Dream was so caring with George, always making sure the dolphin was comfortable with what they were doing, before marking his body, making it his own canvas.
There were times that George would heal his marks, just to feel the shark aggressively put them back.
Some days, Dream asked to learn magic, which George happily agreed to. Soon their cave was littered with glowing particles....
They grew closer and closer, sharing secrets with one another even more, never hiding their current problems. When Dream found that George loved cod, the shark would always come over with some cod fish, George would smiled and hand him tuna, they would share their favorite fish together.
They were happy together....
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Wilbur sighed, it had been two weeks since he and the king had talked about George's daily disappearance, the jellyfish tightly gripped his trident. He wouldn't kill George, he could never kill the prince, but to keep the safety of his people, he would kill the shark, if there was one...
It was early morning when George had finally emerged from his room, his discolored eyes darting around before he swam off. The jellyfish slowly followed him, worried for his friend....
The dolphin prince stopped at a faintly lit cave, a large smile plastered on his face, "You're early!" he exclaimed, darting inside. There was a small groan, " I accidentally fell asleep here..." A low voice replied, chuckling lightly with George, Wilbur stayed behind, not wanting to look inside yet.
There were more words exchanged, soft and gentle, Wilbur smiled listening to George happily chirped to the other mer, even though he couldn't see, he was happy for the prince. He gripped his trident, then let out a quiet sigh.
Just a little longer.....
George was happy, he didn't need to ruin it.
He was preparing to swim away when he heard George lightly moan out a name, "C-Clay wait...." the jellyfish stopped, recognizing the name.
The shark prince, Clay
Presumed dead when they couldn't find the shark kings family after his death.
Wilbur narrowed his eyes, He didn't want to hurt George this way, but he couldn't let his kings secret be let out. He swam back, avoiding detection from the shark.
He softened at the sight
George holding up the shark's face, a small goofy smile on his face, the shark looking down lovingly at him, before giving the dolphin prince a deep kiss. Their tails were intertwined, which meant a lot in merfolk culture.
Wilbur hesitated, then shook his head, it didn't matter, he pulled his arm back, "SHARK SCUM!" He bellowed as he launched the trident.
The shark quickly reacted, grabbing George and moving out of the way of the trident, holding the prince tightly and close.
"W-Wilbur?!"
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George stared at his fathers advisor, feeling Dream's grip tightening, "Ow... C-Dream.... You're hurting me..." he whimpered slightly, looking up at the shark, before realizing Dream wasn't paying attention. The sharks eyes were a deep shade of red, it was no longer soft, it was terrifying, George glanced back at Wilbur, who glared back at Dream. "Why don't you listen... Dream?" the jellyfish mocked, holding out his hand calling back the trident.
George lightly cupped his lovers face, "D-Dream.... hun this... this isn't you..." he softly called, trying to calm the shark down. He let out a scream of pain as the shark bit into his hand, harsh enough to tear off skin. Wilbur widened his eyes, before swimming to aid the prince, ready to strike the shark. Dream evaded every strike, letting go of George's hand to hiss loudly at the jellyfish, before bolting out of the cave, still holding the prince close.
They lost Wilbur quickly, but still swam for a while, before Dream took George into a dark cave. George winced as he moved his hands to make light, glancing at the shark, who still had the terrifying red glint in his eyes. The dolphin examined his bitten hand, wincing slightly, he couldn't heal it. He panicked to see Dream's hand gently taking it, he glanced back with fear, only to be met with the comforting gaze he loved. "I know... I'm a monster...." the shark softly said, sadness in his eyes. "C-clay..." the dolphin tried to reason, being cut off quickly. "No. The way you looked at me just then, you didn't see me, you saw a monster... that's all you saw just then..." the shark choked out, the harsh red tint flashing in his eyes. It took George a minute to realize he himself was crying, he stared at Dream with wide eyes, "Dream.... that's... That's not what it meant..." he cried, Dream brought the bitten hand up to his lips, taking note of the dolphins trembles
"I'll be gentle..." he murmured as he softly licked the wound, George could see him trying to fight back the terrifying red glint in his eyes, every lick he squeezed his eyes shut, his grip on the dolphin's wrist tightening, before laxing again. Dream soon stopped, slowly nuzzling into the dolphin's neck, "I'm sorry..." he whimpered over and over. George used his injured hand and gripped Dream's hand, wincing slightly, before letting out a soothing trill. He kept doing it until the shark calmed down, then turning his trill to a soft hum.
