lure unsuspecting humans to their deaths for our kind to feed off of or enjoy the chaos?”
-To say Eddie ran from the conversation would be an understatement.
-It took Buck weeks to get through to Eddie. “You know, you don’t have to hide that part of your Mer-person side. It’s a common ability among our kind.”
“Eds, it’s not a curse...it’s a survival mechanism from old times when we were hunted for our tails...just like our mutation to have legs when dry.”
“Why do you only use it around me?”
“Eddie, you’re not getting out of this conversation, who made you think your song was a curse?”
-Eventually (finally) Eddie started to open up about his childhood and how his parents had treated his ability. To say Buck had been furious was a huge understatement.
“It’s a part of who you are, Eddie! They shouldn’t have dictated you to never use it! They needed to teach you to control it, not be afraid of it!”
“Chris has the ability too? We’ll teach him control, I’ll help you both learn to control it.”
-Eddie didn’t know how to keep from being afraid of the ability. He’d lived in fear of it since he was 6, thanks to his parents...but, slowly, Buck started to chip away the fear. It helped that Chris took to the ability like he’d been using it for his whole life...it meant that Eddie didn’t really have anything to worry about.
- “I did more research. You control the intent with your vocal chords. A sweeter, smoother voice draws people to their deaths, but if you’re angry or frustrated you push people away from you. So what you did before I figured out you were using your Siren Song was you being angry or frustrated at something that caused everyone in the area to steer clear of us. Though I don’t know why it didn’t push me away too...”
-Eddie will admit, he blushed...clearly Buck hadn’t put the idea all together yet...and Eddie wasn’t going to point it out.
-After this, Eddie doesn’t use the song much. Buck has steered clear of flirting with others, so Eddie hasn’t had a reason to use it...until Bobby kicks Buck out of the clan. 
-It’s like all the control he worked on with Buck was gone (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw3z_rbfrFQ)   
“Hear my voice beneath the sea Sleeping now so peacefully At the bottom of the sea Sleep for all eternity/”
“But Dad, we aren’t supposed to sing the song,” Chris had called out.
“Sailors live so restlessly Come with me, sleep peacefully Listen to this siren's song Worry not for nothing's wrong/”
“What is he doing to Bobby,” Chim had asked.
“It’s the song that leads sailors to their death in the sea. Buck taught us how to control the song but we’re not supposed to use it unless it’s an emergency...and Bucky said he’d come back,” Chris replied.
“Let my voice lead you this way I will not lead you astray Trust me as we reach the side Jumping out where men have died“
“We need to stop him if this is the Siren Song,” Hen replied.
“Hear my voice beneath the sea Sleeping now so peacefully At the bottom of the sea Sleep for all eternity/”
“It is the Siren song. We’re not supposed to use it,” Athena growled.
“Let the ocean fill your lungs Struggle not, soon peace will come Taking in your final breath Sink down to the ocean's depths/”
“Buck says that when our emotions are out of control we don’t have control over it,” Chris stated. “Bucky usually knows how to keep us from using it though.”
“ ‘I wish I could always be In the ocean's arms, you see’ He who'd wanted nothing more Sleeps now at the ocean floor/”
-Maddie had to step in with a counter in order to break the trance (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fM8lvKhXcU)
“How did you do that,” Chris asked in wonder.
“It’s a counter melody to the siren song your dad was singing. Different clans have different Siren Songs, my previous clan’s song was Quit Moon that I just sang to counteract Eddie’s song. I can teach it to you sometime.”
-So it’s still a curse. Sometimes Eddie can’t control it...but with help from the Buckleys, he’s starting to get the hang of it...
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kitchenscene · 2 years
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I wish you would write a fic where Eddie is a merman
Buck knows what it’s like to drown. He knows it’s happening again.
First, there’s the cold. No matter how warm the water is, there’s always the cold. His lungs freeze, overfill, and collapse all at once. Too much, not enough, all at once.
Then there’s the panic. Buck tries to hyperventilate but the ocean has other plans. He gasps, he chokes, his lungs fill with water, cold, cold water. The salt burns at first, but then it just itches. He tries to scratch, but his hands shake. His hands shake, then they go numb.
The final step is going numb. Penultimate, really, because the final step is always death, decay, and being lost at sea. But before that, he has to go numb. His mind may not accept death, but his body does. There’s no resisting, no fighting left. All there’s left to do is sink.
And so he sinks.
And sinks.
And sinks.
And sinks.
And shakes.
And rises?
And surely he’s dead, but he’s all too warm for that, and there’s a calloused hand on his cheek begging him to wake up, and this man’s voice, that’s warm too. Buck doesn’t believe in the afterlife, but maybe this is heaven. He’s coughing up water from his chest and inhaling muddy sand, but he hears that warm voice say, “Easy there, sailor,” with a hand on his cheek, and surely this is heaven.
“‘M not a sailor,” Buck says, but there’s still some water in his throat, and he chokes.
The hand on his face moves to his back, trying to calm him down and hold him steady. Somehow it’s working.
“What can I call you, then? Seaman? Captain?” Buck blinks some of the salt from his eyes and yeah, this must be heaven, because this man above him is made from pure sunlight, and he was right in describing his voice as warm. Everything about him is warm and gentle and kind. “You don’t seem like a Captain, but who knows, I might be wrong.”
“Just Buck.”
“It’s nice to meet you, just Buck. Do you know where you are?”
“The beach?”
He laughs. “It’s California, there’s a lot of beaches. Do you know which one?”
Buck rolls over to try and find a skyline or a mountain or any kind of landmark. His eyes settle on the pier. Ironic.
“Santa Monica.”
“Can you get home from here?”
He nods. It shouldn’t be far.
“I should get going then,” he says, pushing away from the driftwood keeping him steady. “It was nice to meet you, Buck, but I really hope I never see you again.”
He scrunches his face, coughs a bit more. “I can’t be that bad.”
“No, you seem pretty great. But I spend a lot of time out here, and you’re an awful swimmer,” he smiles (definitely heaven). “I’d hate to see you drown again.”
He starts swimming backwards, though Buck can’t stand to let him go so soon.
“Wait,” Buck calls him back, “who are you?”
“Eddie.”
“Thank you, Eddie. For saving me.”
“It’s no problem,” he says. “I wouldn’t want you to end up like me.” Buck quirks his eyebrow. He doesn’t ask him to elaborate.
Eddie swims away towards the open ocean, no anchored boats, no friends or crew in sight. He swims alone, out to sea, and surely there’s still a bit of salt water burning his eyes, because Buck swears a fin pops out of the water as Eddie dives down. Surely, there’s still ice in his hands and crystals in his veins, because Eddie swims farther, faster than any human ever should.
Surely, he’s still drowning.
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hawaii5-0gurl · 3 years
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Mommy’s Day
Characters: Steve McGarrett X Reader, Lani (OFC)
Word Count: 1324
Warnings: Fluff, Tiny bit of angst but not really
A/n: I know for some people Mother’s Day is over but I still have a few hours left here. I wanted to write something really quick, this is what I came up with.
