Mersong – Aww, poor bby echo. Who did that to him? (I’m assuming humans but you never know). Fives is probably super protective over him!

Looking to the other with a disturbed gaze, Obi-Wan couldn’t help but swish his tail nervously. “You mean to tell me the humans surface thing did that to him?” He questioned, utterly disturbed.

He had seen what the humans nets and the lines hanging down could do if accidentally caught in them but to think poor Echo had been caught by the odd ship things?

Anakin grimaced but nodded, glancing at Obi-Wan and puffing a bit up in pride unconsciously.

If they weren’t speaking about something so seriously, Obi-Wan might preen, having his mate to be like the seaweed bed he was currently weaving together for their mating for their little mating den was nice.

But as it was, they were talking about serious things and he swallowed thickly to himself. “Echo got too curious, he and Fives,” Anakin murmured quietly, filling the kelp bags he had made with the shells he had been collecting for them. Still alive, as it was foolish to eat a dead clam but gathered into the little cave Anakin would be blocking off come a day or two. “But Echo got too close, got caught in the water streams it left behind and it pulled him up and he couldn’t swim out of it so he got pulled up against the wood and the weird things that stick into the water…” Anakin grimaced heavily, not able to finish the words.

They had thought they’d loose Echo those days.

Echo had bleed so heavily, he had been so ghostly pale and his tail had been twisted so badly that Jango had outright stated that Echo’s bones might have been ruined inside of him.

Fives hadn’t left the others side since then, sticking to his side and Anakin couldn’t blame him.

Fives and Echo had a mating bond more than a friend or family bond and even now, Anakin would be in stitches himself if Obi-Wan…

No, best not to think about that.

Shaking his head, Obi-Wan settled back against the cave wall, long tendrils of seaweed floating up as he wasn’t actively working.

Since they were in a cave though, they didn’t move, the water currents not currently directing inside it, so Obi-Wan could sit for a few moments and just consider it. “…I hate humans.” He finally settled on, shaking his head.

Obi-Wan let out a small grunt of agreement before swimming over, pecking Obi-Wan on the lips. “Same. All they do is harm us,” He whispered, stroking Obi-Wan’s face with gentle hands, smiling when the other pressed into his touch. “But they aren’t here. Only me and you are.” He stated tenderly.

That got him a soft hum of joy, Obi-Wan nuzzling softly at his hands before outright letting go of the temporary bed he was making for their comfort. Reaching up, he pulled Anakin down and kissed his mate on the lips, rubbing his thumbs tenderly over the others cheeks.

It was meant to be a brief kiss.

Anakin didn’t let it be, pressing his mate into the rock as he slid his arms around the plush cold water mer, rubbing gently at the soft belly and sides with a soft hum against the others mouth, closing his eyes as he enjoyed it.

Jango had once stated, when Anakin asked, that he too once had the blubber but coming out to the tropics meant that he hadn’t needed it.

The water here were much warmer after all, so Obi-Wan, with his body acclimating to his new environment, would eventually loose the delightful soft blubber that Anakin honestly adored. He kind of wanted to bite it, just to see how it feel.

But one, that was kind of rude and two, Anakin just knew that Obi-Wan would take revenge.

It might be worth it though.

But at that moment though, kissing the other mer was more alluring to Anakin as he continued running his hands over the others skin and scales, delighting in the reciprocation from his omega, his Obi-Wan.

‘Maybe if I feed him enough, he can remain nice and plush.’ Anakin’s fins quivered happily at the absent thought as he nipped gently at Obi-Wan’s bottom lip, pulling back to smile at the tussled and now pouty looking Obi-Wan from the kiss swollen lips.

In No Pearls, Obi-Wan teaches Anakin about being a mer. Anakin asks Obi-Wan if he was a born mer and why all the mers look different. (So I’m trying to get detailed descriptions of my preferred couple along with water cuddles. I’m not ashamed to admit it.)

Swirling around Anakin, Obi-Wan beamed as he took in the blue and
silver scaled mer with awe. “You’re just so pretty Anakin. Look
at those delicate fins of yours. And the way the sun catches your
scales!” He laughed happily.

Snorting, Anakin wafted his tail at the other before peering at his
fins too.

“I look like a guppy, and I got fins along my arms?” He flickered
and rolled a bit like Obi-Wan was doing, wondering how it was not
making him dizzy to be upside down.

