Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 1

and then… was that the King of the Deep? He looks just like my grandmother described."
    "Yes, that was him," Seree said. "My father."
    "Oh!" Aimé said. "I didn't realize you were a prince, too." He laughed. "So why do you keep calling me Highness?"
    Seree's mouth quirked. "Deep royalty hardly has any meaning on land, Highness, and I prefer to pass unremarked."
    "I don't think you're very good at being unremarkable," Aimé said quietly.
    "No, I suppose not," Seree said, lightly touching the scars on his cheeks.
    Aimé flushed. "I didn't mean those. I just mean— you're you. Beautiful."
    Seree startled at the word, that Aimé would pay him any compliment. He dropped his hands and stared at Aimé in confusion. "I didn't think you wanted to see me anymore, Highness."
    "I felt like a fool," Aimé said. "There you were deliberating on whether or not to kill me, and I thought we were flirting the whole time. And then the beach… and I was convinced… but then you were dismissive about the possibility of, well, breaking the curse…" he drifted off, looking everywhere but at Seree.
    Well, didn't that make Seree feel like bottom-refuse all over again.
    Seree replayed his father's words over again in his mind. Thought of all the times he so quickly volunteered or agreed to go to the surface, despite the pain involved in the transformation. All the different cultures he had learned under guise of wanting to be the best at what he did.
    How tired he was of traveling ten seas to fix everyone else's problem.
    And then he thought of Aimé's smiles and how easy it was to return them. How easy it was to forget everything, but Aimé whenever he was in the room. The way just thinking about Aimé made everything better. How sweet he'd tasted, how well he'd fit in Seree's arms.
    He tilted Aimé's chin up, kissed him, and felt the curse break and fade away.
     
    THE END
    Author bio: Megan is a long time resident of m/m fiction and keeps herself busy reading, writing, and publishing it. She is often accused of fluff and nonsense. She loves to hear from readers and can be found all around the Internet.
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