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You woke up to the sound of something dropping on the ground. You got up quickly, grabbing your gun and your phone from the top of your dresser and made your way down the stairs. You didn’t notice that Steve wasn’t in bed when you left. Before you got to the bottom of the stairs you dialed 911 but didn’t press call. You started hearing clanking noises coming from the kitchen. You slowly walk towards the kitchen, when you were about to round the corner, you heard Lani, your four-year old’s voice.
“Daddy, you gotta be quiet. You’re gunna wake mommy.” You could tell by the tone in her voice she was making her angry face.
“I’m sorry Lani. It slipped out of my hand.”
You let out a sigh of relief, as you leaned against the wall. You walked over to the closet and placed your gun in one of your many lock boxes. Then you walked to the kitchen and leaned against the doorframe. You could see a large mess on the island and the stove, you were just hoping that you didn’t have to clean it up.  After a few seconds Steve looked over and saw you.
“Hey! You’re supposed to be sleeping.” He walked over, wrapping his arms around your waist before pulling you in for a kiss.
“I was but loud noise woke me up.” You cocked one of your eyebrows at him.
“I TOL YOU DADDY!” Steve let one of his arms fall as he turned to see Lani walking over to the two of you.
You just smiled at her. As she made her way over her hands went to her hips.
“It was gunna be a surprise. Breakfast in bed, so go back to bed.” She pointed towards the stairs.
She was almost a carbon copy of you, attitude and all. You were so happy that she had gotten her father’s hazel eyes. You leaned down to look her in the eyes.
“Yes ma’am.” You even gave her a little solute.
You stood back up before turning around to walk back up the stairs. You made a quick stop at the closet to get your gun, so you could put it back upstairs.
“What are you doing?” He walked over to you, pointing to the pistol in your hand.
“Well, when you are woken up by loud noises and you tend to lean on the side of caution.”
“Daddy!” Lani was standing in the doorway watching the two of you. “It’s smoking!”
Steve quickly ran back to the kitchen. You just started laughing, putting your gun back and going to help your poor husband. You walked in to see what you think used to be eggs, burnt into black lumps that were stuck to the bottom of the pan. You let out a small chuckle, walking over and taking the pan from him and putting it into the sink to soak.
“How about this. Since we are all awake, I take my two favorite girls out to breakfast. Yeah?” He put his hands out to the sides to see if you and Lani agreed.
You looked over to her, she had her thinking face on. She pursed her lips to one side and then she moved to the other side while she tilted her head. It was the cutest thing.
“What do you say baby? Should we let daddy take us to breakfast?”
“Yes.” She smiled and ran up to you. You picked her up, she looked at you. “Happy mommy’s day.”
“Thank you baby.” You gave her a kiss on the cheek, but then you started blowing a raspberry on her cheek which caused her to laugh. “Okay go upstairs, I will be up there in a second.”
You set her down and she took off as fast as her short legs could carry her. Then you turned your attention to the task at hand: the kitchen. You started cleaning up the island but were suddenly stopped when a pair of hands came from behind you and landed over the top of yours.
“What do you think you’re doing?”
“I’m just tidying up. You already know I won’t be able to leave if the kitchen looks like this.” You turned around to face him.
“I can take care of it. Go upstairs and get ready.”
“It will go faster with the two of us.”
“No, what’s going to happen is I’m going to get kicked out and you’re going to do it yourself.”
“If you already know that then why are we having this conversation?”
“Okay, you have three seconds to get out of here or else. One…”
“Or else what?”
“you’ll see. Two…”
“Three. What now McGarrett?” You just tilted your head at him.
“You asked for it.” He quickly threw you over his shoulder and started walking towards the stairs.
“Steve, put me down.” You couldn’t help but laugh.
“Nope.”
“Fine.”
He made it all the way to Lani’s room before setting you down. You went in to help your daughter get ready. Steve went to your shared room and quickly changed before coming back to block you from going down the stairs. Once you saw him you just went to your room and got dressed. When you came out, Steve and Lani were gone.
You walked down the stairs to see them waiting by the door for you. Steve had a bouquet of your favorite flowers and a box of your favorite candy in his hands. While Lani had a small box and a card in her hands.
“Look at the two of you.”
You walked over to them. You crouched down in front of Lani first, Steve just watched you and Lani have your moment. She handed the box and card to you. You opened the card it was a drawing of you, her and Steve.
“This is adorable, thank you.”
“Open the box mommy.” She points to the box in your hand.
“Okay.”  You open the box and see a heart necklace. It has “I love you Mommy” engraved on the front and Lani McGarrett on the back. “This is beautiful.”
You looked at Lani and gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. You let go of her and stood up. You turned to Steve, putting the car and the box in one hand. you reached up with the other and placed it behind his neck pulling him down into a kiss.
“Thank you.”
“You’re welcome baby.” He kisses you again only to be interrupted by your daughter.
“EWW!” You both looked down to see her covering her eyes.
“What do you mean “eww”?” Steve set down the bouquet and picked up Lani.
“I don’t wike it.”
“Oh really?” You looked at Steve with a mischievous look. You both instantly kissed her on the cheek, causing her to laugh. She quickly recovered and gave you both a pouty face.
“I hungry. Can we go eat now?”
“Of course baby. Let’s go.”
The three of you went to breakfast. You had an amazing time. After you had breakfast, you really just wanted to come back home and have a chill day. That’s exactly what you did. You watched movies, played games, went swimming, made sandcastles. You even made Steve into a merman. It was his fault for laying down and falling asleep on the beach. After all of that, you guys came in showered, Lani had her bath. Then all cuddled in yours and Steve’s bed, while watching a movie. Lani was out after ten minutes. Steve was starting to do the sleep bob when you told him to just lay down and sleep. You turned the movie off and laid down yourself. Today was the perfect day. You were so happy to have both of them. You couldn’t have asked for a better way to spend your Mother’s Day than with the two loves of your life.
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daniwib · 1 year
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After surviving the tsunami with Christopher, Buck found himself suffering the consequences of his actions during the lawsuit. Isolated from his loved ones, plagued by nightmares and a deep fear of water, once his most cherished element, he begins a solitary journey to conquer his water-based trauma. Months later, Buck has long ago reconciled with the 118, and he and Eddie have grown closer than they’d ever been.
Then Buck’s plans to unveil his new hobby to his fire family are abruptly thwarted by an unforeseen accident, leaving everyone in a state of shock – and the future of any relationship with Eddie uncertain.
AKA: the Merman! Buck fic.
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justapoet · 3 years
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i’ll hold you close in my arms
Carlos couldn’t say it was a bad day when TK was back in his arms.
Or the aftermath the the hostage, when TK’s at the hospital (again).
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There are those moments as a kid that you decide you'll try to break some scientific laws. Trying to fly or to jump higher than anyone, or even trying to move objects with the power of your mind as if you could turn into a real-life Yoda. There are also those moments where you're swimming and want to try to breathe underwater, just so you can pretend you're a mermaid or merman.
So, you hold your breath, because you know the feeling of water in your nose and the headache it causes, and your brain forbids you to take a breath as a security source. Then, when you can't hold your breath anymore, you take your head out of the water and take a breath.
The feeling that goes in your body with the air is the relief to breathe again.
