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[seamistan]

for a prompt, how about sea hawk puts mermista to bed after a long day of work?

 Okay I love this so much 🥺

This uh. got angstier than i expected but there’s hurt/comfort so. I hope that’s okay! It’s also way, way longer than I expected it to be skjssdn

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The fire in her office had begun to smolder, leaving behind nothing but smoke and ash.

The princess of Salineas was hard at work at her desk, determined to finish her first set of tasks to begin to rebuild Salineas. The day's work had largely consisted of paperwork to review- blueprints, citizen requests, permits, all part of the exciting life of ruling a kingdom that had to be completely restored from the ground up.

The clock in the corner continued to tick menacingly, warning her that every second spent not doing her duty was a second she was failing her kingdom. The words in front of her had begun to blur, and her memory of her purpose reading the document had become fuzzy. Her brain was very quickly becoming a slippery mass of information that not even she could untangle or understand. The day had been among Mermista's first in working from Bright Moon to preplan for all the reconstruction and every single detail had to be correct. She considered for a moment if it would be too unreasonable to get a third cup of coffee from the Bright Moon kitchen. She decided it wasn't.

Strolling outside of the office that Glimmer had been so kind to offer her that was only a short walk from her suite and to the kitchen, Mermista heard the sounds of too-eager footsteps around the corner. Silently cursing him, she attempted to hide around the corner of the marble column. Sea Hawk had been insistent for the past few days that Mermista get a proper amount of sleep if she were to continue to be the most capable ruler that she could possibly be. However, He had been unsuccessful in his campaign to get his dearest to go to bed at a reasonable time, resulting in his current sleep protest, in which he had refused to go to sleep until she did. It seemed, though, even loving pirates needed snacks in the middle of the night.

Mermista tried to tell if he would go the other way, or simply disappear, but it seemed he wouldn’t. So, she resigned herself to her fate, stepping out of her hiding spot, running face to ‘stache into her sleepy captain. 

Sea Hawk fumbled with the bowl of kombu pesto he was currently mixing in his hands, closing and opening his eyes in a fit of drowsiness. “Mermista! You’re still awake!” He says,  a glint is his tired eyes reminding her that he had already been fully aware of that. “Was it the smell of my famous Sea Tangle alla Sea Hawk that drew you to the kitchen?” his confident air suppressing the previous exhaustion she had run into. 

She rolls her eyes at him. “No, you goof. I came out here to get some coffee but was rudely interfered with before I could.” She looks behind him and sees that he, was in fact making his signature dish. Her stomach rumbles at the smell of it, reminding her she had not had a full meal all day outside of the various cups of double shots of coffee. “...Buuut I guess I could stick around for a plate of your dumb pasta or whatever.” She said, feigning nonchalance. 

Sea Hawk’s face lit up at this and gestured toward the kitchen. 

Spiritedly, he leads her to where a pot of kelp noodles was threatening to boil over, the pan on the burner next to it sizzling with some chicken and that was smelling heavenly. Sea Hawk strides over to her and pulls out a chair in the little table in the corner of the kitchen, his face shining with the glee of a child. The Kitchen is not small by any means, but the way it’s decorated, presumably by Glimmer, gives the room that would otherwise be foreboding or sterile a homey feel, the pink walls and bright colors managing to also give it an edge of dollhouse chic Which is, like, somehow Glimmer’s entire personality. 

Sea Hawk is at the stove now, pouring in the bowl of pesto he was holding older onto the chicken, whistling some silly shanty to himself. His stance relaxed and carefree, as if ready to start dancing at any moment, flitting through the spice rack looking for water mint of all things. Mermista’s tired mind takes a second to admire the way his fingers moved expectantly through the shelf, and, when he finally found it, the way his entire form seemed to sparkle with joy at this simple finding. Watching him in this little adventure almost threatened to make her smile. Almost. 

Mermista’s idle brain suddenly returned to a state where she could remember finally, what caused her to leave her office in the first place. Leisurely getting up, she makes her way to the pot of coffee that she had made earlier in the day, ready to pour herself a cup when Sea Hawk stops her, and the look he gives her threatens to shatter her heart. “Please, Dearest. Don’t.”  His pleading gaze boring into her very soul. He’s silent as he returns to the stove, resuming his quest to finish his pasta. His steady hands pouring the sauce onto the mountain of pasta he had set onto the serving plate. 

She realizes she still hasn’t poured her cup of coffee.

She kind of doesn’t want to, anymore. 

Sea Hawk pads over to the cabinet where the plates are held and set down two plates on the little table. His solemn look continuing to make her heart seize. “Please, just sit with me. Have some pasta. Then.. you can go back and keep working while I try to keep your side of the bed warm.” His steady gaze faltered at the mention of her retreating back into the office. 

