Yandere fairytale prince
Helloooo <3 I am busy with university right now, so I am sorry for not posting as much as I used to. I am working on different stories but my progress is quite slow with the workload and the stress so I am posting a small headcannon type of story.
Also, I accept request if anyone is interested <3 So feel free to give me a request or anything really <3
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the story !
Imagine being isekaied into a fairytale from your favorite childhood book—a story about a princess married to a merman. You remember your mother telling you that the princess shared your name.
The two kingdoms have been on bad terms for centuries. Humans portray merpeople as bloodthirsty monsters, while merpeople imagine humans as cruel and vicious creatures.
The princess's beloved father, the king, is very protective and caring towards his only daughter. But after receiving a letter from the mermaid queen, he knows that his daughter has a duty to fulfill to ensure the kingdom's prosperity.
The princess is a brat who hates merpeople and sees them as creatures that should not exist or be interacted with. Despite her young age, she resents the merman prince when her father tells her she is to marry him when she comes of age.
You remember the story ending with the princess running away from her arranged marriage with the help of her brother, who is also against merpeople.
You also remember the merman prince being a very bullied child. His shy personality, quiet nature, and chubby form left him no respite from the bullies. In your memories, he looked forward to his marriage with the human princess, loving the terms "husband" and "wife"—two words that bond two people's souls together.
Even as a child, you never liked the princess's attitude towards the prince, knowing that every time the prince attempted to get to know the princess, she would always ruin the moment or leave. His fish tail only allowed him to watch the princess from afar in anguish.
One day, you find your old book in a box filled with childhood memories and objects. Surprised that after so many years the book seems almost new, and feeling nostalgic, you decide to take it out and read it again.
Going to sleep that night, you think that the poor prince deserved someone better than the princess.
Imagine your panic and surprise when the next morning, you are not in your room but in a completely different bedroom, looking like a child and being woken up by a maid calling you "princess." You look exactly like yourself but are wearing royal clothes.
You must be in a dream, so why not play along and change the story as you always wanted? When the king announces your marriage to the merman prince, you are not upset.
Instead, you reprimand your brother for his discriminatory remarks, justifying your words by stating that this marriage would allow the kingdom a unique alliance that would be quite resourceful and provide protection for fishing and sea travel.
And when you first encounter the merman prince on the shore, you don’t ignore him or shoo him away like the princess did. You listen and talk with him, trying to learn about his culture and traditions while teaching him about yours as well.
For the prince, you are the rarest pearl in the world—the complete opposite of what his comrades describe humans to be. He is certain you are his soulmate and can’t wait to call you... what was the word again? Ah, yes! His wife.