"Clay look at me...." the dolphin ordered softly, Dream hesitated then looked up to meet George's soft loving gaze, "You were scared... that's okay, I know you didn't mean to bite me...." the brunette softly said, "I was a little scared too Clay..." The shark's breath hitched, then it started to quicken, "Stop, no. Clay, I won't ever, stay seeing you as a monster, I know that's not you, I know the real you..." Dream inhaled softly, burying his face back down into George's neck, then laughing slowly, "I'm so lucky to have you..." he whispered, softly kissing the dolphins nape. George turned to face the shark, cupping his face, "You are so kind and caring Clay..." he murmured, giving the shark a long loving kiss. "I love you so much..." the both murmured, before chuckling.
George smiled softly at Dream again, " C-can you continue what we were doing before Wilbur interrupted us?" he asked, shame gripping his gaze. The shark let out a low, spine chilling chuckle, before slowly pushing the dolphin back, locking their tails together, "Of course..." Dream's husky voice replied, running his hands carefully along his lovers body, "I'll go slow..." he murmured in George's ear. Soon the soft moans coming from the prince echoed off the cave walls, followed with low possessive growls from the shark.
Mine mine mine
The Dolphin could feel the shark's thoughts with every bite, squeeze, and growl. The Shark could feel how much the bottom loved it and continued expressing his thoughts this way. George gasped when Dream brushed over his injured hand, groaning slightly as the Shark placed soft kissed on the wound, feeling it heal up. He widened his eyes as Dream moved away from his hand, the blond locked eyes with him, "I've been practicing...." He murmured, smiling as the dolphin dove both hands into his blond locks, without any pain. "Thank you..." George softly said, pecking the shark's freckled cheek.
After their slow court, George leaned into Dream, fidgeting with his own hands as the Shark just massaged his scalp. "Clay..." The blond hummed in response, George gripped onto his own arm. "Can... Can you tell me about your curse?" Dreams eyes fluttered open, he stayed very silent, then kissed the dolphins neck softly, "I can...." He stated, deep trust unfolding.
The Shark sighed softly, then spoke, "Our curse comes from the king of Caenuvia... Your father is the reason we hate magic... we weren't always bloodthirsty monsters, we were normal... but he wanted to play hero... he wanted to be better so he cursed us..." George listened intently, seeing Dream unfold, "W-We.... we found that to break our curse... we had to kill someone he loved. My father thought killing your mother would do it... no, he didn't love her, but he knew how to fake his anger and rage a war against us. Those bones he found? He conjured with magic. He didn't even kill my father, just made it seem like it, I'm sure your little advisor doesn't even know that..." the shark took a shaking breath, George rubbed his lovers hands, as he continued, "The king of Caenuvia forced us into hiding, we started off killing eachother, then soon fell into a depression... then our elders planned away once more to break our curse... I was to kill you... surely to break the spell..." Dream finished in a hushed voice, his hands gripping George's waist, breathing heavily.
George let out a small chuckle, "Be glad you didn't... he doesn't love me at all..." the dolphin murmured, suddenly moaning again when the shark sunk his teeth into his shoulder, "Not to mention I wouldn't have what I have right now...." The blond hissed, pressing his lips softly on the brunettes ticklish spots, making George burst into giggles. "That's correct, and I'd be an angry soul following you around." The shark purred, "That sounds hot." He teased, earning himself a light elbow. The two laughed together, sharing soft kisses, making soft light particles together. George slowly started dozing off in the sharks arms, soon to fall asleep, the particles he made fading away, Dream rubbed circles into his lovers arms, "Sleep well beautiful..." he said softly, soon to follow the dolphin into sleep.
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Nick sat on his perch watching the koi mer fiddle with some shells, making another small necklace. The koi stopped, letting out a small sigh then turning to where Nick hid, "Come on out shark... you're a terrible hider..." the Shark let out a small groan of defeat, coming down from his perch, swimming down to the koi. The other didn't flinch or move away, he just picked up his necklace and continued to mess with it. Nick sat there for a few very long moments before asking, "Why aren't you scared?" The koi smiled at him, "You aren't so scary..." was the reply, which made the Shark blush slightly, "Yeah? I'm plenty scary!" He snapped, making the koi giggle
"I'm Karl... what's your name?" The koi chirped, making Nick pause, "S-Sapnap..." he blurted out, making the koi laugh some more, "I know that's not it, But it's a cute code name...." Nick flushed completely at Karl's remark. "Karl is a cute name..." he countered, making the koi freeze up, a light blush creeping on his face. Nick started to compliment all the things he liked about Karl already, the koi's painted nails, his crafts, his collecting habit, the list went on, and the koi got more flushed and giggly around the shark.
