millie’s long list of malex fics | Astriferous Sea (🐟) by hrhbrittany, Sismyn / @michael-runs-hot-guerin
Alex was born the fourth and last son to the King of the Dead Sea. Like every siren, he was born with scales black as night. Unlike every siren, he didn't grow out of this coloring, not when he began to lose his baby fat, not when he learned to fight, not when he finally got to break the upper stratus of the sea and surface.
None of his family ever really stopped treating him like a baby. The rest of them flashed gray or cobalt or even white. Even with his dark scales, he was fully grown, no matter how much his brothers teased him and made him out to be a runt. They were each essentially the same size, give or take some height or width.
He preferred his brothers over either of his parents.
Alex has always been the baby among the sirens in the Dead Sea. Michael is performing beard services for his sister. Communication is a little wishy-washy.
comment: every ship needs itself a mermaid fic, and this fic is a fantastic take on that trope. alex and his family are sirens, for one, and their mythology/interactions are super interesting. the rest are humans, most of whom travel on a ship together. michael is acting as a beard to facilitate isobel and maria’s relationship, and poor boy just wants a love of his own. enter alex, and well... anything else would be a spoiler. i adore this take on the “little mermaid” story, and the rnm elements that are weaved throughout.
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