They both knew that she had been working overtime to prove to herself and to everybody else that she was a functioning ruler, unencumbered by her time as a slave to a space fascist. It had been weeks since Mermista had a functioning sleep schedule, with the end of the war inhibiting sleep up until a week or two ago when her new tactic of fighting the nightmares that threatened her every night was hours and hours of work.

Mermista leaned against the counter, hand still ghosting over the coffee pot, deciding if she should go sit down when Sea Hawk produced two water lilies and lovingly set them on top of each plate of Kelp noodles. 

Then the tears started. 

She walked hesitantly over to the table, wordlessly picking up a plate and staring at the blue flower he had placed on top of the pile of Kelp noodles and sauce.

She choked out a small sob, glassy eyes alight and the very ghost of a smile on her face. “You remembered.”

He gave her a slight chuckle, getting a faraway look in his eye. “I just thought that.. maybe if I reminded you of her, you’d remember to take care of yourself”

She let herself retreat back into her head for a moment, memories of her mother making her lunch before attending her Princess training, reminding her to be strong and brave for her and her kingdom. Long talks discussing her role in Salineas, her future,her fears. The last time her mother had made this for her she was getting ready to begin to take full control of the runestone. Before she passed. Before The Horde got to her. She was just a kid then, thinking she was on top of the world. She and Sea Hawk had been in one of their “in-between” stages where she wouldn’t admit she liked him despite his constant saying he liked her. So she’d invite him over to meals with her family as a sort of compromise. Let him into her life bit by bit. He had gotten along so well with her mother, laughter filling the room. It made her heartache now, remembering it. 

Her eyes were misty with tears now, throat caught in a sob. Sea Hawk set down the plate that was still being held in her trembling hands, and held her in his arms, his embrace pulling her back to reality. “Mermista, My dearest. I need you to take care of yourself. Please.” he pleaded, his eyes meeting hers, then down to her lips, then returning to her gaze. “For Salineas. For your people, For your Mother.”  His gaze returned to her lips.  Her stomach fluttered, and she was suddenly aware of his body holding hers, his scent surrounding her- the sesame oil he had been using to cook, the tingling smell of the citrus soap he always used, and the lingering smell of saltwater and ash that just made him hers. He was staring at her now. His concern etched into every feature. He pressed his lips to hers, holding her close, calming the waves that threatened to overtake her. “And for me.” 

Okay, now she was absolutely sobbing. Tears flowing down her face in rivulets, no longer being able to refuse the onslaught of emotions she had been keeping locked inside her for weeks. “I- I don’t.” the words were not letting themselves out. “Look. I just. I. I really have no idea what to do. These nightmares won’t stop keeping me awake. And the citizens I don’t think they trust me and I just-” She broke down in sobs. 

Her pirate, ever the Savior, held her face in his hand and simply said “You don’t have to do anything.” His words rang through her ears. “I mean at least. Not right now. We can just enjoy a late meal together. And then, you can go to sleep. I’ll watch over you.”

She sniffled in his arms. “You would do that for me? Stay up all night? Just so I could sleep?” Her voice cracked, threatening to send a new wave of tears down her face. Geez, if she could just stop crying for a minute she could get some of her dignity back. She cleared her throat. “Because I mean, that would be, like, super lame of you. I mean. You need to sleep too, I guess.” 

He laughed his big, airy, laugh and shook his head. “Misty, I would fight 500 horde prime soldiers so you could rest well for a single second. I would sail all over Etheria three times for you slumber in peace I would-” 

Mermista felt heat rush to her cheeks. She pats him on the chest, releasing herself from his tight embrace. “Okay, knock it off, I have noodles to eat!” Mermista 

She sat herself down at the cozy table, and he in front of her. He delicately lifted his Water lily sitting atop his mountain of clear kelp noodles and carefully reached over and placed it behind her ear. She rolled her eyes. “There was sauce on that, you know. You got sauce in my hair now. Thanks!” But the look that she gave him, the glint in her eyes told him she didn't really mind

They sat together for a while after both of them had polished off what was left of the tremendous meal (Sea Hawk’s words) he had made. They quickly did the dishes as to not receive another stern word from Bright Moon’s chef about Sea Hawk’s late night cooking misadventures and then headed off to their room. 

As he was curling up in front of her, in a voice that only he could ever hear, she murmured “Thank you.” 

Smirking to himself, he let out a sigh of relief and said, full of certainty “All in a day’s work, milady, all in a day’s work.” 

She groaned. “How many times do I have to tell you to not call me that?!”