That's exactly how Carlos felt the moment he and Owen got to Captain Vega's team and Owen shot the man already covered in blood. He watched as the man fell and Tommy tried to process the last fifteen seconds until his eyes found their way to the dizzy and confused body beside a table, trying to keep itself up and not just crumble to the ground.
Carlos felt his heart aching at the same time his lungs could normally function again as he ran to where TK was, calling for him and watching as his confused self processed the situation and who he was.
"Hi, babe! Hi, hi, babe..." he heard TK's voice, holding him up for a second until his body gave into the chair behind him, and Carlos just could want to cry and hold him forever. He put his hand on TK's neck, letting his boyfriend hold to him as strong as he felt it was necessary ― if being honest, Carlos could hold him even tighter if he wasn't afraid of hurting the already injured paramedic.
"It's okay, I've got you" the cop whispered against TK's ear, and he heard as TK let out a sound similar to a cry. "You're alright, you're fine, okay? You're safe" he said again, not knowing if his words were to make his boyfriend relax or to reassure himself.
"You found us, oh, God," TK said, his voice cracking a little bit. "Thank you, thank you" he whispered, and Carlos just held him tighter, watching over TK's shoulder as Owen would help Nancy and Tommy, talking on the phone to someone he supposed was a 911 dispatcher.
"Easy, Tiger," Carlos said. "And I'll always find you, love".
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"I can almost hear your thoughts," Carlos heard TK say from the hospital bed, and he blinked a few times to the realization he'd been off for a while. "A penny for them?"
They were alone in the hospital room, after hours. The whole 126 crew came in to check on him and joke about how he always managed to be in danger, and then Owen and Gwyn started a silent competition over who would take more care of their son while he was there. Their interaction was friendly, and that seemed to be a relief to TK, even if Carlos knew his boyfriend mostly wanted them to stop talking.
Carlos was there the whole time, sitting a little bit far from the bed, silently analyzing everything and getting lost in his head now and then. His movements were almost ghostly, although, every time his eyes and TK's crossed, he'd smile lovely.
After everyone was gone, Carlos got lost again, and TK took his time to watch that man in front of him. Until his curiosity and worry were bigger than the silence in the room.
Carlos smiled softly looking at his boyfriend's sleepy face, and then he frowned again seeing the bandages in his head. He'd done that a couple of times, now, and TK knew he was spiraling on possibilities of what could've happened.
"Babe, hey" TK called. "Come here, uh?" he stretched his arm, offering his hand and smiling softly when the warmth of Carlos' skin involved his hand. "Won't you tell me what you're thinking about?" he asked quietly, and Carlos smiled little before sitting on the bed beside TK's hips.
"My dad knows," he said, looking at their entangled hands. "About you not being my friend or personal shopper" he chuckled, and TK smiled briefly, but frowned.
"Did you tell him...?"
"No" he shook his head. "He said he already knew, since the Farmer's market. I should've known, honestly. He's a Texas Ranger after all" Carlos shrugged. "And if he didn't know then, he'd have guessed after today anyway. I wasn't really subtle about how you mean the world to me" his smile was shy, after these words, and TK mirrored it, caressing his thumb over Carlos' skin.
"Are you okay with it?" the green-eyed man asked, and Carlos nodded.
"Yeah, yeah. I mean, he didn't really say anything about it at all, you know? He only stated that you're my boyfriend and... Yeah, that's it" he sighed. "I don't really know what I was expecting from them".
"That's why any reaction from them would make you overthink it anyway," TK said. "You're not used to them talking about it, so when they do..."
"It's weird" Carlos finished, and they stood in silence for a while. Not even a minute and the cop got lost again, his eyes firmly staring at TK's hand in his and his grip getting a little bit tighter as if to make sure he was there.
"Babe...?" he asked, trailing off. Carlos sighed, his breath shaking and, TK noticed, his hand doing the same against his own.
"I was so scared," he said, his voice breaking mid-sentence. "I had this heavy feeling in my chest and I thought it was just because my day had been bad, and then you didn't answer any of my messages and- I-I just..." his voice was cut by a sob, and TK closed his eyes for a second before lifting his hand and reaching Carlos' cheek.
"I'm so sorry, Carlos" he whispered, and Carlos just broke off in tears, his body bending as if it was too heavy to carry all of his thoughts and feelings.
"I went to your father's house and" he took a deep breath, one of his shaking hands touching TK's one in his face. "you weren't there, your mom was worried and suddenly your father says you were missing. I thought..." he gulped a sob. "I don't know what- what I thought, I just..." he tried to make a sentence with sense, failing a few times before sighing and looking back at TK. "I'm so glad you're okay, Ty"
TK smiled sweetly, but he had tears in his eyes.
"I'm sorry I worried you," he said. "And I'm sorry for your bad day"
Carlos shook his head again.
"No, no. None of it is your fault" the cop said. "And just knowing you're fine and having you with me makes my day the best one" his tone was sweet and careful, even if silent tears still streamed down his face.
"I love you, you know that?" TK asked, pulling Carlos' face closer and making the man lean forward, one of his elbows beside TK's tired body and the other beside his head in an uncomfortable position, but that allowed him to touch his boyfriend's face and press his forehead against the paramedic's.
"I do" he answered, closing his eyes. "I love you, too. So much" his voice was quiet, filled with a love that was almost touchable around them. TK smiled, happily accepting the kind and soft kiss pressed to his lips.
If later a worried Gabriel Reyes appeared at the doorframe of TK's room, seeing how they managed to lie together in that hospital bed and then smiling to the sight of pure happiness his son had found, then no one needs to ― or will ― know about it.
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giorno-plays-piano · 4 years
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I LIVE for your exophilia Bucky and Steve fics, Drider/spider Bucky is my LIFE, if you could do centaur, naga or mermaid, please. I just love this so much!
Okay, it was supposed to be a short request, but it had somehow evolved into a oneshot. Thank you for this awesome idea!
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Pairing: merman!Steve Rogers x Reader
Warnings: yandere, obsession, attempted kidnapping, non-grapic depiction of violence.
Words: 2125.
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You had never truly believed in the existence of fantastic creatures despite all those rumors about mermaids living in the Triskelion sea. Sure, at some point people thought they shared the Earth with centaurs, sirens, griffons, and all those divine beasts, but you lived in the era of rapid scientific progress, Internet, and space-based technologies. No one in the right state of mind believed in fairies and unicorns.
However, you did like this little town: there was something charming in its narrow streets and a hundred years old buildings, lovely hydrangeas in flowerpots standing outside of the houses and small family cafes here and there. It was a nice place to have a vacation, especially after a crazy year in a big city where streets were always full of people, regardless of time.
You rented a nice little cottage close to the seashore for a month and were now enjoying your morning coffee, sitting on a wide wooden windowsill. The sun was barely up, and you smiled, wrapping a blanket around your bare shoulders. It was such a beautiful morning when the sky was a lovely shade of pink, the sea so unusually quiet. There definitely was something magical in it.
Watching the sea with your window open, you inhaled its smell deeply, closing your eyes. When you opened them in a second, you suddenly saw something glowing far away from you, on a small rock surrounded by water. Your eyes grew wide - it was not something, it was someone. It was a living being. You just saw its enormously huge scaly tail when the creature slipped back into the sea as if it knew you were watching it.