“Well, your fins are like mine, they’re paper thin.” Obi-Wan
happily ran his hand gently along the fins that flared along his
sides. “You’re beautiful.” He beamed.

Snorting a bit, Anakin peered at the other with new eyes, catching
the green and silver scales of the other before running his hand down
the small of the others back and then down the middle line of fins
Obi-Wan had there in a sheer green compared to the sheer blue ones
Anakin had along his sides to his tail. “So are these, are
they…useful?”

“Mostly they’re decorative.” Obi-Wan nuzzled in, wrapping his
hands around Anakin’s waist.

Slowly Anakin focused on the silver front then the green back before
once again taking note of his own blue sides and silver front and
back.

“We’re rather different. Are all mers different?” He hummed.

Shrugging, Obi-Wan pecked him on the nose. “Depends, they’re just
decorations. Most come in blue, purple, silver and green though. Some
are black. Its for hiding. I haven’t been to the tropical areas to
see those mers there though so those could be different.” He nosed
into Anakin’s neck, pressing a tender kiss to the gills.

“Were you born a mer?” Anakin caught the others braid, teasing
the black and white pearls carefully.

Humming a bit, Obi-Wan nodded as he peered at the other. “I was
born a mer. I hatched from an egg in a cave with the rest of my
clutch.” He grinned then kissed him softly.

“So…are mers magic then? Can anyone become a mer?” Anakin
laughed, chasing after that kiss with his lips. “What do mers even
eat? Can you talk to animals?”

Snorting and tugging Anakin’s curls, Obi-Wan answered. “Mers are
creatures of nature, we embodies a kind of magic I guess but we can’t
consciously utilize it. Thereby the kisses as you remember.” He
pecked Anakin on the lips.

The other grinned at that and tugged on the braid again.

“Not everyone can become a mer, you became a mer because I wanted
you to become one and your heart hadn’t blackened from the abuse of
the world.” Obi-Wan’s face turned softer, resting their foreheads
together. “As for the food and animal question… well we eat fish,
kelp, mussels… whatever we want.” He snapped his teeth lightly at
the other, demonstrating the sharpness. “And no, we don’t talk to
other animals. We may understand them a bit, their intent but not
talk.”

Anakin mused over that before smiling and nuzzling. “And where do
we sleep?”

“I got a cave.” Obi-Wan grinned. “That’s yours too now. Its
our home now.” He smiled softly.

“Our home.” Anakin flickered his fins happily, a subconscious
reaction to a new body not unlike a nervous reaction of twitching a
foot.

In No Pearls, Obi-Wan teaches Anakin about being a mer. Anakin asks Obi-Wan if he was a born mer and why all the mers look different. (So I’m trying to get detailed descriptions of my preferred couple along with water cuddles. I’m not ashamed to admit it.)

Swirling around Anakin, Obi-Wan beamed as he took in the blue and
silver scaled mer with awe. “You’re just so pretty Anakin. Look
at those delicate fins of yours. And the way the sun catches your
scales!” He laughed happily.

Snorting, Anakin wafted his tail at the other before peering at his
fins too.

“I look like a guppy, and I got fins along my arms?” He flickered
and rolled a bit like Obi-Wan was doing, wondering how it was not
making him dizzy to be upside down.

“Well, your fins are like mine, they’re paper thin.” Obi-Wan
happily ran his hand gently along the fins that flared along his
sides. “You’re beautiful.” He beamed.

Snorting a bit, Anakin peered at the other with new eyes, catching
the green and silver scales of the other before running his hand down
the small of the others back and then down the middle line of fins
Obi-Wan had there in a sheer green compared to the sheer blue ones
Anakin had along his sides to his tail. “So are these, are
they…useful?”

“Mostly they’re decorative.” Obi-Wan nuzzled in, wrapping his
hands around Anakin’s waist.

Slowly Anakin focused on the silver front then the green back before
once again taking note of his own blue sides and silver front and
back.

“We’re rather different. Are all mers different?” He hummed.

Shrugging, Obi-Wan pecked him on the nose. “Depends, they’re just
decorations. Most come in blue, purple, silver and green though. Some
are black. Its for hiding. I haven’t been to the tropical areas to
see those mers there though so those could be different.” He nosed
into Anakin’s neck, pressing a tender kiss to the gills.

