callmekitto:“You are a strange one, aren’t you,” she drawled conversationally. “Usually I barely nee
callmekitto:“You are a strange one, aren’t you,” she drawled conversationally. “Usually I barely need half a whisper— they stumble about all over themselves to get splashing in the water, making a great commotion as they flounder under. Are all land-folk so desperate?”“Quite a wonder that part’d be omitted from the tales of capture,” the captain chuckled. “But I imagine such fools sail for weeks with a long-nurtured thirst for a comely face.”The mermaid flicked her tail upward, peeking out from under the water. “Or they do not have a will half so well-crafted as yours.”The captain reached down, taking the creature’s hand in hers. She made no move to break eye contact as she lifted her hand, pressing her knuckles to her lips. “Nor, I should think, did they have temptresses half so lovely.”Blinking in stunned silence for but a moment, the mermaid smiled slow as she regained her composure. “Why, captain,” she said, fluttering her lashes in half-jest, “did I not know better, I would guess at scales and fins of your own under those breeches.”—-VALENTINE’S DAY OTP FEST PART TWOwow ok I ship this y’all and mini-fiction just happened sorry not sorry oops also i didn’t come up with names ‘cause i suck -- source link
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