Under Da Sea J3T x DM
This was requested by Kloe desnoyer on A03 and I hope she enjoys. This one is once again going to be an AU and you will see why when it gets there.
This is going to start off in late 2007 and I might bring it to 2010 and beyond if the story takes me there
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George p.o.v
We have a day off from recording our debut album Swan Songs, so I decided late last night that I would spend some time down in Venice beach to clear my mind before I have to face Aron and his demands tomorrow morning. He frustrates me so much but there isn't a lot we can do about it. I currently live with Jorel and since we are unsigned whoever records their lines that days gets to eat so we are going through a bit of a rough patch right now. Jorel has managed to get a job which he said would cover our food bill if I could manage to cover the rent and he is out working today so I thought I would go out and get some fresh air and save a little on our electricity bill. I know a little cove where I can escape the bust life and just chill for a few hours while Jorel is working his shift.
There was a little deep pool of water in here which I saw some crabs and fishes swim in sometimes, but I just loved how tucked away from everything it is. Heck, I even bring Paradise Lost here and get stuck into reading before Jorel comes to interrupt me saying I had been here all day and it was time to go home because we had work or something. I just sit on the flat rock and watch as the sunlight hits the rock in the middle of the pool. It looked pretty amazing and if I ever felt bothered I could get a sun tan just by lying there for a few hours. The rock does get really warm though so there is the potential of getting sunburnt. "Loneliness gets you nowhere in life, trust me on that," a voice says, suddenly cutting through the silence.
I turned around quickly and saw a young man in the water who I have never seen before but from the look of his torso he didn't look like he was a human. "I know but I like the peace and tranquillity of this place," I tell him, and he smiles. I took a closer look at this new guy, wondering what he could be if he wasn't human. He has a human torso which was well sculpted with a six-pack. He has no tattoos on his body, but I don't think that he was going to be able to get to the nearest tattoo parlour. The guy has brown hair that was wet because he just came up from the pool but oh my god he had the most adorable brown eyes. "Yeah, it's nice here but I wish I could go back to the city," the guy says, and he seems to be very sad about being here.
"Why don't you go back to the city then….?" I say but trail off since I have no idea what his name is. "The name's Danny. I can't go back because of this," he says and then hops onto the warm rock to reveal the most magnificent merman? Tail that I have ever seen, and I have only seen them in the books. It was a golden colour and shined in the sunlight. My jaw couldn't help but drop. "Wow, you really a beautiful," I breathed, and I don't think he heard me. "My names George and I gotta admit I do understand why you would be tired of here and want to go back to the city. It does get lonely here," I tell him, and I saw Danny flash me a heart-warming smile. I couldn't get in the water to join him, I didn't have any spare clothes in the car to change into, that will have to change next time.
"Yeah, I guess I could have helped my own loneliness by talking to you sooner, but I kept thinking that you'd never come back," Danny says, and I smile at him, "Yeah fair enough, maybe I could come back once a week to talk to you," I tell him, and I saw that heart-warming smile again with a hint of disbelief in his eyes. "You'd really come back and talk to me? We just met, and you know I am a merman?" Danny says, and I could hear the disbelief. "Yeah, I know it shocked me at first that you are a merman, but I am not a judgemental person. I want to get to know you some more and we could become good friends," I tell him, a little honesty never harmed anyone, and I like coming here so I am not making myself turn this into a chore.
"Thank you, George, you can imagine being like this means it is quite difficult to make new friends easily. I think if I revealed myself to someone who wasn't you then I would have been killed long ago," he says before sliding back into the water to stop himself from drying out. I got closer to the water's edge, so I could be a little closer to my new friend. "Yeah, not everyone is going to see a merman and have a positive reaction like I did," I tell him, and I watched as he attempted to style his hair, but it would only get ruined when we have to part ways anyway. "What do you do apart from visit here occasionally?" he asks me, and I was grateful to have his company. "I am a musician in a band called Hollywood Undead. We are recording our first album currently, but we aren't signed so money is very tight for me and my roommate at the moment. We don't always get to eat," I tell him, and he seemed shocked at our misfortune.