He silently chuckled, and off to sleep she went. 

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Okay this was going to go in a much, much different, shorter direction but then @nepptoon and I started talking about what kind of late night snacks Sea Hawk would get and then. Well, it just spiraled from there. 

so take this as my first ever published fic?? I Guess?? sdjnsdkdns

anyway leave me prompts and you, too might get a very long winded fic featuring keke and I’s convoluted conversations 

#seamista #myfics #uh i mean #should I tag this as an ask???? #im gonna #asks #cocoisanickname

[kekeslider]

what nicknames do you think mermista and sea hawk call each other if any? 😳😳😳 (idk why but i feel like mermista would call him bubba? or bub? idk it’s just a gut feeling )

Ok my mom calls every single animal bubba and bub so for personal reasons I cannot get behind that one. But I kinda see where you’re coming from.

Sea Hawk I think is most likely to use nicknames and petnames. Misty is the simple go to and I like to think it’s a hold over from their youth when she preferred to be called Misty, but then started preferring her full name when she got older. Sea Hawk is the only one that still calls her that and even though she groans and complains it’s also a little sweet to be reminded how long they’ve known each other, and that after so long they’re still with each other. Besides that, I’m stuck on Dear/Dearest because the finale came into my home and murdered me, but he seems the type to throw out totally over the top nicknames sometimes like sugar pie and other such horrible and embarrassing things.

I don’t think Mermista really calls Sea Hawk nicknames, except when they’re older and have been in a relationship for so long dear and dearest becomes a two way street. But I DO think that Sea Hawk itself is a nickname, and Mermista is the only one that knows Sea Hawk’s real name, and she sometimes likes to call him that in private.

#keke answers #seamista #wasnt it like....... geoff in the original or smth #im too lazy to look it up but thats tragic #lord give this man a better name #cocoisanickname

[mysticshadows13]

Hey, is this thing working? 

Yeah, should be.

Ok, great. So.

This is to The Cephalopod Literary Discord Server? What's a... nevermind.

Hey, doesn't that mean chaos! 

Fits you, then.

Anyway, I heard that you guys participated in a…

It was called Seamista September, dearest! Can you believe it? We're celebrities! People wrote about us and drew us and it was…

 Creepy. The word you're looking for is creepy.

No, it was awesome! And Amazing!

Well...ok, yeah. Obviously, people were going to recognize our awesomeness eventually, so it was nice I guess. Anyway, I..we just wanted to say thanks for participating, whether it was…

Whether you drew us, wrote about us, were cheerleaders or just gave ideas, we're so happy that you thought about us and participated.

Thanks to:

@starfoxkit

@pelicanplaguemask

@pilotinthestars

@words-that-begin-with-z

@artsystrawberry

@caliibee

@mystiicorn

@seamistan

@alysurr

@snowystoat

@fortunes-haven

@the-empath-life

@hearjessroar

@cocoisanickname

@jicklet

And to anyone else I probably forgot, wow there was actually a lot of you. Anyway, good job, I guess.

I actually wrote a shanty in preparation for this! Oooh....

No. No shanties.

I had a lot of fun participating in @seamista-september this month and I want to thank everyone who helped motivate me.

#seamista september #seamista #mermista #sea hawk #spop #she ra and the princesses of power

[curiousscientistkae]

1 with seamista for family prompts?

1.  Parent(s) taking care of their first newborn child

“Sometimes, I wonder how Adora and Glimmer dealt with Harper when she was an infant,” Mermista wonders out loud. She flops down on the couch, resting on her back. Sea Hawk sits right by her, bouncing their young child on his leg. Newt giggles. Though, there isn’t a lot that he doesn’t laugh at. 

“Oh come on. Having a baby is a lot of fun,” Sea Hawk replies. He stops bouncing his child up and down. He lifts Newt up and blows a raspberry. Newt laughs again.

“I still don’t get how you are fine. You get up so easily at night when Sharkbite cries. How do you do it?”

Sea Hawk shrugs. “I have no idea. But I don’t mind doing it so you can sleep.”

Mermista sits up and gestures for Sea Hawk to give her her child. He quickly gives Newt a kiss on the forehead before doing so. Mermista holds Newt in her arms, rocking the infant slowly. New doesn’t seem to want to sleep at the moment, rather just try and blow bubbles. 

“Need me to get a bottle or anything?” Sea Hawk asks. 

“I don’t think so. Little tyke seems just fine. Aren’t ya?” 

Newt babbles something in baby talk. “Maybe we should put you in your crib for a nap. Would you like that? Come on.”