Oh dear.
You immediately left your half-emptied cup on the windowsill and jumped down, hurrying to the door while keeping the blanket wrapped around your shoulders. What was that? How huge was that fish? What could it even be? All those questions were making you speed up, and you rushed to the small pier right next to your cottage, hoping to catch a glimpse of the mysterious creature again.
But once you were standing on the wooden boards barefoot, shivering from the sudden cool sea breeze, the waters were quiet just like before, not a sound coming from that direction. The creature had disappeared as fast as it emerged, and you were staring at the dark waters again, thinking of whether you saw that enormous fish at all or was it some trick of the light. Maybe you really watched too many fantasy movies on Netflix yesterday. Smiling at the though, you fixed the blanket, covering yourself some more, and inhaled the cool morning air deeply. Whether or not there was a huge fish, it wasn’t really important. You didn’t know how to swim anyway and wouldn’t get into the water far.
When you went to the town to have lunch, you did ask the elderly lady serving customers whether there was some peculiar type of marine animal living in the waters of Triskelion sea, but she just smiled at you and asked you not to come too close to the shore at night.
“It’s not good you live so far from the town,” she said quickly before moving to the other table, gathering empty dishes.
Did she mean it was unsafe to be out of the house at night? Was there like a gang gathering close to the sea or something? You nervously nodded to her, growing a bit concerned. Your landlord didn’t tell you anything about that.
Well, in case of emergency you could barricade the door and call 911. The phone worked perfectly, you thought while walking the streets, buying nice little souvenirs for your friends and colleagues. You actually bought a baseball bat just in case.
Hurrying home before it got dark, you clenched the big bag with a takeout. You asked the girl behind the counter about being on the shore at night, and she confirmed it wasn’t wise. Unfortunately, she didn’t specify, and you thought that speaking of that gang aloud wasn’t appropriate. The girl was probably scared.
Damn, and there you thought it was a perfect quiet place, ideal for a lonely young woman. Was it really better to leave before you got into any real trouble?
Locking the door and closing the windows, you huffed, irritated neither the agency nor your landlord mentioned this to you. It was unfair and even illegal to do business like that. Thinking whether to call your friends to ask for an advice, you sat in the kitchen, unpacking the amazing carbonara that was still warm and smelled heavenly. Well, it least the cafes here were absolutely awesome.
Once you finished your meal and were drinking tea with milk, still sitting in the kitchen - now you were a little afraid of sitting on the windowsill with an open window where anyone could see you - you suddenly heard some noise from the outside. It was a loud sound of fins crushing the water surface. Was it that odd giant fish again? Still, you were aware of danger of being outside late in the evening, so you simply stayed inside the house.
But then you heard someone screaming.
“Please, help!” The voice was pleading, and you stood up quickly, grabbing your bat. “HELP!”
The next moment you were running to the sea shore with a life preserver in one hand and a bat in the other. Someone was drowning in the sea, and you couldn’t fucking swim. Blood rushed to your head when you saw a man tangled in a large fishing net attached to the pierce, and you immediately run to him, dropping to your knees.
“Please! I can’t-” He was fighting the ties binding him, almost screaming in hysterics when you approached him. “I can’t breathe! HELP!”
In complete darkness when the only source of light was the moon shining high up into the sky, you were struggling to see how the man literally wrapped in the net, striking about in the water like a stranded fish. When you got close, throwing your hands to the stranger, he jumped at you right away, leaning closer and trying to climb to the pier. He almost made you fall into the water, but you managed to grab wooden pole with one hand and stand on your knees.
“I’m here! Wait, wait!” You were hurriedly grasping the net, seeing literally nothing in the dark. “I’ll help!”
You could hear the stranger crying, his huge figure shaking terribly, and rushed to tug on the ties, desperately trying to untangle him. You spent a few minutes like that before you had finally freed him, pulling the net up and throwing it on a wooden boards - it was so big you could literally cover the whole pier with it. How did it end up here?
Deadly tired from all the pulling, you gave the stranger your hand again to drag him to the pier, but suddenly he moved away from your arm. He was neither crying not screaming anymore, strangely silent, and you stared at his handsome face, still red from tears. How come? He was able to swim, wasn’t he? Breathing hard from all the struggle, you blinked, wiping the sweat from your forehead.
“Thank you,” the man finally said, coming closer again, and you realized there was something huge in the water right beneath him - you saw an enormous scale tail gleaming in the sea when the moonlight illuminated the waters.
It wasn’t some fish. It was the man’s tail. You saw the scales covering his hips when he got up, getting on the pier where you sat. Instinctively, you crawled back, both charmed and horrified with what you were seeing.
Dear god, he was a merman.
While you stared at him, opening your mouth as if it were you who was suffocating, the man smiled widely, watching you gawk at him. He wasn’t concerned at all, flashing his tail carelessly. “Thank you for saving me, human woman. You are truly fearless.”
Well, you weren’t so sure anymore, gazing at the unbearably handsome merman whose voice was so deep and silky it could drive any girl crazy. You were still scared of him though, knowing little whether he wanted to thank or hurt you - you even read some tales where mermaids were eager to eat sailors if they stumbled upon them in the sea.
But he looked so magnificent. His clear blue eyes were shining bright in the darkness, cheeks a lovely shade of pink, hair like a pure gold in the moonlight. His shoulders were wide, and you could see he was athletically built with his tufty, solid arms. Besides, how could a man with a smile as kind as his be a threat to you, the one who had saved him from the net? Reluctantly at first, you slowly got closer to him, watching his cheerful face. He was happy you weren’t afraid of him.
“What is your name?” He asked, suddenly getting closer so you ended up nose to nose with him.
The merman smelled like salt and seaweed, and when he wrapped his long fingers around your wrist, you whispered nervously, “Y/N.”
“I am Steven.” He grinned at you, rubbing the tip of your nose with his wet one. “I will be forever in your debt.”
“B-but how did you end up in the net? I’ve never heard of people fishing here.” You mumbled, your face flooding with embarrassment at being so close to the handsome stranger.
“Oh, they don’t fish. They try to catch us, the merfolk.”
His gaze turned sad as he touched your cheek with his nose and backed away, getting into water again while you crawled closer to him. So, that was it. That’s why they didn’t want you on the shore late in the evening - they were starting the mermaids hunt. God, how could they? Why did they try to harm these gorgeous creatures, unmistakably as intelligent as people were?
You felt sorry for the man, bending over to him as he stared into your face, still smiling. Gently cupping your cheeks with his wet palms, he rose up to give you a quick peck on the lips, apparently, having very little shame to do it to someone he only met a couple of minutes ago. Feeling terribly embarrassed, you thought that maybe it was merfolk’s way to thank someone and just nodded.
“Are you going to be okay, Steven?” You asked him, barely realizing you were leaning closer and closer to him while he kept getting down in the water.
“Yes.” He answered barely audible, kissing you again while gently touching your hair. “Come closer, love.”
You went even deeper, enchanted by his lovely voice.
“Closer.”