“Were you born a mer?” Anakin caught the others braid, teasing
the black and white pearls carefully.

Humming a bit, Obi-Wan nodded as he peered at the other. “I was
born a mer. I hatched from an egg in a cave with the rest of my
clutch.” He grinned then kissed him softly.

“So…are mers magic then? Can anyone become a mer?” Anakin
laughed, chasing after that kiss with his lips. “What do mers even
eat? Can you talk to animals?”

Snorting and tugging Anakin’s curls, Obi-Wan answered. “Mers are
creatures of nature, we embodies a kind of magic I guess but we can’t
consciously utilize it. Thereby the kisses as you remember.” He
pecked Anakin on the lips.

The other grinned at that and tugged on the braid again.

“Not everyone can become a mer, you became a mer because I wanted
you to become one and your heart hadn’t blackened from the abuse of
the world.” Obi-Wan’s face turned softer, resting their foreheads
together. “As for the food and animal question… well we eat fish,
kelp, mussels… whatever we want.” He snapped his teeth lightly at
the other, demonstrating the sharpness. “And no, we don’t talk to
other animals. We may understand them a bit, their intent but not
talk.”

Anakin mused over that before smiling and nuzzling. “And where do
we sleep?”

“I got a cave.” Obi-Wan grinned. “That’s yours too now. Its
our home now.” He smiled softly.

“Our home.” Anakin flickered his fins happily, a subconscious
reaction to a new body not unlike a nervous reaction of twitching a
foot.

In No Pearls, Shmi dies and Anakin runs to his mer love. “I don’t know what’ll do Obi-Wan. I’m scared. The men in village keep telling me it was time to cut the apron strings and act like a man”

“I just don’t know what to do Obi-Wan.” Anakin sniffed a bit,
rubbing his face slowly as he sat on the little islet with the wind
blowing his boat with the currents of the ocean.

The mer watched him quietly, watched the blond crying salty tears
with a sad expression. “I…I’m sorry Anakin. I told you, nothing
can change death. Death is… permanent, even for magic.” He
reached out and rubbed the others knees slowly, tail flickering up
the sand from the shallow he was in.

“I know, you told me.” The human laughed faintly then sighed,
reaching out and petting Obi-Wan’s cold cheek. “The sailors…”
He swallowed then dipped his feet into the cold water, settling them
so Obi-Wan could be between his knees to look up at him.

“Yes Ani? The sailors?” The redhead encouraged gently, rubbing a
warm calf carefully.

Sighing, Anakin stroked the pearls in Obi-Wan’s hair. “…They
said it was time to cut the apron strings. Time to become a man. I
just… I’m so confused Obi-Wan.” He swallowed.

Staring up at him, Obi-Wan hesitated and glanced towards the skyline
where darkness was appearing before looking up at Anakin again and
pushing away from him.

Blinking, Anakin watched his mer, a frown growing on his face.
“Obi-Wan?”

Slowly, Obi-Wan held his hands out towards the human, face serious
and nervous as he had moved out to the dept of the ocean where shore
no longer was.

The two stared at each other before Anakin slowly stepped of the
islet and into the sand, wading out towards the mer.

He hesitated before grasping Obi-Wan’s hands, standing with water
to his chest.

“…If you follow further Anakin…then this is it, you can never
go back.” Obi-Wan rubbed his cold thumbs against the warm human
hands, staring at him. “It will be you and me… and everything on
shore left behind.” He whispered, barely heard over the lapping of
waves against the islet and the wind.

Staring back, Anakin nodded and pushed himself out, clinging to the
others hand. “I know. Its okay. There’s nothing left for me on
shore.” He whispered out through chattering teeth, shaking in cold.

Leaning in and kissing the human on the neck, Obi-Wan tightened his
hold on the others hands and then dived, pulling the blond down
further and further.

Water muffled Anakin’s shocked cry, bubbles escaping him as pain
itched through his body the further Obi-Wan dragged him towards the
dark of the ocean, even blacker then the night as Anakin clenched his
eyes shut.

Spirits it felt like he was being squeezed by a giant hand, his lungs
burned, his body burned and then…

It went away.

