#ormseries

Y/N and Orm rushed up the driveway on foot, running as fast as they could towards the large ranch house.  Y/N's family lived on a horse ranch that her parents ran in between their work at the aquarium and museum, giving them a few acres to live on and plenty of buildings to be in when the pair arrived in the early hours of the morning.  Y/N looked at the time on her watch and sighed.

              "Should still be having breakfast," she panted, knocking on the front door urgently.  She hoped she was right and that her parents hadn't changed their schedule.  She was rewarded when her mom opened the door and she smiled wide.

              "Y/N!  You're back, we weren't expecting you for some time, Vulko said you were having a good time in Atlantis," she said, hugging her daughter close before noticing Orm.  "I see you made a friend."  Y/N blushed before realizing more important things were happening besides her whatever this was with Orm.

              "Mom, is Vulko still here?" Y/N asked.  "There's something bad coming and we need him to get help."  Her mother frowned but nodded, moving aside for them to come in. The two entered the house and Orm looked around, for a second considering this was the place that Y/N had grown up in.  He noticed pictures on the wall of the family, of Y/N as a child and smiled, she was cute and all smiles, just like now.  Y/N caught him looking and nudged him to keep following them into the kitchen where her dad and Vulko were now standing.

              "I thought that was you," Velka said as Y/N entered.  She walked over and hugged her father tight and Orm watched with his head tilted.  His father had never been affectionate to him, never showed him that kind of love so this was foreign for him to see.  Vulko smiled, seeing his son's family all together warmed his soul.  "What's wrong?"

              "Black Manta, Vulko he may be coming here, there's an Atlantian working with him to find me and Orm, I don't know what for," Y/N explained.  Vulko nodded.

              "I'll go get Arthur and Mera, if they find this place we may need to defend it," he said.  The ranch was a few miles from the coast and could be seen from the beach and therefore could be easily accessed by Manta and his men.  Vulko left Atlantis at once while Velka and Y/N told her mother, Janet, to go to the storm shelter where she would be safe.  Orm looked at Y/N.

              "You should go too," he said.  He didn't want her to get hurt and she had only been training a couple weeks, she wasn't ready to face Manta and she had no weapon or powers.  Y/N looked at him like he was crazy.

              "I am staying with you Orm, I may not be able to face Manta but I can be backup and I can handle one of his minions probably," she said.  Orm glared, trying to intimidate her.

              "You are going to hide, I cannot let you fight, you're too weak, you haven't trained enough for this..." he started until her hand covered his mouth and it was very obvious she wasn't intimidated at all by him.  He glared more.  He couldn't let her get hurt, he would never forgive himself.  "I cannot let you fight," he said, removing her hand from his mouth and holding it.  "I cannot lose you."  She looked at him with soft eyes.

              "Orm, I am going to help you at least until Arthur and the rest arrive," she said.  He was about to argue when the door was blasted open and he threw himself in front of Y/N, blocking her from getting hit with any debris.  "Out the back," she said, pulling him towards the back door off the kitchen and around the house.  Manta stalked through the house looking for them, arriving back at the front door to watch the pair running towards the beach.  He followed them easily and fired a shot, hitting the sand just behind them, sending them apart from each other and landing on the sand.  He jumped, landing next to Y/N and lifting her by her hair to stand.  She cried out loudly, struggling to break free.

              "Let her go!" Orm demanded, standing up and looking livid.  He didn't have a weapon but he would fight Manta anyway, anything to get him to leave Y/N be.  He was expecting Manta to fire at him, having to dodge the canons until he could get in close, what he wasn't expecting was someone firing an Atlantian weapon from the ranch house.  Manta cried out and dropped Y/N as he was hit in the back with a pulse weapon, knocking him forward.  Y/N tore off away from Manta and towards Orm, moving to stand beside him, looking for who had fired. Janet stood near the house still, weapon aimed again.

              "Where did she get that?!" Y/N and Orm said at the same time, shocked.  Manta stood and signaled for those with him to attack.  Several suited soldiers landed on the beach and Orm took notice that none of their equipment was as advanced at Manta's, an advantage over them.

              "You handle the two on the right," he said to Y/N, "I will take Manta and the other 3."  She nodded.  "Don't get hurt."