You didn’t realize the merman was luring you into the water until he pulled your face down, and your head ended up in the sea. As you opened your mouth, the water rushed inside it, and you were quickly becoming suffocated. But was scaring you more than drowning was the face of the most handsome man you had ever seen - the sclera became dark, making his eyes looking extraterrestrial, frightening. The next second you saw Steve opening his toothy mouth, and the world turned pitch black.
The pain shooting through your neck made you scream, gulping down salty sea water, and you fell down from the pier completely. You couldn’t breathe, kicking and fighting and struggling in merman’s arms until he let go of you, and you immediately grabbed the life preserver that fell into the water along with you. Keeping kicking furiously to keep Steve away, you clenched the wooden pole.
You didn’t know how you managed to pull up, getting back to the pier while merman was hissing something behind your back, trying to get closer to you. Despite you had no strength left, you were crawling to the shore on your knees, crying from the pain - blood was still seeping from your neck.
“You can’t get away from me!” Steve grinned wickedly, shouting to you. “I’ve marked you, love! You won’t have a mate other than me!”
Deaf to his shouts, you kept crawling until you felt the ground beneath your palms.
What did you know about the merfolk living in the Triskelion sea? Why didn’t you think it was them who were hunting people, luring innocent souls into the water with their pleas and crying? Of course, you didn’t know it was the mating season, and the mark Steve left on your neck would never fade away, scarring your gentle skin.
Why didn’t you leave the town, knowing you were in danger? Now you were bound to him, the cold, merciless creature who would stop at nothing to have you.
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tisfan · 5 years
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Title: Suburban Warfare Square: S1 - mutual appreciation society Warning: unadulterated fluff, suburban life, Home Owners Association Pairing: Tony/Bruce Summary: When the HOA makes his neighbor take down his adorable little garden gnomes, Tony sets out a plan of revenge, involving flying… robotic… flamingos. Who said suburban living was boring? Word Count: 2,215 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17669516
Title: Anything Goes (and Usually Does) Square: S2 - carnival Warning: hand job, sex in a public place, anal sex Pairing: Tony/Bucky Summary: A night at the fair, anything and everything goes... Word Count: 2,665 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18098183
Title: Let me Sum Up Square:S3 - GRRRR: sorc supreme Warning: inappropriate use of time travel Pairing: WinterIron Summary: Tony has a big problem-- and several medium sized ones, and a dozen little ones… but mostly… what the hell is he supposed to say? Word Count: 939 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18210038
Title: Add Three Eggs Square: S4 - learning to cook Warning: domestic assassins Pairing: WinterIronWidow Summary: After a mission, the Hydra team regroups in the safe house and spends a little bit of downtime… just being together. Word Count: 1,624 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17721488/chapters/42283466
Title: A portrait of a young man in the park not eating his lunch Square: S5 - writing format: breaking the fourth wall Warning: unrepentant fluff, humor, breaking the fourth wall Pairing: WinterIron Summary: Jan takes it upon herself to arrange a date for Tony Word Count 1439 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19940161
Title: Cheesy Pick Up Line Square: T1 - Diner / Restaurant Warning: fluff and meet cute Pairing: Tony/Bucky preslash Summary: There are food trucks outside of Stark Industries. Who knew? Apparently everyone except Tony Word Count: 865 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17662211
Title: Sleeper Square: T2 - Red Room Tony Warning: child abuse, red room conditioning, psychological torture of minors Pairing: Tony Stark  & Natasha Romanoff, Bucky Barnes Summary: “Something has to be done with the boy, Maria.” Little did Howard know, something, indeed, was being done with the boy... Word Count: 911 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17721488/chapters/41808236
Title: Excuse me, I think you have my Suitcase With @27dragons  Square: T3 - sharing clothes Warning: lingerie, oral, anal, condom use  Pairing: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Summary: Problem one: Tony and Bucky get their luggage mixed up. Problem 2: Tony’s suitcase is full of lingerie. Hijinks ensue. Word Count: 7,354 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17706326
Title: Neither Charming nor Ladylike Co-written with @27dragons Square: T4 - more than a partner Warning: drunk sex, friends with benefits, older couple Pairing: Howard Stark/Peggy Carter Summary: Twenty years after Steve goes into the ice, Peggy finds herself needing the company of someone who understands. Howard isn’t a good man, but he’s the one she’s got. Word Count: 3,142 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17683370
Title: Lost Boys and Girls Square: T5 - lost their powers Warning: fairies, magic, alternate history, dad!Tony Pairing: Tony Stark/Stephen Strange Summary: The queen of the fairies wants to meet Iron Man. Why does this sound like a really bad idea? Word Count: 1,690 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17721638
Title: Arms Deal Co-written with @monobuu & @27dragons Square: A1 - GRRRR: tentacles 2 Warning: implied/referenced torture, mermaid au, shapeshifting, amnesia Pairing: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Summary: When the Hydra finds a fish-tailed man in their trawling nets and makes plans to sell the creature to the highest bidder, Bucky Barnes' lifelong love of the sea sharpens into sympathy -- and something more. Freeing the merman is a risky undertaking, doubly so given the Captain's unforgiving nature, but the pull of Bucky's heart gives him no choice in the matter. Will Bucky's act of kindness ever be rewarded, or will it become an obsession leading him into a deadly trap? Word Count: 15,387 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19440886/chapters/46270126
Title: The Worst Job Interview Ever Take This Job (And Shove it Out the Airlock) Chapter One Square: A2 - AU: Sci-Fi/futuristic Warning: non consenting drug use, drinking Pairing: WinterIron (after this part) Summary: All Tony needed was a job…. But really, press-ganging wasn’t his style. Word Count: 1,487 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18431015/chapters/43658597
Title: From Russia with Purrs Square: A3 - FREE SQUARE Warning: no animals were actually harmed in the writing of this fic Pairing: Peter Parker & Ned Leeds / background Bucky/Tony Summary: Spider-Man doesn’t always get called in to help with the Avengers stuff, but when Peter is given a special, urgent mission from the Winter Soldier, he needs to call in backup Word Count: 2505 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17998925
Title: A Curse on Both of Your Houses (Chapter 2) Co-written by @27dragons Square: A4 - myths and legends Warning: none for this chapter Pairing: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Summary: Tony appreciates his werewolf boyfriend in both his human and lupine shapes. What he doesn’t appreciate is a visit from Bucky’s old boss, Nick Fury, with a mysterious (and likely magical) device he wants them to investigate. He ought to say no and throw Nick out -- but the thing is strangely compelling. Maybe if he’d read a few more fairy tales, he’d have seen that for the warning sign that it was. Now, he’s cursed, and the race is on to find the owner of the thing, or some other way to break the curse, before it results in something not only unpleasant but unrecoverable. Word Count: 2,324  Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19851631/chapters/47194783
Title: Vampires and Teens have a Lot in Common Square: A5 - writing format: diaries and journals Warning: none Pairing: Tony Stark & Janet Van Dyne Summary: For @gilajames: AvAc - someone appears in a vampire outfit and the others have to seriously figure out if they have actually been turned into a vampire or not Word Count: 852 (and mixed media) Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17745359