Anakin cautiously opened his eyes, blinking several times as he
looked around what was the middle of the ocean with fish and seals
swimming around before he focused back on Obi-Wan who was still
holding his hands tightly and staring at him in awe with his hair and
braid floating around his head like a red halo.

“You’re so pretty…” He laughed, voice almost breathy sounding
as he reached out and stroked Anakin’s cheek and curls in the hair.

It felt so odd.

But…warmer then before.

Glancing down, Anakin stared at the silver blue speckled tail, the
fins covering the back and bottom and…wait he had fins on his arms
too?

He stared at them then grinned at Obi-Wan, dragging him into his arms
as if he was light and airy before kissing him deeply, trapping the
other mer in his arms as tightly as he could. “I’m a mer!” He
laughed breathlessly before smiling more softly. “I’m a mer…”

“You’re my mer now.” Obi-Wan agreed, settling their foreheads
together with a quiet laugh, nuzzling their noses together.

“Your mer.” Anakin agreed quietly.

In No Pearls, Shmi dies and Anakin runs to his mer love. “I don’t know what’ll do Obi-Wan. I’m scared. The men in village keep telling me it was time to cut the apron strings and act like a man”

“I just don’t know what to do Obi-Wan.” Anakin sniffed a bit,
rubbing his face slowly as he sat on the little islet with the wind
blowing his boat with the currents of the ocean.

The mer watched him quietly, watched the blond crying salty tears
with a sad expression. “I…I’m sorry Anakin. I told you, nothing
can change death. Death is… permanent, even for magic.” He
reached out and rubbed the others knees slowly, tail flickering up
the sand from the shallow he was in.

“I know, you told me.” The human laughed faintly then sighed,
reaching out and petting Obi-Wan’s cold cheek. “The sailors…”
He swallowed then dipped his feet into the cold water, settling them
so Obi-Wan could be between his knees to look up at him.

“Yes Ani? The sailors?” The redhead encouraged gently, rubbing a
warm calf carefully.

Sighing, Anakin stroked the pearls in Obi-Wan’s hair. “…They
said it was time to cut the apron strings. Time to become a man. I
just… I’m so confused Obi-Wan.” He swallowed.

Staring up at him, Obi-Wan hesitated and glanced towards the skyline
where darkness was appearing before looking up at Anakin again and
pushing away from him.

Blinking, Anakin watched his mer, a frown growing on his face.
“Obi-Wan?”

Slowly, Obi-Wan held his hands out towards the human, face serious
and nervous as he had moved out to the dept of the ocean where shore
no longer was.

The two stared at each other before Anakin slowly stepped of the
islet and into the sand, wading out towards the mer.

He hesitated before grasping Obi-Wan’s hands, standing with water
to his chest.

“…If you follow further Anakin…then this is it, you can never
go back.” Obi-Wan rubbed his cold thumbs against the warm human
hands, staring at him. “It will be you and me… and everything on
shore left behind.” He whispered, barely heard over the lapping of
waves against the islet and the wind.

Staring back, Anakin nodded and pushed himself out, clinging to the
others hand. “I know. Its okay. There’s nothing left for me on
shore.” He whispered out through chattering teeth, shaking in cold.

Leaning in and kissing the human on the neck, Obi-Wan tightened his
hold on the others hands and then dived, pulling the blond down
further and further.

Water muffled Anakin’s shocked cry, bubbles escaping him as pain
itched through his body the further Obi-Wan dragged him towards the
dark of the ocean, even blacker then the night as Anakin clenched his
eyes shut.

Spirits it felt like he was being squeezed by a giant hand, his lungs
burned, his body burned and then…

It went away.

Anakin cautiously opened his eyes, blinking several times as he
looked around what was the middle of the ocean with fish and seals
swimming around before he focused back on Obi-Wan who was still
holding his hands tightly and staring at him in awe with his hair and
braid floating around his head like a red halo.

“You’re so pretty…” He laughed, voice almost breathy sounding
as he reached out and stroked Anakin’s cheek and curls in the hair.

It felt so odd.

But…warmer then before.

Glancing down, Anakin stared at the silver blue speckled tail, the
fins covering the back and bottom and…wait he had fins on his arms
too?

He stared at them then grinned at Obi-Wan, dragging him into his arms
as if he was light and airy before kissing him deeply, trapping the
other mer in his arms as tightly as he could. “I’m a mer!” He
laughed breathlessly before smiling more softly. “I’m a mer…”

“You’re my mer now.” Obi-Wan agreed, settling their foreheads
together with a quiet laugh, nuzzling their noses together.