"I'd love to hear your music and if I ever could support you then I would for sure. I wonder what I would have been if I was like you," he says, and I reached out and put a hand on his shoulder as he looked up at me with tears only just starting to appear. "Aw, I know you would support us Dan. I think if you were completely human like me then you could be anything that you want to be, you could even be a musician like me. The sky is the limit with hopes and dreams," I tell him, mainly to make him feel better. I don't know how much about California he knows so I don't know if he knows how hard it is to get a job in the entertainment area. "Thanks George, maybe one day in the distant future I won't be a merman and I will be performing on a stage somewhere," he says, and leaned into my touch when I rubbed his cheek with my finger before wiping a stray tear away.
"Yeah and even if we aren't in a band together I would support you the way you would support me," I tell him, and I wiped all the tears away and he smiled at me. Man, this friendship has happened quickly. I was even finding myself falling in love with this young man in front of me. He was just adorable and perfect. I have never seen someone like him in my life until now. I know this visit will have to end soon but I will spend as much time getting to know him as possible before Jorel texts me to say that he is out of work and he needs me to go and pick him up. I was telling Danny all about the band and the differences in the other five men that I work with. I had to chuckle when I saw Danny's face show disgust when I was talking about Aron. It's good to know that we aren't the only ones who don't like him.
He even asked why we hadn't kicked Aron out yet, but I told him we would have to wait until we were off the ground and had a suitable replacement for him before we could get rid of him. Even then he would have to do something that would make him worthy of the boot and so far, all he was doing was being a massive pain in the ass when things weren't going his way and getting pissy when another record label rejects us for our lyrical content because they want to censor a lot of it out before they feel comfortable releasing it. We are doing quite well on myspace at the moment, but we aren't really making any money from that, we are just generating a fan base on which we can build our success upon.
I must have been talking to Danny for three hours before I got the text from Jorel to say that his shift is over, and he got enough tips today that we could both eat dinner tonight. Danny smiled when he saw my eyes light up at the news. "Good news then?" he asks, and I smile at him. Oh, how I wish he could come back with me, but I don't think it would be possible. "Yeah, my roommate Jorel just finished work for the day, and he said he has enough money to buy us both dinner tonight," I tell him, and I saw the smile stay on his face. "That's good, maybe your luck might finally be about to change," he says, and I was very tempted to believe him, but I told him that I'd see. Then I said goodbye to him, promising the younger male that I would come and visit him again, but he had no way of knowing when a week or a few days had passed so he would just have to trust me and my word.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6 months later - 2008~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It has been six months since I met my special merman and I fell head over heels for him pretty quickly. We finally got signed so he was right that day he said out luck was about to change. I have been visiting him on almost a daily basis for the last six months and he fell for me and in return I asked him out and he agreed. I always wore my swimming trunks under my outfit on the days I would go and see him, so I could swim with him and be that little bit closer to him than I was on my first visit. Now I have to break the news to him that I am going on a short tour which will only last two months, but it will be two months I will have no contact with him and I don't want him to think I have just disappeared off the face of the earth. He isn't going to be happy about it, but I have no choice. It is our big break and we need the money.
I sat down on my little rock and watched as a few seconds letter my little love appeared, but he could tell I was not happy with the news I had to tell him. "Hey George, what's wrong?" he asks me, and I strip to my swim shorts and hop in some I could hold him when the tears start to flow. "I have to go on tour the day after tomorrow and we are going to be gone for two months travelling around America," I tell him, and I don't think he quite understood what this meant. "Oh, well that's good. I thought you were going to break up with me," he says, and I pulled him close to me in a tight hug. "I would never do that to you little love. I am saying that I am leaving for tour because for those two months I am not going to be able to contact you," I tell him, and then I think he realised what it meant, and I felt some tears on my shoulder where Danny's head was resting.
He wasn't as upset as I was expecting, but then again, he wasn't exactly jumping for joy either. "I am going to miss you," he tells me, his voice showing how sad he was. He enjoys me coming over and showing him the love he needs. "I know little love and I am going to miss you too. I am not going to stop thinking about you any day for those two months and I will be counting the days 'till I will be back with you," I tell him, and I kiss the top of his head and smile as his eyes close and I see the faintest of smiles appear. "This is why I hate being a merman, I hate being alone," he tells me, and I felt a little piece of my heart break. "I know, but I promise you now that when I come back I will be coming straight for you. I won't even go back home first," I tell him, and he wraps his arms around me tightly. It was going to be difficult to say goodbye this time.
