Submersion - Sanctuary - Helen/Sally - #230 'curse'

[trialia]

Title: Submersion
Author: Trialia
Fandom: Sanctuary
Rating: T+
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Helen Magnus/Sally
Spoilers: N/A
Challenge: slashthedrabble prompt #230, 'curse'
Summary: It's probably a dream...


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You know you can't breathe underwater without equipment. You know that, as a human scientist, you would aspirate water and drown within a few moments.

You also know that the mermaid - even you can't pronounce her name correctly yet - can't breathe air.

It doesn't seem to matter, though: your left hand is tangled in the seaweed-like strands of her hair, your right lower down, stroking the slippery scales of her tail, oddly soft beneath your fingers.

It's probably a dream. You couldn't survive down here without air; but with her mouth where it is, you really don't care.


~fin



(I need a new tag for this, please. :))

Comments

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Tagged. Thanks for playing! :D

[trialia]

Anytime, and thanks! :) I actually wrote this when prompt 230 was active, I just forgot to post it to LJ at all. *g*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

I know how that goes. *g*

[geonncannon.livejournal.com]

I love you, you're my hero. :D I especially like that you didn't use the name Sally in the actual story. I rile like Helen when I read it (I call her Ondine in my fics. Much better than Sally, but that's just MHO). But this was absolute perfection. I could picture it perfectly! Thank you so much. :D

[trialia]

I couldn't call her Ondine, too much like a character from one of my other fandoms (Andine). But thank you very much - I'm flattered you love it so! :D

[taimoset.livejournal.com]

Nice work!

[sheepfairy.livejournal.com]

Oh, I really liked this! It was sweet.