Tintin was lying pensively on the captain´s bed. He had to take the most important decision of his life.

Not only for Haddock, the merman was worried about his sons and daughters as well, because if he chooses to turn into a human he´ll never be able to understand his children.

Denying his merman´s nature was the same that deny his home and his family. He could feed the mermaid babies thought, but as a human his milk would not have the right nutrients that his babies needed.

Lost in his own thoughts he didn´t hear the door opening and revealing the presence of the blonde cook.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?"- Michael asked abruptly.

The nymph felt uncovered his head and growled showing his teeth to the other man.

"What in name of God are you?" – Michael asked scared by the pointy teeth.

Tintin growled louder, shrinking of fear in the blanket. He was more suspicious than the human. Michael didn´t have a good aura and the siren could clearly see it.

"What are you doing in the captain´s room? Speak now creature!"

Suddenly the creature started to cry just like a little puppy, shrinking even more.

"Shut up! I did not even touch you!"

That only made the creature cries even louder, desperate by the other man´s presence.

Michael struggled to not do what he was about to do, but the creature´s crying was getting too annoying. Soon his palm hits the face of the ginger hard.

"I said shut up! I don´t know what are you doing here siren, but stay away from my captain!"

Now the creature had enough. Mumbling some words in his own language, Tintin stared deeply into the other man´s eyes.

Michael felt his throat burning hard and when he tried to speak, there was no voice anymore.

Smiling vindictive, Tintin rose up from the bed and guided the mute sailor to the door. He was sure that Michael would never bother him again.

After almost 5 hours later, Haddock finally came back to the room, where Tintin was waiting him with an outright smile.

"Hey little one"

"Captain!"- The creature literally jumped on Haddock´s lap, spreading soft kisses on his face.

"Someone missed me, huh?"- The captain joked, picking Tintin´s nose softly.

"I have… Oh captain I missed you so much…"

"Haha… You´re so loving my boy…" – Haddock tried to hide it, but it was impossible to not see the pain in his eyes. His back was killing him.

"Oh no… You have pain"

"Nah, don´t worry little one. My pain is nothing to worry about"

"Let me take care of you Archie…"

"There´s no need to… Oh…"- Haddock moaned in relief.

"You need to relax… You´re so tense, captain..." Tintin whispered softly, massaging his lower back."

Still smiling, the creature pushed the captain down onto the bed, and pulled off his shirt. Watching as he lowered his hand to his crotch, rubbing his hard on through his pants.

"Mon dieu… That´s great…"

"I know… Let me help you captain…"

"Undress for me, Archie..." He said in a low voice and immediately the captain stopped rubbing himself, removing his pants, never breaking eye contact with the boy.

The captain was very quick to change the position, seating still on the bed.

"You are so beautiful, my boy..." He smiled warmly at Tintin, pressing his lips against the boy´s, finally tasting him.

Sometimes gently biting down on the ginger´s bottom lip. Soon his mouth was passing by the nymph´s neck, elbows and finally the nipples, taking it into his mouth, sucking and biting it passionately.

"Wait… Wait a second captain"- Tintin asked, ceasing the caresses.

"Did I hurt you?"

"No… I just wanted to say something before we move on…"

"Sure. Say it"

"I´ve made my decision"

Haddock swallowed dry, feeling every muscle of his body becoming rigid. He never felt so nervous before.

"And you decided to…?"

"Stay. I will stay"

"You- You decided to stay? Mon dieu!"- The captain felt his heart beating faster than ever.

"We´ll live together and from now on, I´m a human being"

"But everything is happening so fast, my boy. You made up your mind this noon?"

"I did… However, I would say that the sea gained another son…"

"What do you mean?"

"The cook"

"What have you done Tintin? Did you kill him?"-The captain asked in horror.

"No, no Archie. I would never kill anyone… I only passed my merman´s nature to Michael"

"You what? You transformed my cook into a merman?"

"I did and now he´s a son of the sea"

"Mon dieu Tintin… But our kids…"

"They´re safe, captain. They´re here. Since I denied my merman's nature, our children turned into humans too"

"Mon dieu! Our kids are here? But where are they?"

"Sleeping safely inside your bathtub"

"How 20 kids fitted my bathtub?"

"You´ll see them soon captain, but for now let our babies sleep while we have a little "adults" conversation…"

Haddock sighed happy, pulling the boy for a tight hug. Now he was even more grateful to the sea, for it have brought him the most beautiful creature that he ever seen and gifted him with 20 babies.

It was a miracle. What more the captain could ask for? There was nothing better than love and be loved in return.

Tintin was thinking about his future, after their amazing love making session.

He thought of the strong arms of his captain; so comforting. He knew that each night they would lay flung across his chest, protecting him from the world as he sleeps. There would be no place that he could feel safer.

With the head on his chest, the world would be wonderful. Haddock would hold him tightly with those protecting arms when the other cry, rocking him back and forth, and whispering sweet nothings in his ear.

That was everything that Tintin could ask for and everything that the captain would give.

The End


By Vicky

Oh! This is the end ;.; I hope you guys liked my story !Thank you very much guys, you´re awesome!*3*

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