Alternate Universe - Aquarium
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Bucky Barnes and the Real-Life, Honest-to-Goodness, Genuine-Imitation Merman. by Plumcot
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
03 Nov 2015
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Bucky Barnes works in an aquarium, as an assistant curator. Steve Rogers also works in an aquarium, as a merman performer; every day he slips on a rubber tail and swims around in the big tank, waving to kids and twirling around in the water. This wouldn't be a problem for Bucky except...
Except that Bucky is secretly obsessed with merpeople. Key word "secretly". And it's a lot harder to contain his fanboying when there's a living, breathing, not-quite-genuine-but-as-close-as-you're-gonna-get merman right in his workspace. And that merman happens to be the most gorgeous person Bucky's ever seen in his life.
Cue Bucky's quest to woo Steve without ever actually revealing why he caught his eye in the first place. Can Bucky be smooth and charming with someone he actually cares about impressing, all while keeping his ridiculous secret?
Answer; no. No he can't.
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"Remember that time Aoyagi got really obsessed with the new aquarium exhibit."
Aoyagi is amused. Teshima is not.
Fill for SASO 2016 BR1
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That One Where Lance is an Actual Mermaid by orphan_account
Fandoms: Voltron: Legendary Defender
14 Dec 2016
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Keith isnt very fond of being near water at all but his brother persuades him to visit the aquarium he works at in hopes he will make some friends and maybe actually enjoy himself for once where he meets a beautiful mermaid that doesnt seem to know that he is being used as an attraction.
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In a Universe where Keith doesn't have cable and only uses his TV for netflix, Hulu, and video games, he is unaware of the mermaid that lives at the local aquarium that his brother works at, who he avoids like the plague because he's always asking keith to visit. Keith finally gives into his brother's pleas and meets the orphaned mermaid Lance. In this said universe mermaids are common knowledge and are even taught about in schools albeit rare so seeing them is still shocking and rare.Series
- Part 3 of My klance fics
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2 Winterhawk 2 Kisses by Nny
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom
12 Nov 2017
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The number of fics was getting a little unwieldy so I've decided to add a new installment.
Tumblr ficlets with a Winterhawk bent, some but not all of which involve kisses.
Updated weekly.
Installment now complete. More kisses in the next collection!
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- Part 2 of Winterhawk Kisses
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Sea Salt (AquariumStuck! Boyfriend/Girlfriend Scenarios) by orphan_account
Fandoms: Homestuck
09 Jul 2018
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Aquariunstuck boyfriend/girlfriend scenarios, including the beta and alpha trolls and kids. Ancestors have yet to be written.
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- Part 1 of My Homestuck AUs Scenarios
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he's got cold feet by sascake
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
04 Feb 2021
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"You're not going to convince Izuku to date you if you keep coming off with penguin jokes and facts every time you get flustered around him."
"They're funny," Shouto argues, voice weak, and Momo throws him a pitying look.
"Asking him 'why did the penguin get stuck to the iceberg' isn't a substitute for asking him out to dinner, and you know it. Neither is telling him what depths they can dive to when he's trying to ask you about your plans for the weekend."
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Every morning, Keith comes in to work at his aquarium, and every morning, Shiro comes in to sit in the blue glow of the huge open sea tank, just watching it, because what he needs more than anything is some peace.
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[Multivoice Podfic] the devil and the deep blue sea by Djapchan, SkyAsimaru for Waywarder
Fandoms: Good Omens (TV)
17 Feb 2022
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Waywarder's summary:
Look, Crowley didn’t have anything really against Pride Night. For starters, he was gay. Flaming like anything, even. But big, happy, in-your-face parties celebrating love and togetherness…
Yeah, not as much his thing. Doesn’t really matter why.
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“And what the fuck does being gay have to do with fish?” Crowley demanded, a bit quieter this time, as a new, already-wasted guest stumbled up to the bar and ordered two tequila shots.
While tending bar for Pride Night at the aquarium (fuck his life), Crowley wanders off in the hopes of seeing some actual fish. What he finds is altogether more wonderful.
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Kara Danvers meets Lena Luthor at the aquarium and dazzles her with marine life fun facts.
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Martin Blackwood is a selkie, just trying to get enough money to support his bitter and ill-tempered mother.
Jonathan Sims is the grumpy head researcher and Archivist of the Magnus Aquarium and Research institute, in charge of cataloguing containing the oddities of the sea.
Elias and his (Ex?) husband Peter aim to make the world an actively worse place (as usual)
And you were a mer who was just minding their dam business.
How did you even get here?
TLDR: you are a mer who gets captured and somehow manages to become friends with everyone they meet.
|HIATUS INDEFINITELY DUE TO BURNOUT|
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- Part 1 of The Scary Jokes (TMA READER AUS)
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Penguin Day at the aquarium not only means Bradley has to put on a penguin costume for their full day of elementary school kid tours, but he has to work with his rival in academia and life: Jake Seresin.
He should have called in sick.
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Ed meets a cute aquarist.
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- Part 25 of OFMD AUpril 2023
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Dean Winchester, a premiere shark biologist at the Georgia Aquarium, who works with their three tiger sharks, never ever expected to find himself enamored with a newly acquired giant Pacific octopus, and more importantly, her exceedingly handsome blue-eyed handler. In a little hide-away beneath the waves, Dean will fall in love in an octopus’s garden.
[If you read this anywhere but Ao3, you've been duped! Had! Swindled! This beast is free on Ao3]
[Awesome sauce, wondersome art made by TwinOne!]
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Greeting The Eternal Blue by Summertrap
Fandoms: Mortal Kombat - All Media Types, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)
20 Aug 2025
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“May I introduce you to Kuai Liang,” Reiko continued, oblivious to Rain’s attraction to the man. “He’s the mermaid performer.”
“Oh.” Rain swallowed, suddenly taking back everything he’d thought about such things. No man that beautiful could ever do anything that was a waste of time. “It’s nice to meet you. I’m Ranjit, but, please call me Rain.”
“It’s nice to meet you, Rain,” Kuai Liang replied, smiling sweetly and God how could such a simple action make Rain swoon? “Is this the tank I’ll be swimming in?”
AU-Gust Day 20 - Aquarium
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- Part 20 of 🗺️AU-Gust 2025
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the jellyfish chronicles by OnceUponaSwanQueen
Fandoms: Heartstopper (TV), Heartstopper (Webcomic)
20 Aug 2025
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Charlie takes a part-time job at the local aquarium to avoid a lonely summer and ends up crushing on the rugby-playing guy from guest services who can’t stop naming jellyfish after Pokémon.
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- Part 20 of AU-August 2025
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After an incident at the world-famous Ebott Aquarium, you find yourself placed on a team of staff dedicated to the care of the prize exhibits at the facility; three notoriously aggressive skeleton siren monsters captured in the name of 'research'. An orca with a disturbing record of finding new ways to attempt to drown his keepers, a shark who's excellent at removing whatever stray hands come his way, and a deep-sea octopus whose past (and body count) are hidden behind endless stacks of legal papers. Despite their pattern of brutally murdering their ever-changing team of keepers, they all seem to immediately take a shine to you- a worryingly bright shine. A shine that won't go away, a shine that starts to unnerve you.
However, the longer you work there, the more you see the inner workings of Ebott Aquarium. The more you realise the sirens you're 'caring for' aren't dumb beasts, they're deeply intelligent... they aren't mindlessly aggressive, they've gone insane, locked in those tiny glass cages.
... The more you interact with the sirens... the more you realise their murderous aggression might not be all that misplaced.