Nick and Karl got closer really fast, Karl clearly taking a liking to the shark already.
Nick finally realized how his older brother felt, embarrassed for doing the same actions he did. But it didn't matter to the younger shark now, Karl was an amazing mer...
The two had delighted conversations about Karl's hobbies, chasing eachother around the cove that the koi hung around for hours, entering a world of bliss
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Wilbur swam slowly back to the palace, dread filling his chest, the prince was now missing and it was his fault. He entered the throne room, where the king smirked. "Did the shark attack him?" Was the first question he asked, Making Wilbur freeze, "H-How did you?" The king chuckled lowly, "He came back with markings.... Shark bites all over his body, but they were love bites... since sharks are coming out again.... I.... Forced more onto their curse..." he explained, examining his nails with pride. Wilbur paled, "S-Sire... The shark... didn't mean to bite him at all... it was my fault..." the jellyfish looked down at his trident with guilt.
The king just laughed, "Wilbur my boy it's fine...." The jellyfish stared up at him, suddenly regretting his choices to side with this mer. "I never cared for the boy, he was a nuisance.... If the sharks want to believe that can break their curse, they are dead wrong..." truth began to unfold before Wilbur.
He knew that the incident with the kings wife was all fake, but he had always thought the king cared for his son, even with the command of killing both mers... He watched the king rise from his throne, "They'll forever be cursed.... All of them will kill eachother before they find out the way to break the curse..." the king cackled, making Wilbur sick.
The jellyfish lightly bowed, before exiting the throne room, 'I'm sorry George...' he thought sadly, swimming away from Caenuvia.
He no longer had reason to stay
George was probably now considered exiled, and the king barely needed him....
He was free
To his own dismay
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George woke up to darkness, a tight grip on his hips, and gentle snoring. He waved his hands to light up the dark cave, looking behind to see Dream, sleeping soundly. He smiled softly at the sleeping shark, shifting around to face him, and lightly kiss his lips. What he didn't expect was the immediate response from Dream, who kissed back hard, gripping George's hips tighter. Geoge groaned lightly, meeting tinted eyes... "Clay?" He softly asked, concern in his voice.
A low growl sounded from the shark and George was roughly pinned down, "Clay! I'm-! Ohhhh fuck..." he moaned to the sensation of a tongue sliding along his gills. "I'm trying to control myself...." The shark growled, nipping harshly at the dolphins neck, licking whenever he broke through the soft skin, only to move somewhere else and bite harsher. "Clay please..." George whined out, holding the sharks blond locks, finally stopping the harsh bites. He heard Dream heavily heave, his tight grip finally loosening, lifting his head to meet George's pained lidded eyes, "There you are..." the dolphin gave him a half smile, his eyes fluttering shut when the shark slid up to kiss him once more.
"I'm sorry...." He murmured, running through the bites with gentle hands, "It's hard right now... it's like the curse got stronger..." the Shark softly stated, staring down into the eyes he fell in love with, leaning into George's neck, breathing softly, trying to comfort his lover. "I've been trying..." the dolphin started, shivering lightly at Dream's breath on his neck, "I've tried to lift it...." He murmured sadly,a small low laugh came from the blond, "Beautiful I'm grateful.... I don't deserve you at all..." he whispered, soon starting to cry into George's neck.
"Clay?!" George suddenly sat up, holding the sharks head up, trying to wipe away the tears, taken aback when he felt the Shark slam his lips onto the dolphins own lips. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... You just, Holy fuck I hurt you so much... But yet here you are understanding me when if I did this to someone else they'd leave me..." Dream breathed out, tears still falling from his beautiful green eyes, George stared at him with awe, lightly cupping the Sharks face, "God...How can someone be so perfect..." he gently soothed, watching Dream lean into his touch, before kissing his hand, smiling softly.
"I love you." They both murmured in unison, Dream laying the dolphin back down laying on top of him, "I think.... I should tell them about you and the curse..." the blond said softly, hinting at his kind. George kissed his forehead, "I trust you..." he murmured
"I trust you a lot...."
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