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Decembalex day 11 - “Food”

Before you call my man a misogynist, please consider that maybe he just wants to be a pretty mermaid, okay?

Decembalex Day 3: Mermaid

Thank you so much to @eemamminy-art and @usernamemybeloathed for creating these prompts and inspiring me to actually draw something! (Full list under the cut)

DECEMBALEX 2025 IS HERE!

Each day I plan to write a little vignette from Alex's childhood. At the end, I'll put them all in a series to make them easier to read.

“Alex. Stop.”

“What?”

“Stop it with the stupid ‘ahahaha titties’ shit. Stop kidding yourself. We both know it’s bullshit.”

“I didn’t say ‘ahahaha titties’! I said that I like the Mermaid show!”

“Alex, I know you’re an idiot, but I also know you are not that dumb.”

“Everyone keeps acting like it’s some stripper show. Why would anyone be attracted to mermaids? They are half fish! Why would anyone want to do the nasty with a fish?! Except maybe Clive, but he’s, like, desperate.”

“I don’t think his name is “Clive”.”

“Well, what is it?”

“I don’t know! I’m not going out to chat him up while he’s hiding in the bushes perving on my sister!”

“Well I don’t talk to him either!”

“Ugh, nevermind. Anyway, if the mermaid show isn’t supposed to be about tits, tell me Alex, what is it about?

“Uh, singing. That’s what mermaids do! That’s their whole thing! They sound pretty and make everything trippy.”

“Their whole thing is seduction.”

“Again. Why would people want to hump a fish!?”

“...Oh, shit. You actually read the articles.”

“What? You mean like in, like, magazines? I mean sometimes. If it’s interesting. And the print isn’t tiny. I don’t understand how we made the jump to what I read.”

“No, I mean when people have porno magazines and they get caught with them, they say ‘I just read the articles’ as a lie. But you are actually ‘reading the articles’”

“Mega Muscles Magazine is NOT a porno mag! We’ve been over this!”

“No, ughhhh- Whatever. Let’s go see the freaking mermaids.”

(For context: this is an alternate take on Alex’s 5 and 6 heart events)

Alex was struggling with his workout today. In fact, he was struggling today in general: messed up his gridball throws, stumbled while lifting weights, burnt his breakfast eggs today, and nothing was really going right for him. Worst of all, the bookshelf in his room was just a reminder of his fear and inability to read…

A sudden knock on the door startled him, and he let out a silent groan. It was probably his grandma checking on him. He opened up the door, only to be greeted by…

“Farmer?” Alex asked, looking confused, “what are you doing here?”

The farmer gave a small smile to Alex. “Hey, big guy, my gut told me to come and check in on you. What’s going on?”

Alex blinked. The farmer just… knew something was wrong? But how? Never mind, that was a conversation for another day…

“Just… having an off day today… I have no clue why…” Alex took a step backwards, letting the farmer into his room. “I just can’t get in the right headspace today. I always try to stay energetic and motivated, but nothing is going right today… maybe my dad was right, maybe I’m just worthless…”

“Hey!” The farmer marched right over to Alex and put his hands on his shoulders, making sure he had Alex’s attention. “You don’t get to talk badly about yourself, not anymore. I care about you too much to see you put yourself down like that.” The farmer sighed and took a step back, realizing he may have frightened his best friend. “We’re all allowed to have rough days, but that’s doesn’t mean we can be so mean to ourselves…”

Alex was in shock of what the farmer was saying to him. He was so moved by his words, he barely registered that the farmer was touching his bare skin. “But… what if I never go pro? What if all of my hard work and training is for nothing? This is the only thing I have…”

“What do you mean?”

“You know how my dad kept saying I was worthless when I was a child, and how I’d never do anything… well, when I realized how strong I could get, I finally found something I was good at! So when I struggle…”