“Your mer.” Anakin agreed quietly.

What if in an AU verse of Black Pearl Obi-Wan had met Anakin before greed poisoned his heart?

“So you’re a fisher?” Obi-Wan tilted his head, smiling at the
blond.

Anakin nodded, smiling as he watched the mer as much as the mer was
watching him. “Yeah, my mother got me this job with some of the
sailors she knew. It allowed me to earn enough to get her a doctor
when she got…well when she got attacked by some thugs.” He
swallowed.

His mother had come so close to dying those first days.

“I see. Hmm, you’re kind of interesting you know. I know another
sailor that I speak to that also is a fisher… and also found me the
same way you did though he almost pulled me up in his boat.”
Obi-Wan hummed.

“Oh? Someone I know perhaps?” Anakin noted how the mer teased the
white pearl in his braid, marveling at the idea of someone strong
enough to almost pull the mer into their boat because getting Obi-Wan
to the surface had NOT been easy.

Flickering his tail, Obi-Wan lidded his eyes bit. “I don’t know.
Why haven’t you thrown your net yet?” He questioned.

Laughing, Anakin settled the net on his lap. “Because I can’t
fish and talk to you and as long as I got food on the table, I don’t
mind spending a day talking to an attractive mer. I mean think of the
stories You could have!” He beamed.

Blinking a bit, Obi-Wan stared at the man before smiling in return.
“Is that all you want, stories? I know a lot of stories. I know how
the ocean makes foam, I know how the ocean turns feral, I’ve seen
humans ride their boats across oceans for war and I’ve seen mers
join them at times.” He hummed.

The blonds eyes sparkled at that, excitement shining in them. “Please
tell me?”

And so Obi-Wan spends the better part of the next hour, telling
stories to the human.

This was the start of several meetings, Anakin seeking Obi-Wan out
every week twice or thrice, sometimes just fishing in the vicinity to
where he saw the mer play and swim, other times taking the time to
speak to him.

Obi-Wan did the same for him as he had done for Qui-Gon a few times,
scared the fishes towards the nets and in return he got the stories
from land from Anakin’s lips, his sight on and the stories he
experienced.

Basking in the sun, he watched the blond with a tired sort of grace
before he arched his tail and sighed happily.

“One of the sailors said that mers can grant wishes in the tavern
last night, is that true Obi-Wan?”

Anakin’s curious voice seemed to carry and Obi-Wan felt a stillness
enter his heart.

Half fear, half anticipation.

He rather liked Anakin, the blond was funny, full of stories and had
a nice smile with the sun caught in the messy golden mop he called
his hair. He didn’t want to drag him down and drown him. “Yes.”
He hummed, watching Anakin closely.

Humming in return, Anakin settled his net aside. “And you kiss
someone to gain a wish?”

Nodding, Obi-Wan sat up on his rock, watching the other. “Do you
have a wish?”

He didn’t want to know if Anakin’s pearl would be black or white.

But Anakin gave him a wide grin and nodded and Obi-Wan true to his
nature slipped into the water and swim over to him, pulling himself
up the rim until Anakin could lean down and give him the kiss
required.

The blond wasted no time and Obi-Wan felt his heart beat frantically
in his chest as soft lips pressed to him in a tender caress, the back
of the others fingers stroking the redhead’s cheek tenderly before
he pulled back from what Obi-Wan would call a chaste kiss.

For a second nothing happened, Obi-Wan staring up at Anakin as the
ocean seemed to laugh at him and Anakin beamed at him as if he could
hear the same amusement as no pearl appeared in Obi-Wan’s braid at
all, not black and not white.

No greedy wish or unselfish wish.

Hardly a wish at all.

“…Nothing happened?” Obi-Wan questioned in surprise as the
human reached out for him again.

“…That’s because I only wished for your kiss. And I got that.”
Anakin smiled at him, hand resting on the ocean chilled cheek of the
copper haired mer with a tender touch.

Blinking heavily, Obi-Wan felt a small smile on his face. “What a
strange human you are…”

That got a cheeky grin out of the blond as he leaned closer once
again. “Then I guess I’m in good company?” He laughed warmly as
he knocked their noses together and Obi-Wan agreed with him with a
small laugh that mingled in with the humans.

