#gill doesn't have a fucking clue

[skywerse]

the eepening

[emcscared-whumps]

@dang-i-like-whump because you got me onto the collapsed lung bullshit lmfao it's your fault ^-^ also @painful-pooch bc i added some extra tidbits lol

it's just a roughly outlined thing instead of actual writing bUT;

CONTENT and WARNINGS: uh, collapsed lung, drowning but not actually but it looks like it unless you Know Pete's a mer shifter so... oh yeah, and he'll effectively be rendered mute bc speaking is a lung thing

idek lmfao i dance on all the tw topics like a 10 year old doing the nutbush on a funky mat to the entire song

and i can't get enough

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imagine Pete just, minding his own damn business, getting a collapsed lung for x reason (not injury related, he'd literally die lol), and just, eyes going wide, clutching at his chest and throat struggling to breathe properly, hyperventilating at an alarming rate as he drops to his knees, cane clattering to the ground

if anyone tries to help he'll probably shy away and almost end up flat on the ground, and you can very much see the decision happen behind those beautiful scared eyes when he see/finds the Nearby Water

he doesn't wanna but all previous inhibitions go yeet when you can't breathe

frantically, with shaking hands while still hyperventilating, he slips off his scarf and shrugs off his jacket

-- you can see him getting faint--

he clumsily dives in, in fact he half falls in, but it's clearly intentional

he'll be rendered mute because he can't use his lungs anymore, he can't get the air moving, he's reliant solely on his gills; so he can't communicate what's happened

I wonder though, who he's with… no clue, but bonus if they/one doesn't Know and it's all in an unfamiliar place (would be better if they're alone with him so they have no context tbh)

so he's struggling, panicking, and he jumps in the water and then doesn't surface for a solid fucking minute (that, and he's still recovering from the 'holy fuck I couldn't breathe and there wasn't even any water involved, I was totally dry')

imagine the heart attack the person Not In The Know would get I mean holy fuck lmao

Pete ofc will pop back up, or rather, get within an inch of the surface to see if they're still there, they spot him first, and he has to surface to let them know he's… okay… not really… he couldn't breathe yeah and they practically reach in and drag him back up lmao

anyway, bb is stuck as fish, and reliant entirely on water

ACTUALLY?? you know what would be fun??! if they jumped in after he didn't come back up after a few seconds :eblurryeyes:

and the water is cold af

and Pete has to try and stop them going after him and getting hypothermia >:3