Title: Vigil
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Merope, Bob Ogden
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 315
Summary: Mermaid!AU. Merope watches Tom.
Notes:
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Two Week Drabbles Wars - International Woman's Day: Task Prompt - Write your character in an AU situation. : Dialogue: "A weak man can't love a strong woman! He wouldn't know what to do with her."
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Hesper Black - Bronze - Prompts Used - Adrift, Lonesome, Evil, Mess
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Candy from the Trolly - Ice Mice - Challenge - Write a story that is based in winter
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: Candy from the Trolly - Sugar Mice - Prompts - yesterday, most, and further.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: [Writing Club!] The Word Prompt Express - Prompt Used - 69. Bill
200 Characters in 200 Days: 136. Bob Ogden
Merope picked up the bill that floated along the waves. It was a human thing and like always, she was fascinated by it. And she was fascinated by the man that dropped it into the ocean. A human man.
She had seen him for the first time yesterday. He was bundled up due to the winter cold but even completely covered, Merope still found him to be the most beautiful man she ever laid eyes on in her lifetime.
Her fin kept her in place as she hid within the waves, her eyes on him. She heard someone on the ship call him Tom.
Tom. What a beautiful name for a beautiful man. Sometimes, she was sick of being all on her lonesome. Her father and brother wanted nothing to do with her, always calling her evil, and she found herself adrift more than not.
She wanted someone to love, someone that would never leave her, and she couldn't help but think Tom might be that person. It was a mess, though. She was a mermaid and he was a human. How could they be together?
She wanted to further watch him but a merman coming to the surface interrupted her silent vigil.
She looked at the older merman and knew him to be an associate of her father's, although she would never call them friends. "Mr. Bob Ogden. What can I do for you?"
He put a meaty hand on her shoulder. "You're too strong for that human. Compared to you, he's a weakling."
"You don't know that," Merope argued.
"I've seen him before," Bob explained. "A weak man can't love a strong woman! He wouldn't know what to do with her. You can find a better match in the sea."
"I don't want to be matched with someone from the sea. I want Tom. And he will be mine. One way or another."