[FIC] Tern in the Tempest: Prologue

[thisfishflies]

Title: Tern in the Tempest: Prologue
Author: thisfishflies
Rating: PG
Word Count: ~200 (WIP
Summary: AU. Dean is a lonely merman fighting against his father. Castiel is lost at sea and losing.



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The storm is boiling on the horizon. It turns slowly, faces appearing and melting in the clouds. The setting sun dyes it all a purple, but with a sickly green edge, like a bruise. With waves already cresting white, the sea reaches up to the sky, only to be blown back by the wind.

Dean loves it. He can feel the familiar power of the ocean surrounding him- pulling him along. But the air, the air is electric. It's foreign and moves him in a curious way. His father would not understand, nor his brother. It's something just for him, something Dean doesn't have share. He takes one last longing look at the sky.

Then, between a flash of lightening and the roll of thunder, Dean jumps into a wave- his fin shining silver before the wave crashes down. The water gets colder the deeper he goes, but something still sparks across Dean's skin. Perhaps current is changing, bringing fresher waters to his nose.

Inside the tempest a small ship is tossed, winds whipping around the masts, trying to tear sails that are no longer there. One lone figure fights against it all, stumbling along the deck to tie the lines and securing everything to the sides. A crate comes loose and knocks the man's legs out from under him. His head bounces off a railing and he falls down, down into the black depths.
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More to come. Will give proper name and such when I get more done. Got a title.

Comments

[22by7.livejournal.com]

PRINCE!CAS. I adore this already. You know you want to write an AU epic of this, right?

[ladyyueh.livejournal.com]

OMG! YES!!

THAT IS ALL I CAN EXPRESS BECAUSE OF THIS AWESOMENESS!!!

*MAKES DOLPHIN NOISES OF GLEE*

[uselessplayback.livejournal.com]

You did it! Or you started it--either way! <3<3<3

\o/

[whreflections.livejournal.com]

whoa this is so different but such an exciting idea; I can't wait to see how this plays out!

[captainpixie.livejournal.com]

now this sounds cool :D keep going :)

[villainxatxhert.livejournal.com]

huzzah! mer-fic!!!

Can't wait for the next part, cause I fel like this is going to turn into something epic.

[cloudyjenn.livejournal.com]

MERCHESTERS!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes and yes. I actually seriously have a thing for mer-AU's. I can't wait to read more!

Jenn

[sheamackenzie.livejournal.com]

::resolutely joins the ranks of the eggers on::

Moooooooooore... you know you want to write moooooooooore...

[spilled-notes.livejournal.com]

FLAIL.

I am on to Chapter One of this great-amazing fic. :D

[tehopheliac.livejournal.com]

Huh, when you first mentioned this fic, I guess I was sort of thinking something along the lines of: mer!Cas and prince!Dean because Cas is just so different, almost alien in comparison. Oh no, though. You didn't take the easy way out! You switched it around and you're doing a really good job with it!

(STOP IT, YOU'RE MAKING ME WANT TO WRITE SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT BACKWARDS! ...I WILL HARNESS THIS DESIRE BY ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A MINI-MANIP FOR YOU / THIS FIC.)

Also, great job! I can't wait to read more. <3