              "Likewise," she said before running at the two on the right.  Orm went after his group, watching as one was taken out by another shot from the gun Janet was holding.  Manta fired at her and she dove, tossing the weapon in the process to get away from the shot.  Orm took his opening while Manta was distracted and attacked, throwing shots and throwing him into the water before turning his attention to the minions.  While he fought he kept an eye on Y/N, wanting to intervene if he needed to but he was pleased to see she had been paying attention in her training and holding herself well against her two human opponents.  He felt pride swell in him but that was quickly demolished when he was hit from behind with a shot from Manta's helmet.  It burned and he cried out, expecting another hit, but instead Arthur landed behind him, tossing down a trident for Orm to use.

              "I could use one of those!" Y/N called from where she was starting to have trouble with her opponents.  Arthur glanced over after dismantling another minion, and Orm took out the other with his new trident.

              "Mera has yours!" he said, watching as Mera took out a minion that was attacking Y/N, throwing her the silver trident that she then used to finish off the last henchmen, all of them turning to face Manta.

              "I like this team," Manta said.  "It'll be good when I can control it."

              "Not going to happen Manta," Arthur said, getting into his fighting stance.  "Now how about we finish this once and for all?"  Manta chuckled.

              "Not today," he said, firing off from his helmet one last time and using the distraction to get into his sub and zoom off.  Arthur dove into the water to give chase but was dismayed to find the stealth technology that was added made the sub impossible to find while in motion.  He came out of the water to find Orm carefully looking over Y/N, Mera off to the side watching a little awestruck at Orm, royal dick of the sea, being so caring and gentle with someone.

              "I think she's ok Orm," Mera said finally.  Orm looked at her and then back at Y/N who nodded in agreement.  He turned to Arthur.

              "Did you find the traitor in Atlantis?" he asked.  Arthur shook his head.

              "I don't know yet, Vulko and Velka should be here soon to tell us if they have found him," he said and as if on cue Vulko and Velka emerged onto the beach, walking towards them.  Janet came running from the house and hugged her husband tight.

              "Are you all alright?" Vulko asked and the group nodded.

              "Were you able to find who sold us out?" Arthur asked and the vizier shook his head.  "Dammit, we will have to question all the guards, anyone who has been on patrols recently outside of the city."  Vulko nodded and headed back to Atlantis to begin the search.  Velka looked to them.

              "Please, it's been a long morning, stay for the day and maybe overnight, you saved our lives and our daughter's the least we can do is offer you some food and rest," he said.  "We have lots of room, you could even ride the horses if you want."  Mera and Orm both looked curious about that so Arthur nodded.

              "Thank you, we would be glad to stay," he said.

              "And maybe we could all actually get introduced to your new friends Y/N?" Janet asked, making Y/N laugh.

              "Mom, dad, this is Arthur, king of Atlantis, or Aquaman whatever, Mera, his queenish? And this is his brother Orm," she said, smiling at Orm.  Her parents exchanged a look.  "Arthur and Orm are Atlanna's sons."

              "I'm the good one, half human," Arthur said, shaking their hands while Orm looked annoyed.  "He's the bad one, daddy issues."  Orm glared more.

              "Shut up Arthur," he said.  He then turned to Velka.  "I, I'm sorry that my father banished you, I know it was before I was born but I still want to apologize."  Velka just shrugged with a smile.

              "It's forgiven completely now, I am glad to be on the surface where I have the love of my life and my daughter," he said, putting an arm around Janet and Y/N.  "So anything else you want to tell us about your friends Y/N?"  She blushed, getting the idea.

              "Um, Orm, is, well we're..." she wasn't sure what wording to use since they had only just kissed last night for real the first time.

              "They're dating, probably going to be making googoo eyes at each other all night," Arthur finished, this time making Y/N annoyed.  Orm smiled a little bit, Arthur wasn't completely wrong about that, he couldn't keep his eyes from Y/N most of the time.

              The group followed Y/N's parents up to the house where they were given extra clothes and offered showers in the two bathrooms.  Orm was finishing his shower in the bathroom that adjoined his and Y/N's room, having found he rather enjoyed showers, a towel around his waist when Y/N opened the door.  She froze for a second, just starting.