Mermista stands up and heads into the nursery. Sea Hawk trails behind. When they enter, Mermista places Newt down in the crib, covered in sea images. She pulls up the dark blue blanket and places it over Newt before turning a ship mobile on. It begins to spin around above the infant. 

“Now let’s hope you sleep,” Mermista sighs. 

Sea Hawk pats her on the back. “Don’t worry about it. If you are tired, let me handle the little guy. You go nap.”

“Thank you, Sea Hawk.”

#cocoisanickname #ask me shit #she ra #spop #sea hawk #mermista #seamista #newt #random mention of harper sort of kasjbasfsafasj #prompts #prompt #future of etheria #she ra fankids #spop fankids #she ra next gen #she ra next generation #spop next gen #spop next generation

[seamistan]

ANOTHER THING: IN EPISODE 8 WHEN EVERYONE IS LOOKING THROUGH THE RUINED CAMP AND SEA HAWK PULLS BACK A TENT OR SOMETHING AND HE PICKS UO MEMRISTAS SEARA DOLL SADLY OMG MAH HEART

YEP!!! YUP!!! THAT SHIT!!! HURTED 

and then netossa walks by and puts her hand on his shoulder because she knows LIKE I TRULY-

#asks #cocoisanickname #like this shit? hurts. #seamista

[seamistan]

SO IS NO ONE GONNA TALK ABOUT WHEN PERFUMA TELLS SEAHAWK THEY NEED TO LEAVE AFTER MERMISTA IS CHIPPED AND SHES DRAGGING HIM OUT AS HE LOOKS AT MERMISTA HEARTBROKEN AND TRYING TO GO TO HER

Oh god. Oh GOD that entire sequence I was expecting him to do exactly what he ended up doing in episode 12 but I think our boy was just so shocked he didn't know what else to do, and he had a greater sense of purpose ie getting DT out of there. Like not even 10 minutes before they were sharing that sweet moment and he told her she was everything he wanted like how,,, what a shock to our man 😔 like perfuma absolutely had to pull him out of there because he literally was frozen there

#my poor man :( #the love of his life... his best friend just fuckig #like i just 🥺🥺😔 #asks #cocoisanickname #seamista

[seamistan]

i meant like after shes unchipped 😳

AH YES as in when she snaps out of it before she gave him the sweetest look ever?

If yes it's a crime we were not given her waking up and seeing him because g o d

She had to be so grateful to have him there whenever weird power takes over her like he's just. Always there for her. Literally emotional support himbo. Anyway she wakes up and like. Is out of it but so grateful to see him there she totally forgets about other people and straight up is just soft with him like listen his confession of love snapped her out of an evil alien overlord's power like,,, the emotion. Anyway he's so grateful that she's finally awake and it's just so sweet but then she eventually sarcastically says something like "don't ever trick me by telling me you love me ever again" or something along those lines and it's a moment that perfectly captures their relationship

#asks #cocoisanickname

[seamistan]

OKAY THIS ISNT ENTIRELY SEAMISTA RELATED BUT I THOUGHT OF IT AND IT WAS CUTE: sea hawk and scorpia both slick their hair back the exact same way in perils of peekablue could you IMAGINE them like tell each other “there’s a hair out here buddy” and like helping each other look good for their gfs 🥺🥺

P L E A S E that's so incredibly soft???

I'll do you one better: Scorpia and Sea Hawk planning out dates and outfits together!! Scorpia comes over to Salineas/the dragon's daughter and they brainstorm fun Adventures for each other's gfs- it doesn't always work out perfectly (the time Sea Hawk suggested lighting candles made out of plants did not. Work out. Or the time Scorpia suggested Karaoke (or the etherian equivalent) also was not a hit) they also plan out matching outfits for Sea Hawk and Mermista and occasionally for Scorpia and Perfuma, but primarily for Sea Hawk and Mermista because let's face it. Mermista loves matching.

#asks #cocoisanickname

[seamistan]

this is so STUPID but i feel like in a modern au mermista and seahawk would secretly be HUGE disney junkies. like they collect ears and try to go once or twice a year and sea hawk PROPOSES there. this is so dumb lmao

listen,,,,,,,,,,, I am a disney adult™ so any disney headcanon (especially for my comfort ships) is 10000000% accepted as canon jkabnfjkdnf 

like Sea Hawk is really, really into the whole parks aspect of Disney, where he liked learning all the history behind what lead into different rides etc

Mermista is really into the movies and just loves rewatching them, her favorite is the little mermaid (for obvious reasons, however a more recent favorite is princess and the frog) 

so they both absolutely go to Disney world like whenever they can, and then in between stop by Disneyland and just kinda walk around and do couple-y stuff there and ride everything and sea hawk is prattling off parks facts while mermista is losing her mind over all the little details and they work so well together and it’s just. perfect.

also they disneybound 

#asks #cocoisanickname

[seamistan]

i woke up from my nap in a cold sweat thinking about thai so i must share: SEAMISTA CORPSE GROOM AND BRIDE HALLOWEEN COSTUME

THAT IS SUCH AN INTELLECTUAL MOVE 

oh my god they’d be perfect,,, 

actually you know what Mermista and Sea Hawk are 100% really extra when it comes to Halloween costumes and definitely start planning in like. July.