"I should be happy for you, but I am not," he says, and I chuckle. He is just like a little human. "You will be soon enough little love. It is because you don't get to see me for those two months that you're sad. Usually our partners will get to come with us for some dates of the tour, but our relationship isn't like anyone else's," I tell him, and then I get a chuckle out of him. It made me feel a tiny bit better about leaving him. I still feel pretty awful about it, but the eight weeks that I will be away will fly by and I will be back with Danny in no time. "I know, maybe in another lifetime our relationship will be like anyone else's," Danny says, and I hug my little merman. I am still going to miss my little love when we leave the day after tomorrow.
I walked back to the apartment feeling a bit depressed because I didn't want to leave Danny who cried again when I had to leave today, I felt so bad having to walk away while he was crying. "I take it your boyfriend didn't take it too well?" Jorel asks me and I felt my own tears build up. "He cried so much over it Jorel. He didn't understand at first that I wasn't going to see him for a little while but when he did," I tell him, and Jorel pulls me into a tight hug. I broke down in his arms and it felt weird. I have dated plenty of people before and never reacted like this when I had to go on tour or out of town for any reason. "Don't worry George, he will be able to see you again soon enough," he tells me, and I manage to stop crying after a moment or two. "I know, I'm already counting down the days," I tell him, and he smiles at me and I smiled back.
I decided to finish packing all of my stuff for the tour even though we have all day tomorrow to do it, I just wanted to get it out of the way and see if I can sneak one more visit with Danny in before I truly have to leave, and he won't see me for eight weeks. Jorel was watching me back a few things and I knew he was the kind to do it all last minute. "You going to see him again tomorrow?" Jorel asks me and I pause in my packing to turn around. "Not sure yet, I don't know if I have the time to see him or if I feel like putting him through the upset all over again. He knows I am coming back once tour is over," I tell Jorel, who seems to understand my issue. I didn't want to have to go through little Danny sobbing his heart out because I had to leave.
"Well, it's up to you George. He might enjoy it if you have that one last visit and all you do is snuggle so he has some happy memories to have while you are gone," he tells me, and I smiled at him. Maybe I will go out to see Danny again tomorrow. I want him to feel a little better about me going off to explore America. Maybe I'll bring him something of mine so that he feels a bit better. "I suppose I could give him one of my hats or something, so he doesn't feel as bad about it," I tell Jorel, who nodded. "That's a good idea George, he'd have something which would make him remember that you are coming back for him," he replies, and we looked for something which would be the best to give to Danny that he could remember me by while I am not there.
We eventually settled for one of my snapbacks which had a three on it, so he could remember me that way. I am definitely going to visit him tomorrow, so I can tell him that I love him, and I can give him my snapback. He might feel happier about the whole situation then and I bet he would look good with it on as well. I had to lie to Jorel and say Danny is paralysed at the waist down so that is why he couldn't really leave his house and why he couldn't come on tour with us because he was invited to join us. Maybe if there was a way to cure Danny of the merman life without him dying. It wasn't possible, but I could always dream. I would love to try and have a relationship with Danny where I can take him to meet the guys and boast about how I managed to snag a hottie.
Well, Jorel believes me when I say that Danny is a hottie. I managed to get a few selfies when I am in the little pool with Danny and I tell him that we go to the pool as a sort of hydrotherapy. Little does he know that Danny would die if he was out of the water for too long. I don't think that Jorel is ever going to find out what Danny really is because I somehow get the feeling that he won't react in the same way that I did when I found out I was in the presence of a real life little merman. I keep saying little because somehow, he is shorter than I am, and he fits nicely under my armpit when he hugs me on the rocks. Maybe if he ever was human he would be shorter than me in that scenario too. He probably would be if he was short in his merman form.