              "I...uh thought you were already out...of the room I mean..." she said, finally averting her eyes, face redder than he had ever seen.  Orm smirked a little bit, liking the effect he had on her.  She backed out of the room quickly and closed the door, leaning against it to take a deep breath.  God now all she wanted was to get under the towel. Control yourself! She thought, you're in your childhood bedroom and your parents are in the house, the last thing you need to do is jump on Orm.  Save that for later.  She waited until she heard the door to Orm's room close before entering the bathroom again to shower herself.

              Orm heard the water start and considered peeking but decided that would be an invasion of privacy and also, he would rather Y/N willingly show him her body, not seek a peek like he was a teenager again.  He instead got dressed and left the room to go outside where Arthur and Mera already were, watching what had to be horses in a ring behind the house. He frowned.

              "How do you ride these things?" he asked Arthur, assuming he knew. Arthur shrugged.

              "Beats me, I never rode a horse in my life," he said.  Janet and Velka walked over and showed them how to ride and as they practiced Y/N came out and sat on the fence, watching Orm ride around, looking natural at it.  Janet walked over and leaned on the fence.

              "So, he's Atlantian?" she asked. Y/N nodded.  "Is he good to you?"

              "Yes, so far," she answered.  "I think I'm in love with him."  Janet smiled and nodded.

              "I think he's in love with you too.  Come on, help me with dinner," she said and Y/N hopped down to do as asked.  The women enjoyed making dinner and once everyone was back inside they called them to the table to eat.

              "So Arthur, I heard a rather hilarious story about you and a little mermaid doll," Orm said, making Y/N laugh and Arthur groan.  "Is Mera a stand in for Ariel?"  Arthur groaned again.

              "I asked him the same thing when he showed me that movie!" Mera said, laughing.  Y/N laughed and shook her head.

              "I liked her because she could swim like me...the only male mermaid they showed in the movie was an old white dude who was a jackass," Arthur muttered as he ate.  "This is really good."  He was trying to change the subject.

              "Thank you Arthur, Y/N and I have been making dinners like this for years, she's very talented at cooking," Janet said.  "Anytime she would bring over a boyfriend she would demand we make lasagna, it's her specialty."  Y/N blushed as Orm looked at her confused.

              "What's a boyfriend?" he asked.

              "You are little bro," Arthur interjected.  Orm glared at him.  "O sorry, forgot you prefer baby bro."  Orm clenched his fist on his silverware but let it go.

              "Is that what I am?" Orm asked Y/N. She nodded.

              "Ya I mean, if you want to be," she said, blushing as everyone else tried to avert their eyes from them.  Orm smiled and nodded, going back to eating.

              "I expect lasagna then," he said, making the table laugh.  Y/N rolled her eyes.

              "Tomorrow, I will make lasagna," she said.

              After dinner was finished Mera helped Velka clear the dishes while Arthur went with Janet to look at the Atlantian weapon she had used during the fight, leaving Orm and Y/N alone.  She took his hand and led him out onto the back porch.

              "So I guess I'm not your first boyfriend?" he asked.  She cocked an eyebrow.  "What?  I've only ever been betrothed to Mera so I haven't had any...girlfriends?"  She nodded to let him know he had used the correct word.

              "You are not my first boyfriend and before you ask I am not a virgin either," she said.  Orm frowned but then realized what she must have meant by that and he nodded.  "What about you? You and Mera ever...?"  He shook his head.  "You and anyone else...?"  He nodded.  "Naughty boy," she teased.

              "Well once I realized that nothing was ever going to happen between Mera until it absolutely had to happen I...I was a king, I had no shortage of people wanting to be with me," he said.  She nodded.  "If you're curious I haven't been with anyone since before Arthur even came around, I was too focused on destroying the surface world."

              "Well then, its been awhile for me too, that's why I lost my head a bit this morning," she said, face blushing again at the thought.  "But before you get too excited, I'm going to be doing anything with you here, would be weird."  He nodded.

              "Maybe back at Atlantis," he said, looking to her.  She made a face deep in thought.

              "How would that even work?" she asked.  He smirked, a smirk that was full of lust, not snark like it usually was.

              "O I will gladly show you," he said, turning to her and before she could move he was kissing her again.  This time though, the kiss was not innocent and loving but sinful and full of lust.  He gripped her close to his body and she held the back of his neck in her hands as he pressed her against the house, luring her tongue from her mouth and tasting her for the first time.  He didn't want to stop but knew he had to or he wouldn't be able to stop at all.  He pulled back, breathing deeply.  "In Atlantis..."