Title: (Consider this) The Hint of the Century Co-Written by @27dragons Square: R1 - KINK: mind-controlled sex Warning: dub-con (ish), anal sex, ghosts, possession, Bucky has a plan, this wasn’t it Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Tony Stark Summary: It’s just a box that they found in the crypt of a desecrated old church that rumor says is haunted. What could possibly go wrong? Word Count: 7382 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19107763
Title: Horrible Working Conditions Take this Job (And Shove it out the Airlock) Chapter Two Square: R2 - quarantined! Warning: none for this chapter Pairing: WinterIron Summary: So... Tony meets his co-worker and it goes about as well as can be expected. Also, Tony doesn’t like being told what to do. We knew that, right? I mean, like, we all knew that. Word Count: 1,916 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18431015/chapters/43975924#workskin
Title: A little bit mean Square: R3 - KINK: held down Warning: blowjob, BDSM, tied up, held down, mild humiliation, self-acceptance, learn to accept a compliment already (NSFW image included) Pairing: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Summary: Tony wants Bucky to admit that he’s gorgeous. How much sensual torment can the Winter Soldier take before Bucky caves to the admission? Word Count: 2,534 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17698883
Title: What’s His is Mine Square: R4 - writing format: use of symbolisms Warning: humor, fluff, Star Wars quotes Pairing: Tony Stark/Pepper Potts Summary: Justin Hammer is selling his things to pay his legal bills… Tony has. Other plans. Word Count: 720 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18238208
Title: A Curse on Both of Your Houses (Chapter 1) Co-written by @27dragons​ Square: R5 - Explosion in the Lab Warning: none for this chapter Pairing: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Summary: Tony appreciates his werewolf boyfriend in both his human and lupine shapes. What he doesn’t appreciate is a visit from Bucky’s old boss, Nick Fury, with a mysterious (and likely magical) device he wants them to investigate. He ought to say no and throw Nick out -- but the thing is strangely compelling. Maybe if he’d read a few more fairy tales, he’d have seen that for the warning sign that it was. Now, he’s cursed, and the race is on to find the owner of the thing, or some other way to break the curse, before it results in something not only unpleasant but unrecoverable. Word Count: 2,764 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/19851631/chapters/47010508
Title: The Blacksmith Square: K1 - historical Warning: none Pairing: Wanda Maximoff & Tony Stark Summary: During the Civil War (Shield Vs. Hydra) the common people find trouble no matter who the soldiers are.  Word Count: 1397 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17717330
Title: Accountability Square: K2 - Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier Warning: coffee shop AU, unrepentant fluff Pairing: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Summary: Tony wants to have a stable relationship by New Year’s Eve. Well, Bucky’s here to hold him accountable. Word Count: 2199 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17925155
Title: Exit Interview Take this Job (and Shove it Out the Airlock)  Square: K3 - alien planet Warning: Space travel, anal sex, infinity stone Pairing: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Summary: Captain America was down there, in the ice. Tony and Bucky are going to get him, or die trying. Tony’s not so keen on the dying part. Word Count: 2,176 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18431015/chapters/44579386#workskin
Title: Beautiful light of madness Square: K4 - Constructed Reality / the Framework Warning: soulstones, dream world Pairing: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Summary: In the Soul Stone, time is relative, people are at peace. It is a paradise, but also a trap. Can Tony break the trap and bring everyone home?Especially when he risks losing the only thing that matters... Word Count: 2,672 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18914755
Title: Indenture Co-written by @27dragons Warning: indenture, sci-fi AU, gladiator, virgin kink, anal sex, oral sex, fingering, mechanic Pairing: Tony Stark/Bucky Barnes Summary: See the galaxy on a two year work-contract. Well, Tony Stark figures, can’t be worse than home. When he ends up on Sakaar, in the hands of a gladiatorial team, it might be his mechanical skills they’re interested in… or it might be his virginity. Word Count: 14,587 Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18921301
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Thanks to Poyo for helping me figure out what happens in this chapter and beyond. Without them, I would abandoned this fic. 
Here’s chapter 5 of “Til the Tide Takes My Soul”.
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The Brenattos didn’t ask any questions when Jester asked to stay the night. They just set up an air mattress in front of Caleb’s tank and gave her a pile of blankets. Jester shoved the air mattress next to Caleb’s tank and slept pressed up against the glass. It wasn’t comfortable, but it was close to Caleb.
The chances of this lasting, of Jester getting to stay with Caleb, were incredibly low. She wasn’t stupid, of course she knew this, whatever their relationship was, was going to be short lived, but that wasn’t going to stop her from enjoying it while it lasted.
In the morning, Caleb stared at her forlornly as she got ready to leave. -Do you have to go? You can stay if you’d like.-
“Yeah, I didn’t bring any clothes with me. Besides I have stuff to take care of today,” Jester said.
-I’ll miss you.- Caleb texted.
“I’ll see you tomorrow.” Though Jester didn’t really want to wait that long either. “We’ll just have to wait till then.”
Caleb sulked in his tank, but he nodded.
Jester waved him goodbye and received smirks from Veth and Yeza as she left. She tried not to think about it, but their knowing smiles weighed on her.
But they were nothing compared to Molly’s when Jester finally got home. “Where have you been?” Beau asked with more than a little worry. “I’ve been waiting all night for you.”
“Sorry, Beau,” Jester said. “I was having such a good time last night I forgot to text you that I was spending the night.”
Molly grinned like a cat that got into the cream. “Is this your first walk of shame? Our little Jester’s growing up.”
Jester turned red. “It’s not like that!”
“Please tell me it wasn’t Fjord,” Beau said.
“No. I was with Caleb yesterday,” Jester said.
Molly leaned forward. “Wait, you mean the merman?”
Jester froze and panicked for a moment worried that Molly had figured out Caleb’s secret and then remembered that Molly just knew him as a mermaid tank performer. “Yeah, he’s really nice and I showed him around yesterday and I spent the night at his place. Well, it’s kinda his place. He lives with a super nice family and they let me use the air mattress.”
Molly sighed. “Nothing sexy ever happens on air mattresses.”
“Wait, is this that guy you’re constantly texting?” Beau asked.
Jester nodded. “Yeah. Well, not constantly, constantly. But a lot, I guess.”
“It’s nice to see that you’ve finally moved on from Fjord. He really wasn’t worth,” Beau said.
“I guess you’re right,” Jester said, but it felt weird. Fjord was still important to her, but except for the party, Jester was thinking Caleb instead of Fjord. Part of her had a feeling that her crush on Fjord would never completely die, but that wasn’t going to stop her from moving forward and falling in love with someone else.
Molly ruffled Jester’s hair. “It kills me to agree with her, but of course Beau’s right. Now tell me all about your fish boy.”
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Jester fell asleep on top of her blankets texting Caleb. She had asked him if he’d prefer to be called Bren, but Caleb said that his new name was a better fit for now.
Her phone buzzed next to her head waking her up all of a sudden. It was a text from Caleb. -help-
Jester stared at the phone hoping that he’d send another message explaining the last one or at least show that he was typing. But all there was was nothing. She grabbed her bag and ran out the door.
It was probably just a false alarm, but Jester couldn’t risk it. She texted Caleb to let him know that she was on her way and got into her car. Jester was probably overreacting and tried to tell herself that as she sped down the road, but she couldn’t shake the dread building up in her stomach.