The rest of the day I still felt shitty about the conversation and the mess I left Danny in. Jorel suggested that I go tonight and tomorrow afternoon, but I said that I'd just go tomorrow, or I'd leave the poor guy in a worse mess and he would be even more confused than he was when I talked to him today about the tour. He did tell me that he kinda knows when it is the next day by the fact that it goes from day to night and back to day again, but he had no way of keeping track of the days as they all meld into one and he had no idea what the date was or even what year it is, so he likes me to tell him what the date is when I see him. I loved how curious he was about all the different aspects of human life. He even found road rage funny, but I did tell him that if he ever experience it then he wouldn't find it as funny.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2 months later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are finally entering Los Angeles after two torturous months on the road with the band. Jorel and I along with Matthew, Jordon and Dylan could not wait to get off the bus and be as far away from Aron as humanly possible. I had an unsettling feeling in my stomach that something was wrong, and I had no idea what it was. I need to go and see Danny as soon as possible so that I can hold him close to me and shower him in all the love that he has missed. "Don't worry George, Danny is going to be waiting for you when you get back to him," Jorel tells me while the others aren't paying much attention. I was just looking out of the window, praying I could get off this bus soon. "I know but I have this feeling that something isn't right," I tell him, and he sits next to me.
"What do you mean something isn't right?" Jorel asks me and Jordon was trying to hear in, but I didn't mind. "I have no clue, all I know is when I think about Danny all I think is that he is in some sort of trouble," I tell him, and he looked at me with slight panic. "Maybe you should just run to him when the bus stops, I'll deal with your stuff for you," Jorel tells me and I feel a little calmer, but I still had this sense of urgency that I needed to see Danny as soon as I could reach Venice beach. "Yeah, but he lives really close to Venice beach, so I don't know if I can get there in time without having to stop to get a car first," I tell Jorel, who looks from the driver of the bus and back to me a couple of times. "Stay there, I will be back in a minute," he tells me, and he runs off to the driver.
He does come back a few minutes later and he had a smile on his face. "You're being dropped off at the beach in five minutes okay?" Jorel tells me and I have never been more grateful for the Italian in my entire life. "Thank you so much Jorel, I will run to Danny as soon as my feet hit the sidewalk," I tell him, and he smiles at me because he cares about Danny almost as much as I do. "Okay, I will pick you guys up from the beach later if you need me too," he tells me, and I nod. Jordon wasn't really that interested once we were talking about Danny, but I wouldn't have minded if I had to help Jordon catch up on my love life drama so far. I watched as we started making the journey towards the beach and my heart was racing.
"I will text you if I need you to come out and get me Jorel," I tell him, and I remember I got picked up from the beach, so my car might still be there and Jorel was getting dropped off at home and he only just realised that as we got there, and my car was waiting for me. "Alright then, just let me know when you are coming back in case you want me to make you dinner," he tells me, and I hug him as the bus comes to a stop. It is peak sun time at the moment which made all sorts of scenarios go through my head. None of them were good and I was wondering if I was going to get there too late to save him. "Will do Jorel," I tell him, as I run out of the bus door and onto the beach and then watched as the bus left so I could run to my little love.
I ran into the cove which had become like a second home to me and has been Danny's home for as long as he can remember, and I was terrified by what I saw. Danny was lying on the rocks, completely out of the water and for a moment I didn't think he was breathing here. I took my shoes off and my socks and shirt off. I jumped into the water and got to the rocks to where Danny was lying. He was still breathing but only just. His skin was way too warm for my liking and his tail was showing that he was dying and drying out. I managed to lift Danny up and I carried him back into the water so that he was hopefully going to make it. My snapback was lying on the rock not too far from where his head had just been, so he had clearly been missing me a lot which made me feel awful, but I was doing it for our own good.
He was completely unconscious when I found him and even when I lowered most of his body into the cool water he didn't respond, and I thought I was too late. "Come on Danny baby, don't die on me please. I am back like I promised," I tell him, and he was not responding to me still and I thought I was watching him take his last breaths in my arms. Maybe I shouldn't have gone on tour after all, it seems like he really wanted to do this to himself and I have no idea how long he has been lying here but maybe it had been a few hours. I could have gotten here sooner, and I knew it deep down. I was just too blind to see it at the time. I keep Danny close to my chest and I start rocking him in the water in hopes I was helping him survive.
