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Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: DCU (Comics)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jason Todd/Slade Wilson
Characters: Jason Todd, Slade Wilson
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Merpeople, Injury, Injury Recovery, Rating May Change, Tags May Change
Summary:
Out in the ocean, there aren't many things that truly threaten Slade anymore. He's lived a long time, he's bigger and nastier than most other things in the waves, and what is out there that can hurt him he knows how to avoid. Storms are one of those things. Swim deep, stay away from land, and storms are nothing more than something to be waited out. Usually.
It's going to be a hell of a storm. Slade knew it was coming, hard to miss the mass of black clouds heading his direction throughout the day, but it's not something that he bothers worrying about. Storms are dangerous, if you're a fresh-from-the-egg guppy with no instinct, but Slade's been alive too long to pay much attention to them. Swim deep, don't be an idiot, and the winds and lightning are just another nuisance to be waited out. Nothing he hasn't done a thousand times before.
He only cares enough to make sure that he stops to rest before it catches up, catching a quick couple of fish and then settling in for a nap against one of the shallow reefs near an island. He has some time left before the storm reaches him, enough time to take advantage of the plentiful fish and shelter here for a bit, then get away from it before the storm crashes in. Not good to be too near land during a storm.
It's the taste on his tongue that wakes him. Sharp, familiar in general but not in the details. Another mer.
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