#asks #cocoisanickname #like sea hawk learns to sew just for mermista's and his costumes and then discovers he's actually like really good at it and starts tailorin #stuff for them like just think about it #ok now im spiraling this is not at all what your ask was about but i cannot stop thinking about this now

[seamistan]

ok this is so soft imagine sea hawks reaction when mermista finally wakes up and is back to normal 🥺 the BIGGEST kiss the BIGGEST HUG they’re BOTH SOBBING just ugh 🥺🥺❤️

She's like mildly annoyed at him and tries to pretend she's mad at him but secretly she's so grateful that someone finally told her to stop and to cool it so when she wakes up she's sarcastic and like "can't believe you kept me from my work :/" but he knows she really wants to say thank you so he gives her a smile and a kiss and he brings her some food because lord knows she wouldn't feed herself anything substantial without thinking about it for so long she gets a headache (he knows, he's seen it happen)

#asks #cocoisanickname

[seamistan]

mermista finds post-shower sea hawk, like, really hot. his hair is all wet and tousled, his abs are out and water droplets sit on his shoulders, he smells fresh and clean. she finds him v hot

She does! I think we as a fandom need to acknowledge hot!sea hawk more andjjfjfjdj Mermista certainly does (but no one is allowed to know)

#asks #cocoisanickname #going to tag this as #not safe for salineas #to be s a f e

[seamistan]

okay we know what mermista is like when she’s drunk but what about seahawk??? what about when they’re BOTH drunk????😳

Oh god,,,

Alright so in my head they've only both gotten blasted a few times after a really gnarly incident when they were both teenagers made them agree on having a dedicated person to have custody of the brain cell whenever they're out being responsible drinkers

HOWEVER

sometimes this rule gets mixed up, or accidentally violated (case in point- the time catra spiked the punch at scorpia's first ball. Not cool) or I imagine sea hawk would enjoy some cute drinks that end up having an insane amount of alcohol you just can't taste so they both end up sloppy drunk without really meaning to

ANYWAY basically they're just. Fucking all over each other. Inebriated sea hawk is like the most ridiculous person on earth. He will sing without questioning it and drunk Mermista sings backup because she knows all the words to his shanties. they're just fucking stupid and having fun and just being in love and it gets kinda disgusting because like. If the princess crew thought catra and adora/perfuma and scorpia were bad??? Well. Hammered seamista is probably the most obnoxious couple ever because since they're not keeping up their whole facade they're just straight up love and cute and just. Handsy. Like sea hawk doesn't get gross but Mermista,,,,, well,,,,,,,,,, as we have established drunk Mermista is not the most subtle person on earth and the times where they're both under the influence end up with people having to literally hold them apart for fear of causing a pg party to turn into a Nc-17 party.

#like theyre just. a lot #if they both get SLOPPY sloppy drunk they just pass out in the corner #but its only happened once #asks #cocoisanickname #tagging this as #not safe for salineas #to be safe #tw alcohol #cw alcohol

[seamistan]

now that etheria has stars, a few years after prime is defeated, seahawk proposes to mermista on a date beneath the stars

I love this ask so much I started writing a fic inspired by it didjjfncn

So basically I kinda imagine they go out for some picnic on a whim and Mermista doesn't plan on asking him but the sound of the ocean and the look on his face,,, yeah

#i was listening to dream a little dream of me and my brain just. did it #it's not fully written but i have the basic outline done and im ✨excited✨ #asks #cocoisanickname

[seamistan]

i haven’t stopped thinking about the mermista nightmares hurt/comfort thing so i raise this to you: when sea hawk holds her close after she wakes up from a night mare, she runs her fingers through the hair on the back of his head 🥺

GOD that's so wonderful

Like they just hold each other 🥺 it's just so simple and soft but it's so hard to let herself actually feel like that like I really-

#asks #cocoisanickname

[seamistan]

mermista is the little spoon no i don’t take criticism

Why would I criticize what can only be seen as the truth

#she is #she may be a grumpy gal but she loves a good cuddle #asks #cocoisanickname