"George?" I hear a very weak voice ask me after I had somehow managed to get Danny rehydrated enough about ten minutes after I had found him. "Yeah, it's me little love, I told you I would come back," I tell him, and I smiled when I saw his brown eyes open and stare into mine even if there wasn't much life left inside them. "I missed you, it got really lonely," he tells me, and I felt so bad for him, but he knows I am here now. "I know, and I missed you too little love. Don't worry though, I am definitely not going anywhere for a long time yet," I tell him, he gave me the weakest of smiles and I knew even though I have saved him it might not be enough, and he might actually die on me after all of this. Then I thought of something which would be a long shot, but it might actually work.
During the whole period of time that we have been dating each other so far, we have never actually kissed each other on the lips. I am praying for some really weird fairy tale ending here, but to me it was actually worth a shot since I am dating a merman. I hold him close and then I press my lips to his in a slow but passionate kiss which he returned as if he had been waiting for this moment for such a long time. Then that was when the weird thing happened. It felt like the whole cove was glowing when in reality it was just Danny and that kiss had done something to him which might have saved his life and our relationship. Instead of feeling his scaly tail on my arm as I held him I started feeling damp cotton like fabric and I watched as my little loves eyes got brighter as he recovered from his near suicide.
Then we both looked at his legs and they were human. Sure, he wasn't going to be able to walk at first, but I was able to take him home with me and he would never have to leave me again. "Oh my god Danny, this is amazing," I tell him, and I chuckled as he started kicking his legs in the water now that he had them "You saved me George," he tells me, and I felt really good about the whole thing. I had saved my loves live and it was amazing. My little love is coming home with me now. "I did?" I ask, not fully understanding what he meant by that apart from the whole he nearly died bit. "Yeah, about four years ago when I was only nineteen I was dared to do something by a weird witch lady and because I refused she said I was doomed to be a merman for the rest of my life unless my true love saved me," he tells me and it all suddenly clicked in my head.
"Well I am glad that I was the one to save you little love," I tell him, and I lifted him out of the water and I was happy now everything was sorted out. Danny had the biggest smile on his face that he was finally able to leave this cove and come back with me. "Oh, by the way Jorel has been dying to meet you since he found out I was seeing you," I tell him as we head to the car. I have told Danny a lot about my roommate and I hope they will get along nicely. Well, they have no choice because I am not losing either of them. I got both of us changed into the spare clothes out of my trunk in the car. The clothes that I had are a bit bigger on Danny because he is shorter, but he was happy to be in the car and wearing human clothes for the first time in a long time.
"I should have some better fitting clothes for you back home. I hope you don't mind sharing a bed with me," I tell him, as he was looking out of the window as I drove him back to my house which would soon become his too. Well, technically speaking it is a two-bedroom apartment, but no one was asking for specifics here. "Do you think Jorel will like me?" Danny asks as I was roughly about five minutes away from the apartment and I had texted Jorel to let him know Danny and I are okay and I kinda said the kiddo could move in with us. "Yeah, he told me he does, and he wouldn't lie to me Danny," I reply, and I saw the heart-melting smile. His best smile in my opinion. Jorel said he was going to make dinner for the three of us and he couldn't wait for the little bear as he is now dubbed to live with us. "Do you think I could listen to your music?" he asks me, and I looked into his eyes when we reached the red lights.
"Of course, you can Danny. I know you have been waiting a while to hear our stuff. Anyway, are you going to have to learn to walk again or do you think you will be okay?" I ask him and watch as he turns on the radio and smiles when he hears "Everywhere I go" play on the radio. "I think I might have to learn again because I had to spend time learning how to use the tail and it is going to take some time to get used to walking again," he tells me, and I knew that I would be there holding his hands as he takes his first steps back into the human life. He was enjoying the song that was playing, and I knew he would like the rest of the songs on the album when he gets to listen to them. Jorel was texting me and looking forward to meeting the little brunette who is sitting next to me. At the next red light, I managed to sneak a selfie with Danny that I could send to Jorel to keep him quiet for at least a minute since we would be home soon enough.
