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Staff Recs - Mermay

For the merry month of may we present to you as our theme:  MERMAY!

In the fics and (frankly prolific) art below you will find mer!Neil, mer!Andrew, mer!Aaron, mer!Kevin and even mer!Matt.  Dive right in, folks! - Aftg Fic Rec Fam

from previous posts:

mermaid aus here

‘Fear no fall’ series here

‘Perhaps we’re just humans’ here

‘A Blessing and a Curse’ here

‘My Brother’s Keeper’ here (part 2 of ‘Way Down We Go’ below)

‘we're inside out’ here

‘breathe air into my lungs (a Chinese whisper fic)’ here

my life, my lover, my lady by roseandwoodbine [Rated T, 1894 words, complete, 2021]

Dan is a hard-working young woman who waitresses at a beachfront bar. Every night after work, she tells her troubles to the legendary kind-hearted merman who lives in that port. She barely believes he exists, until one night, the merman (who goes by Matt) appears out of the waves. They begin talking for real, and quickly fall in love. But can Dan truly trust a man who she can never really have for herself? Will Matt choose his home(not)land or the love of his life?

fairy tales might be true by coughing_and_choking_is_funny [Rated G, 1024 words, incomplete, last updated April 2021]

Kevin lives in Ireland with his mother and comes across a mermaid one day. Who could it be?

Way Down We Go series by kanekicure [Rated T/M, 24641 words, last updated 2021]

Part 1: Start of Time (with you) (M, 5643 words)

If Neil was anyone else, he would have been able to do this. 

Mermaids spend their entire youth, on land or otherwise, talking about how they’ll design their nests when they finally accept the courting of a male counterpart. About how beautiful it’ll be, how soft, how intimate it’ll be as they become one. It’s one of the most overhyped things in merfolk culture. 

Finding your mate, accepting your mate.

But Neil never grew up like the others. 

He isn’t anyone else, and he never would be.

NB: Art for this fic, merfolk mate for life, by @kanekicure

Part 3: Red Fins and the Number Two (T, 7300 words)

Dan Wymack-Wilds has grown up around merpeople.

Her dad's creation of the Foxhole Sanctuary has made that a sure thing, and now Dan has created her own small family of humans, merpeople and people in between.

It never occurred to her that the new pair of merfolk would also have their own history with her family as well.

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Or, Dan has a dysfunctional family, Andrew hates everyone, and Neil wants out of his kitty pool.

tw: implied/referenced torture

The Lighthouse Keeper by erosandhades [Rated T, 2374 words, complete, 2020]

When you set sail on your journey and happiness is far away

Love will guide you til' the morning, lead your heart down to the bay

Don’t resist the rain and storm, I’ll never leave you lost at sea

I will be your lighthouse keeper, bring you safely home to me

(The Lighthouse Keeper by Sam Smith)

Or in which Neil loves Andrew from far away until he doesn't anymore.

Overflow of Love by orphan_account [Rated T, 27917 words, incomplete, last updated Aug 2018]

Neil’s mother had always warned him that girls were dangerous, a distraction, but she had never said anything about boys, and she definitely had never said anything about mermen.

tw:  attempted drowning, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced vivisection

Mermay aftg au by @sambutwithbooks [twitter, 2021]

andrew comes to the surface, because he smells smoke.

NB:  Art for this by @caraleadraws on twitter here

mermay au #2 by @sambutwithbooks [twitter, 2021]

neil wakes up underwater.

tw: implied/referenced nonconsensual drug use

some merkevin  by @sambutwithbooks [twitter, 2021]

kevin doesn't remember the sound of the sea.

Andreil mermaid au, part 1, part 2 and part 3 by @rosenbeckers [tumblr, 2020]

Mermaid Neil on the swim from a sea witch and he goes up to the surface and comes face to face with Human Andrew, who’s been chillin on the beach avoiding responsibilities

mermaid au by @spanglebangle [tumblr, 2017]

“Andrew!” Nicky hissed and darted forward. Andrew sighed. Looks like his grand plan of sneaking off unnoticed had a hitch already. “Where are you going?”

NB: NSFW art for spanglebangle’s merfic by @still-waiting-for-godot

mermaid!Jeremy and human!Jean by @wesawbears [tumblr, 2017]

Jean’s first memories were of the water. He remembers looking out at the glittering sea, walking out and wanting to feel the rush of the waves against his toes. Every time he toddled out toward the water, though, his maman pulled him back. “If you go too far, my darling, the mermaids will pull you in with them.”

Art

Happy Mermay by @kanekicure [twitter, 2021]

Merman Neil for Mermay by @EstaVS_art [twitter, 2021]

we love one fish boy by @godot_co [twitter, 2021] plus finally its mermay and precious-fish-boy by @still-waiting-for-godot [tumblr, 2019, 2018]

A little bit of andreil in celebration of mermay by @kevingayimeanday [tumblr, 2021]

Andrew as a mermaid and Merman Neil by @teomoy [tumblr, 2021]

they're fine by @moylismp3 [tumblr, 2021]  

I’ll take you down with me art by @i-did [tumblr, 2021]

Merfolk Andreil bb art by @drewthesapphic [tumblr, 2021]

Dan x Renee and Andreil Merman AU art by @thegreenerartist [tumblr, 2021, 2020]

A Mermaid AU hc and art by @jojen-hewitt [tumblr, 2020]

merman neil and pirate andrew art by @reinventlinda [tumblr, 2019]

A mer-Neil for mermay art by @microolli [tumblr, 2019]

Little mermaid au art by @wingsoutforshin [tumblr, 2018]

Renison for fantexy art by @cute-electrocute [tumblr, 2018]

Twin mermen art by @drawssj [tumblr, 2017]