#mermaid!reader

But is James Norrington x Mermaid!Reader

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⭐︎ chapters

chapter one: late nights and blood soaked meet cutes.

chapter two: unusual mornings and bagels.

chapter three: [work in progress]

⋆｡𖦹 ˚ 𓇼 ˚｡⋆ mermaid!reader x jax teller au ༄. °🫧⋆｡˚⋆｡𖦹 ˚ 𓇼

jax teller who found mermaid!reader on accident. after losing his love and getting into the biggest mess of his life, he feels too guilty to continue on. desperately seeking to either have never been born or to have been born from a womb less tarnished, he finds himself walking into the ocean at midnight.

encompassed in the waters of the earth, it's akin to amniotic fluid. a kind-hearted portal. he doesn't pray for forgiveness. he doesn't beg for a thing. he just lets the water cleanse him. while you're swimming, reveling in the balmy waters, flicking your pink tail, you feel a human's touch. it's too deep for a person to survive, and you push him towards shore despite his protests.

he's certain he's having a psychotic break, but you prove to him you're real by flicking your mermaid tail against his hand, letting him touch your very-real body, and putting his hands on your bare, full breasts. you talk for hours, and he confesses things he's never even let himself dwell on. you become his reprieve. instead of killing himself, he comes to you whenever he can.

There is much chatter among his men about selling your tail. It could go for quite a pretty penny. They'd all be rich!

But upon seeing your terrified face, the way you look up into his crimson eyes through the net, as if silently pleading for him to have a change of heart... he calls off their swords, much to your relief.

Though, you're sure this mercy will only be temporary. They still keep you as a prisoner until they can figure out what to do with you.

In the dead of night, when the rest of the crew is asleep or on some other duty, Lucifer comes out to the deck to see you in the net. Softly singing to yourself in the moonlight. Taking in the sight of this being he's only ever heard about in myth and legend, standing so close....

You're the most beautiful creature he's ever laid his eyes on.

Your fate doesn't belong at the end of a sword. And it won't end here.

The bone-chilling sound of a sword brandishing pulls your attention from the black sea. You quickly turn and, once again, look in horror at the face of the captain who has held you prisoner. Who no doubt has come to finish you himself.

You squeeze your eyes shut as he pulls his sword back and swings.

But no pain comes.

Instead, gravity has seemingly given way underneath you. And you feel like you are falling.

In the blink of an eye, you are enveloped in the familiar embrace of the waves. No longer in the tight hold of the net that now floats away from you.

Freedom.

You open your eyes and break the surface of the water to see the blonde haired captain looking down at you from over the edge of his ship. A look on his face that resembled... relief?

Your gazes linger on eachother for just a little while longer before you quickly return to the safety of the water. Eager to return home.

Lucifer stays on the deck and watches you swim away until you are far and out of sight... he hopes from now on you will try to steer clear of pirate ships. As much as he'd like to see you again, he'd hate it even more if the only time he ever saw you again was at the mercy of another pirate captain.

He'll no doubt have a thousand questions to answer once the crew realizes their catch has "broken free."