I carried Danny into the house since he started getting tired during the last few minutes of the drive and tomorrow when Jorel goes out to work I was going to help Danny learn to walk again. He will be fine because he seems to be adapting back into human life quite well considering I have only helped him turn back like less than half an hour ago. He was bobbing his head along to the tune while I was driving just a short while ago and I was smiling at the adorableness. I couldn't wait to bring him on the stage with us after I heard him sing along to the chorus of "Pain". He really did have the voice of a thousand angels and I was so glad that I could call him mine and if we ever plan on getting rid of Deuce that the little cutie I was holding could take his place.
Jorel was waiting with the dinner all ready on the table since it was starting to get late. Danny had his eyes closed while I was carrying him and for a moment I thought we were back in the cove and he was dying all over again. Then Jorel nudged him and his eyes fluttered open so I felt a bit better, but I was going to keep an eye on the little one every time he has his eyes closed until I feel more confident about him being okay and not suddenly about to die on me at any moment. "Welcome home buddy," I tell him, and he smiles at me. Jorel thought it was incredibly cute the way that Danny was snuggled into me and he didn't want to move. "Hey Danny, I am Jorel and I guess I am the live in third wheel now," he says and Danny chuckles.
The only thing that Jorel knew about Danny before was I said he had limited movement of his legs, but he was working on that, so he could move about more freely. I wasn't going to explain to him that my boyfriend was a merman until an hour ago. "I guess you're hungry Danny?" Jorel asks, and we both heard Danny's stomach growl. "Yeah, I am," Danny says, and he had a sheepish smile on his face. Aww, my little merman got embarrassed with his stomach growling. I carry him down to his seat which was right next to mine at the dinner table. Jorel was on the opposite side to me and he was happy to have Danny as our roommate now. Danny said he'd help pay the bills when he gets his job soon which was nice of him. We weren't expecting him to say he was going to contribute so soon.
After dinner we went to the living room, with our signing bonus safely in our bank accounts we don't have to worry about the bills for at least a little while. So, we decided to watch some DVDs on the TV with Danny safely snuggled up to me while he sits on my lap. He was so fascinated with his legs that he was happily swinging them while we were watching a boring movie. Jorel and Danny got to know each other more and I was glad that Danny and Jorel seem to be getting along quite nicely right now. Danny was so happy to be in the house and he didn't even seem to be bothered by the clothes he was wearing since it had been a long time since he last wore any clothes. Jorel texted me earlier saying he left all his clothes that no longer fit him and he never wears in my room in boxes so that Danny could have them.
Danny was getting tired around about ten o'clock at night and to be honest, so was Jorel and I since we spend most of the day traveling through a few different time zones. "You can tell us if you want to go to bed and we can go. Don't worry we are tired too so you wouldn't be disturbing us," I tell him, and he smiles at me. He yawns again and snuggles closer to me so that he felt safe in my arms and no one is going to hurt him now I am here. I did take the snapback with us and it is currently on top of Danny's head while he sits in my arms. Danny knocks the snapback off onto the floor and I chuckled when it landed on his foot and he kicked it off. He was so fascinated by his new ability to move his legs now.
Jorel is still none the wiser that Danny ever was something other than human. He just thought that the younger male was very cute with the way that he was acting. We put a different film on and Danny was getting really sleepy at this point. "I love you George," he mumbles, and I smiled at how cute he was. He couldn't even keep his eyes open anymore. "I love you too Danny," I tell him, and I kiss him on the cheek and he reaches up to kiss me back before he actually started to doze off in my arms and Jorel covered us both in a blanket as Danny drifted off to sleep. I felt a bit nervous about letting Danny sleep, but I know that he is safe, and he is just sleeping, it is not like before when he nearly died. "You are feeling better about that feeling you had before?" he asks, referring to our conversation on the bus before we got to Los Angeles.
"Yea, it was kinda over worrying but he was fine not long after I got there," I tell him, and Danny moved a little closer to me in his sleep. I wasn't about to go into more details and Jorel left it at that which was nice of him. I decided at half eleven at night that I was finally going to call it a night and I was going to carry Danny up to our room and change him into his pjs before getting into my own. He slept the entire way through the film and even when I carried him to bed he was just out for the count. I can't wait to see how our relationship is going to develop as time goes by because after everything we have been through I can't see us being apart now ever.
And that is the end of another one shot I really hope you enjoyed this one. It is something different and I hope the lovely person who requested it likes it.
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