As she turned on to the Brenatto’s street, nothing seemed wrong. The house was there not on fire. The street was silent. The only person up was Jester, but it felt off. Jester knocked on the front door. No response. She called Veth’s phone, but it went straight to the voicemail. Trying not to panic but failing, Jester ran to the fence and unlocked the gate.
The first place she checked was the pool even though it was too late for Caleb to be there. Empty. Well, empty except for the water. Jester tried the back door of the house, and it opened. The house was eerily quiet as Jester crept through it. It probably counted as breaking and entering, but Caleb had asked for her help, and without proper grammar which was completely out of character for him. So Jester went down the stairs leading to the basement and his tank afraid of what she’d find.
Jester flicked on the lights. “Caleb?” Blinking at the sudden bright light, her stomach dropped when she saw the tank; Caleb wasn’t there. She rushed towards it in case he was hiding behind his privacy tarp, but it was obvious that he wasn’t there.
The panic that Jester had been fighting off filled her. This couldn’t be happening. There was no way that Caleb could just be gone. Jester scanned the tank for some kind of clue and her eyes fell upon Caleb’s cell phone sitting at the bottom of the tank. There was no way that he’d just be that careless and drop his phone.
Jester ran up the stairs and looked in the garage. Both of the Brenatto’s vehicles were there, so it couldn’t have been that they just took Caleb out or something. She went to Veth’s and Yeza’s room and pounded on the door. No response. Refusing to give up, Jester knocked harder practically punching the door. Still no response. This door was locked when she tried opening it. It was one of those that had to pinprick from her side, so it had to have been locked from the other side.
Something was wrong, but Jester just didn't know what it was. She checked Luc's room on the off chance that he might be able to help her. Jester knocked on the door only to get no response and opened the door. Luc was fast asleep in his bed and Jester felt a bit guilty for disturbing him. "Sorry," Jester said and no response, not even a stir. Jester crept in and checked on him. He was barely breathing and not responding to even the hardest jostle to his shoulder.
Jester scooped Luc up in her arms and got him out of the house. His breathing was shallow. He was obviously sick and Jester had no clue why, but she had a feeling that the reason was in the house. She took in a deep breath and went back into the house going to Veth's and Yeza's room.
The door was locked, but that wasn't going to stop Jester. Gathering her nerve, Jester rammed her shoulder into the door. It gave a little, but it stayed in place. Jester gave it another shot and crashed into the room. Veth and Yeza slept through it all.
Jester grabbed Veth first and got her out of the house before going back in for Yeza. Her head pounded and she was starting to get so dizzy that she couldn’t think straight, but she was able to get Yeza out. Once out, Jester called 911 and passed out on the grass.
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Jester woke up to a breathing mask strapped to her face. Looking around, she realized that she was in a hospital room. She tried to get up, but her head fuzzed and everything went black for a second so Jester just fell back on the bed..
"Oh, you're up," a medic said. She had white hair done up in buns."You're lucky that you didn't spend longer in that house." Jester tried to get back up, but the medic gentle pushed her back down. "Woah, not quite yet. We still need to check how you're doing. But I think you've got enough air." She removed the breathing mask from Jester's face.
"What happened?" Jester asked.
"Your friend's had a major gas leak at their house. If it weren't for you, they probably wouldn't have been discovered in time," the medic said.
"They're okay?" Jester asked.
The medic nodded. "That's right. It will be a few days before they're back to full health, but they should bee back to normal by the end of the month."
"That's good." The Brenattos were safe which was a relief, but Jester couldn't help but still be worried. Caleb was missing, and there was no way that he could've left by himself. He must've known that something was going on otherwise he wouldn't have texted Jester. And he dropped his phone in the tank. Jester's best guess was that he didn't want anyone to see it or find, but why? It didn’t seem likely that Caleb was hiding it from Yeza and Veth which made the thought of someone breaking in seem all the more likely. The gas leak couldn’t have been a coincidence.
"We'll just need to take your vitals and then we can send you on your way."
Jester smiled, but her heart was not in it. Something bad happened to Caleb, and Jester was the only one that could do anything about it. She just knew it. The only question was what could she do?
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Jester ended up waiting in the hospital's waiting room hoping for any tidbit on how the Brenattos were doing. She kept checking her phone in case Caleb texted her even though she knew that was impossible. Several times she had to stop herself from texting him updates on how his family was doing. Finally, a nurse approached Jester. "Ms. Lavorre?"
Jester jumped up. "That's me. Are they okay?"
"They will be," the nurse said. He was lean with beads in his raven black hair. "Veth will be released later this evening barring any complications, but her husband and son need more time to recuperate. She said that you will be her ride."
"She did? I mean, yeah, I'll totally pick her home. I'm just glad to hear that she's okay. Can I visit her?" Jester asked.
He smiled kindly at her. "Of course." The nurse led Jester to Veth's room.
Veth was hooked up to an iv and looking completely annoyed, but she brightened up when she saw Jester. "You're here!"
Jester nodded. "I wasn't going to leave before knowing that you guys were okay."
"Well," the nurse said, "I'll leave you two then." And he walked away.
Veth leaned towards Jester. "Is Caleb okay?"
Jester fought an urge to cry. "I, I don't know. He wasn't in his tank or the pool."
"What? But, how?" Veth sat up and nearly pulled out her IV.
"I don't know," Jester said. "He texted me, but when I got to your house he was gone."
Veth frowned at this. “Someone took him. But who knew about him?”
“Ikithon,” Jester said. “Caleb told me about what happened to him before he met you and Yeza. It was Dr. Ikithon.”
“We should’ve never let him into our house. Dr. Ikithon kept asking about our rescue efforts, but I just thought he was interested in seal work.” Nott’s eyes widened and she went pale. “Wait, he also asked about a picture on Yeza’s phone. It was us with Caleb. We just said that Caleb was a college student that stayed with us, but that he was out with a friend that night. I didn’t think anything about it.”
“You didn’t know. I should’ve told you as soon as I knew, but I thought that it was Caleb’s place to tell you,” Jester said.
Veth shook her head. “No, you were trying to respect his trust. No one could’ve predicted this.”
“We’re never going to find him again, are we?” Jester asked fighting back tears.
“Don’t be so sure about that,” Veth said. “He’ll be a lot easier to find than you think.”
Jester straightened up. “Really?”
“When Yeza first found Caleb we didn’t realize that he was a person, so Yeza treated Caleb like he would any of the harbour seals we take in. Including attaching a tracker chip, so we could know that he was okay and staying away from populated areas. After we realized that Caleb was sentient, he was too scared for us to do the removal operation on yet.”
“You mean?”
Veth grinned. “We‘ve got a tracker and we’ve got a boat. We can find him.”
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Veth wasn’t discharged from the hospital until later in the afternoon. Her house was blocked off, but she was able to slip in to get her keys and a spare set of clothes. Jester waited in the car anxiously. It felt like every second they weren’t actively getting closer to Caleb the less likely it was to find him. She knew that it was just in her head and that Veth needed to stop here, but it did not make Jester feel any easier.
Veth came out of the house dangling what Jester assumed was the boat keys. "The boat's at the dock so we don't have to worry about dragging it out at least."
