#rowan literally only learns his name when hearing one of nates crewmates call him nate

[natelawtism]

GUYS. HEAR ME OUT. SAILOR NATE X SIREN ROWAN.

I would like to state first of all idc if sirens can be men or not. ALSO I'm not using the accurate Greek mythology siren (half-bird half-human), I'm using merfolk bc they're fun and I already have so many merfolk aus for rownate. Moving on.

Rowan is swimming when he sees this ship sailing past. So, like any siren, he decides to have a little fun and drown some sailors! The first one he sees on the deck is his first target, which so HAPPENS to be Nate.

Rowan sings to the quite handsome sailor, an alluring and tempting song. His voice his most prized achievement. But.... The sailor doesn't even spare him a glance.

He's confused, watching the man continue working and doing.. something on the deck. Did he put wax in his ears? Rowan had heard stories of humans doing that to protect themselves. He decides to swim closer and sing LOUDER.

Upon further inspection: 1, this man is VERY attractive, and 2, he has NO WAX IN HIS EARS! The man turns to look his way, making eye control with Rowan, JUST to return to his work!

This cannot be happening. Has his song grown boring? Shrill? Why wasn't this human looking at him longer? Rowan should've had him drowned by now. Not only does Rowan take this as a hit to his ego, but he's unbelievably intrigued. He needs to get a closer look at this human.

He attempts to talk to the human, persistent until he answers out of sheer annoyance, and by god his voice is wonderful, too! Even while angry, this boy sounds amazing. Rowan wants to hear him speak more.

They talk for as long as the human will allow, though Nate never becomes more welcoming and Rowan never actually learns his name. But now that Rowan has become hooked (and STILL DOESNT have an answer to why this man is somehow immune to his song) he decides to follow his ship to talk to him more!!

He follows and follows, attempting conversations whenever the man is on deck alone. The first time Rowan saw him on deck with another crew member, he decided he was just going to drown the other man to talk to the human alone! Why not? He hasn't had a chance to drown anyone in foreverrr (a few days at most), and maybe part of him needs validation that his song still works.... but Nate shuts that down quick. As soon as his crewmate begins to be entranced, Nate saves him and throws him under the deck, where he can't jump off the sides. Then Rowan gets a lecture on trying to drown his colleagues.

Now, why would a mythical sea creature listen to some sailor, you ask? Why would a mythical creature listen to a lecture from a human? Who knows. Rowan isn't sure why he's listening, either. But now he is! Look at him, not drowning the human's coworkers.

You would think if Nate was so annoyed he'd try to avoid talking to Rowan at all/become unresponsive/even make sure to ALWAYS be accompanied on deck, but somehow they continue talking. They talk when Nate's working alone, and slowly Rowan can coax facts about the human out. That aren't his name, of course. They get to know each other LIIIITTLE by little, and Rowan even ends up following Nate to his ports! Waiting for that cute sailor boy to come back and talk to him. Eventually, Nate even stops having an air of anger and annoyance when talking to Rowan! Which is a win for him.