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storypaint) wrote2013-04-07 05:15 pm
storypaint) wrote2013-04-07 05:15 pm
[The Little Mermaid] the seaweed is always greener (Eric gen)
Title: the seaweed is always greener
Fandom: The Little Mermaid (Disney)
Length: 191 words
Prompt: three sentence ficathon: The Little Mermaid, Eric &(/Ariel), the AU where Eric is fascinated with the sea and makes a bargain to become a merman
Pairing: Eric gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: In the evenings Eric wades out as far as he can stand, even when the water is cold, and he wishes and wishes to truly become part of the sea, a man who is fish.
In the evenings Eric wades out as far as he can stand, even when the water is cold, and he wishes and wishes to truly become part of the sea, a man who is fish; sometimes he sees things from the corner of his eyes, and he swears that they are fish tails too large to belong to any sea creature he's ever heard of (Grimsby dismisses the claims and frets over him out there alone at night, so he has to learn to sneak out after that).
One day a voice rises from the ocean, and he almost chokes on a wave and his surprise; "So you want to be a merman?" the voice queries, deep and dark, and a woman rises out of the water, broad and white-haired, with octopus tentacles.
Her lips are a bruised red and when he signs the contract, she kisses him so deeply that he can't breathe until she releases him and he sinks into the water, his legs aching as they change, and he thinks that he's surely drowning until he realizes he can breathe - perhaps, he thinks, for the first time.
Fandom: The Little Mermaid (Disney)
Length: 191 words
Prompt: three sentence ficathon: The Little Mermaid, Eric &(/Ariel), the AU where Eric is fascinated with the sea and makes a bargain to become a merman
Pairing: Eric gen
Other: n/a
Excerpt: In the evenings Eric wades out as far as he can stand, even when the water is cold, and he wishes and wishes to truly become part of the sea, a man who is fish.
In the evenings Eric wades out as far as he can stand, even when the water is cold, and he wishes and wishes to truly become part of the sea, a man who is fish; sometimes he sees things from the corner of his eyes, and he swears that they are fish tails too large to belong to any sea creature he's ever heard of (Grimsby dismisses the claims and frets over him out there alone at night, so he has to learn to sneak out after that).
One day a voice rises from the ocean, and he almost chokes on a wave and his surprise; "So you want to be a merman?" the voice queries, deep and dark, and a woman rises out of the water, broad and white-haired, with octopus tentacles.
Her lips are a bruised red and when he signs the contract, she kisses him so deeply that he can't breathe until she releases him and he sinks into the water, his legs aching as they change, and he thinks that he's surely drowning until he realizes he can breathe - perhaps, he thinks, for the first time.