"That's good," Jester said nervously gripping the steering wheel as Veth climbed into the car. Jester didn't even wait for Veth to close the door before starting to drive.
"We'll get him, I know it," Veth said, but she didn't sound fully convinced.
Jester plastered a big smile on her face. "Yeah, I know. But I don't want him to wait too long," she said as if they were just picking him up from the pool or something and not like they were afraid for his life. She had told Veth the whole story that Caleb had told her.
"That poor boy," Veth said once Jester finished. "Ikithon seemed a little creepy, but I just that that was because he was an old white guy with power in my husband’s field. You can never trust men like that, but obviously it's bigger than that."
"Yeah," Jester said once they got to the dock.
Nott led the way practically running down to Yeza's research vessel. Jester kept close behind her scanning the boats hoping that it was close. “Here it is!” Veth announced finally when they got to the end of the dock.
They called it a research vessel, but really it was just a tiny, old fishing boat. Something that was just for going out a few miles and back in at the end of the day. Jester was at least hoping for something more like the boat from Jaws, but no such luck.
Veth showed Jester a little screen. It had a map of the coast with little dots of varying colors on it. Some were moving and others stayed where they were. “The orange one is Caleb.” His dot was near an island about four miles south west of the docks and not budging. “This tracker is accurate within a half mile range.”
Jester frowned. “That’s a lot of space.”
“They used to be a lot less accurate. Used to be you were lucky if you could get it within 3 miles range. And check this.” Veth clicked a button and it showed a view of the water from the side and Caleb’s dot was a little bit over the surface. “He’s close to the surface.”
Jester bit her lip. That was better, but still a lot of area to search.
“And if he was kidnapped, then we just need to find where people are in that area,” Veth pointed out. She started up the boat. “We’ll find him; you’ll see.”
Jester nodded. They had to find him. If they didn’t, she didn’t know how her heart could take it.
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Home Repair
Square Filled (@spnaubingo): merpeople!au
Square Filled (@spnpolybingo): home repair
Ship: Sam/Gabriel/Gadreel (Sabreel)
Rating: G
AO3
Summary: Sam helps some mermaids fix their home.
Word Count: 911
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Gabriel was so angry he was on the verge of tears.
Gadreel placed a gentle hand on his tail. “Gabriel, it will be fine. We can look for everything that got washed away by the storm. It probably didn’t get very far.”
“But what if we can’t find it?” Gabriel cried. “We lost some really important stuff, Gad! That gem you gave me for my birthday, our wedding present from Abner, your dad’s hand mirror -”
Gadreel cupped Gabe’s face in his hands. “Gabriel.”
“Aren’t you even upset?”
“Of course I’m upset, my love. But we will do our best to return our home to its previous state, and I trust the both of us to retrieve all of our possessions. And we have the rest of our lives to make new memories with new gifts.”
Gabriel let himself sink down to the seafloor. “I know.” He flicked his tail. “You really think we can find everything?”
“We can certainly try.”
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Sam held his hand up to block the sun from his eyes and surveyed the beach. It was a disaster after the previous night’s storm. Debris was strewn across the shore. Some was driftwood, some was shells, and other things looked like they might have come from shipwrecks. There were a few sunken ships not far from Sam’s house, and they tended to be affected by storms.
Sam made his way across the sand, clearing away as much stuff as he could. Sometimes, really cool objects made their way to the shore after a big storm, and Sam could usually find one or two things to sell to a collector or a pawn shop. It was shaping up to be a pretty good haul today. He’d already found an antique, expensive-looking mirror, a few cool shells, and what Sam thought was seaglass.
Sam waded knee-deep into the surf, peering through the water. Usually it was crystal clear, but the storm had stirred up tons of sand. He shuffled along carefully, feeling around with his feet.
Something glimmered beneath the water. Sam leaned over and grabbed for it just as a wave rolled by. The bottoms of his shorts got soaked.
It was a beautiful sapphire inlaid in gold. There was a fastening on one end that suggested it was part of a necklace. Sam held it up. The sun shined through it, making the gold glitter and the sapphire cast a strange blue shadow on the water.
“Hey!”
Sam looked around; there was a head poking out of the water a few yards away, soaking wet and waving its arms.
“Hey, that’s mine!”
The guy ducked under the water, and a few seconds later he popped up a few feet closer to Sam.
“Can you come to me?” said Sam. “I’m not really dressed for deeper water.”
The guy rolled his eyes. “Well, I physically can not drag myself that close to shore, so you’ll have to meet me halfway.”
Sam frowned but waded out a little farther, then stopped dead in his tracks. “Oh my god.”
“What?” the other guy snarled. “Never seen a tail before?”
Because he had a tail. This man (merman?) had an actual, honest-to-God tail. It was long and sleek and gold, and shimmered like the gem he’d claimed was his.
“Be kind to him, Gabriel. Humans don’t know about us, for the most part.”
Sam almost had a heart attack. There were two of them. The newcomer’s tail was purple, and longer than his friend’s. The fin seemed damaged, like something had tried to bite it off.
Sam thrust the sapphire at them. “Here.”
The gold one snatched it and hooked it to the necklace he wore. He looked back up at Sam.
“Have you seen a silver mirror anywhere? Or a pink piece of coral?”
“Uh, no. I can look. Sometimes stuff gets washed up on shore after a storm.” He hesitated. “I don’t mean to be rude, but, uh, what are you?”
The purple one startled. “Oh, my apologies. We are mermaids. I am Gadreel. This is my lover, Gabriel.”
They all shook hands.
“The storm last night greatly damaged our home,” Gadreel explained. “Many of our possessions were washed away, and our cave was filled with sand from the ocean floor. It’s too shallow for us to swim there now.”
“Maybe I can help,” offered Sam. “Is your cave completely under water?”
“No. Only the bottom half is submerged.”
“If it’s not too far out, I can try to shovel out some of the sand.”
Both of their faces lit up. “That would be a tremendous help to us. We can show you how to get there.”
“Hang on, let me get my wetsuit. I’ll be back in a few minutes.”
Sam went to his house and put on his wetsuit, then went back to the beach and let Gabriel and Gadreel show him the way to their cave.
Gabriel lifted himself up onto one of the surrounding rocks to sunbathe and leered at Sam while he shovelled sand. “Damn, look at the muscles on you.”
Sam blushed and dropped his shovel.
Gabriel laughed. “He’s a pretty one, ain’t he, Gad?”
Gadreel blushed almost as hard as Sam. “He is… pleasing to the eye.”
The sun was setting by the time Gabriel and Gadreel could swim in their cave again.
“We can escort you back to shore, if you want,” Gabriel offered. “Protect you from any sharks swimming around.”
“Thanks, I’d appreciate it,” said Sam.
Gabriel and Gadreel lead him back to shore.
“I hope to see you again soon,” said Gadreel.
“Hopefully in that wetsuit.” Gabriel waggled his eyebrows. Gadreel slapped the back of his head with his tail.
“I’m going out of town to visit my brother soon, but I’ll only be gone for a couple days. So… see you then?”
Gadreel took Sam’s hand and kissed his knuckles. Gabriel jumped up and kissed his cheek. “See you then, Sammy.”
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