Hydrangea & Iris.
They don’t notice the hidden beauty of lance
A sailor!lance and mer!keith au but listen,,,,,, lance loves sharks
The setting is the mid-1800s, probably New England. I’m still working out the details :>
Basically Lance loves to sail and works on a trading vessel called the Lionheart. Keith is a loner, swimming up close to ships and docks to observe people milling about. One time he gets a little too close, a little too observant of one particular human and is accidentally seen….
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