What if in an AU verse of Black Pearl Obi-Wan had met Anakin before greed poisoned his heart?

“So you’re a fisher?” Obi-Wan tilted his head, smiling at the
blond.

Anakin nodded, smiling as he watched the mer as much as the mer was
watching him. “Yeah, my mother got me this job with some of the
sailors she knew. It allowed me to earn enough to get her a doctor
when she got…well when she got attacked by some thugs.” He
swallowed.

His mother had come so close to dying those first days.

“I see. Hmm, you’re kind of interesting you know. I know another
sailor that I speak to that also is a fisher… and also found me the
same way you did though he almost pulled me up in his boat.”
Obi-Wan hummed.

“Oh? Someone I know perhaps?” Anakin noted how the mer teased the
white pearl in his braid, marveling at the idea of someone strong
enough to almost pull the mer into their boat because getting Obi-Wan
to the surface had NOT been easy.

Flickering his tail, Obi-Wan lidded his eyes bit. “I don’t know.
Why haven’t you thrown your net yet?” He questioned.

Laughing, Anakin settled the net on his lap. “Because I can’t
fish and talk to you and as long as I got food on the table, I don’t
mind spending a day talking to an attractive mer. I mean think of the
stories You could have!” He beamed.

Blinking a bit, Obi-Wan stared at the man before smiling in return.
“Is that all you want, stories? I know a lot of stories. I know how
the ocean makes foam, I know how the ocean turns feral, I’ve seen
humans ride their boats across oceans for war and I’ve seen mers
join them at times.” He hummed.

The blonds eyes sparkled at that, excitement shining in them. “Please
tell me?”

And so Obi-Wan spends the better part of the next hour, telling
stories to the human.

This was the start of several meetings, Anakin seeking Obi-Wan out
every week twice or thrice, sometimes just fishing in the vicinity to
where he saw the mer play and swim, other times taking the time to
speak to him.

Obi-Wan did the same for him as he had done for Qui-Gon a few times,
scared the fishes towards the nets and in return he got the stories
from land from Anakin’s lips, his sight on and the stories he
experienced.

Basking in the sun, he watched the blond with a tired sort of grace
before he arched his tail and sighed happily.

“One of the sailors said that mers can grant wishes in the tavern
last night, is that true Obi-Wan?”

Anakin’s curious voice seemed to carry and Obi-Wan felt a stillness
enter his heart.

Half fear, half anticipation.

He rather liked Anakin, the blond was funny, full of stories and had
a nice smile with the sun caught in the messy golden mop he called
his hair. He didn’t want to drag him down and drown him. “Yes.”
He hummed, watching Anakin closely.

Humming in return, Anakin settled his net aside. “And you kiss
someone to gain a wish?”

Nodding, Obi-Wan sat up on his rock, watching the other. “Do you
have a wish?”

He didn’t want to know if Anakin’s pearl would be black or white.

But Anakin gave him a wide grin and nodded and Obi-Wan true to his
nature slipped into the water and swim over to him, pulling himself
up the rim until Anakin could lean down and give him the kiss
required.

The blond wasted no time and Obi-Wan felt his heart beat frantically
in his chest as soft lips pressed to him in a tender caress, the back
of the others fingers stroking the redhead’s cheek tenderly before
he pulled back from what Obi-Wan would call a chaste kiss.

For a second nothing happened, Obi-Wan staring up at Anakin as the
ocean seemed to laugh at him and Anakin beamed at him as if he could
hear the same amusement as no pearl appeared in Obi-Wan’s braid at
all, not black and not white.

No greedy wish or unselfish wish.

Hardly a wish at all.

“…Nothing happened?” Obi-Wan questioned in surprise as the
human reached out for him again.

“…That’s because I only wished for your kiss. And I got that.”
Anakin smiled at him, hand resting on the ocean chilled cheek of the
copper haired mer with a tender touch.

Blinking heavily, Obi-Wan felt a small smile on his face. “What a
strange human you are…”

That got a cheeky grin out of the blond as he leaned closer once
again. “Then I guess I’m in good company?” He laughed warmly as
he knocked their noses together and Obi-Wan agreed with him with a
small laugh that mingled in with the humans.