Event: Scavenger Hunt

Clue: I want you to write an AU, featuring a mythical, water-based creature

Word Count: 619

Rescued

He was back again. The human. The man who had captured his heart over the last few years. The brunette man was utterly gorgeous and probably taken, but that didn't stop Sirius from coming back every day if was there.

The man was everything a person should be: kind, generous and very easy on the eye. It was just a shame the man didn't seem to know how attractive he was. No matter how hot the day was, he never seemed to remove his shirt and show off the chiselled body Sirius was sure was hidden beneath. Sirius' tail stiffened at the thought of the man's half naked body. It would certainly be a sight to behold.

Sirius observed as the man placed his towel on the beach and lay upon it. Wanting to be closer, he flipped his stiff tail and dipped under the water to swim nearer to the shore, and the man who inhabited it.

As he swam closer, a huge wave swept him up and thrust him forwards and onto the land where he hit his head on a rock.

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Sirius felt something wet dabbing his forehead, and a warm hand run through his hair. He had no idea where he was and didn't want to open his eyes to find out because he was enjoying this unknown person's touch too much to alert them to his waking. Instead, he wiggled his fingers slightly and felt grains of sand run through them, and he concluded that the only place he could be now was on the beach… the same beach his handsome stranger had been inhabiting.

Wait… he was on the beach… that meant he was exposed and he had broken the cardinal rule amongst mermen.

Sirius eyes snapped open and he sat up quickly, startling the man who was knelt by his side. His gaze went straight to his tail, but in its place he saw two legs.

How could that be possible? Legend had it that if a merman was out of water for too long their tail would dry out and begin to disintegrate… nowhere did it mention the tail being replaced by legs… and hairy legs at that.

"Sir, are you okay?" a silky smooth voice asked.

Sirius tore his gaze from his new legs to the person who had spoken, and saw the gorgeous man who he had been watching from afar for years. His mouth went dry and his heart started to pound.

"I—erm—I'm fine," Sirius said. "My head hurts a bit but otherwise I'm fine."

"Well you did hit your head pretty hard," the man answered, smiling broadly at him. "I was beginning to get worried."

"How long was I out?" Sirius asked.

"About an hour," the man replied, brushing a strand of hair out of his face. "Oh, I'm sorry, where are my manners, my name is Remus Lupin."

"Sirius Black."

"A sexy name for a sexy man," Remus said, quickly covering his mouth with his hands. "I'm so sorry. That was highly inappropriate hitting on you like that. I don't even know if you're into men and if you're not then all I've succeeded in doing is making you extremely uncomfortable."

"Remus, relax," Sirius said, placing his hands on his shoulders. "I'm not uncomfortable. In fact, I'm into men, and I think you're sexy too."

"Really."

"Really," Sirius said, winking as he leant forward to place a kiss on Remus' lips. "Even better than I imagined."

"I agree," Remus whispered, leaning forward and kissing Sirius deeply.

In that moment, Sirius felt complete and knew that he would never return to sea again if it meant that he could kiss Remus like this every day.