[closed] I'm feeling alive all over again

[relentlesstide]

Characters: Arthur Curry and Mera
Date: Early on during the spa event
Location: Around
Situation: Arthur and Mera go on a long date. That's basically it. They're adorable married people.
Warnings/Rating: It will probably end in skinny dipping. Just sayin'.

[Arthur isn't sure he'll ever be used to the way the mood changes at the drop of a hat in this city. Tensions were escalating between foreigners and kedan, with the state of the city remaining at a steady rate of deterioration seemingly, but then... Well, he knew that something must be happening with Tu Vishan. He felt the calm and walked outside to see sweeter waters flushing out some of the decay in the canals, and he knew the great turtle was... happier, somehow.

It's heartening. It really is. A glimmer of hope when everything seemed bleak.

So he and his wife are going to enjoy the festivities. They rarely get the chance to do things like this; there are so few celebrations in Atlantis and Sub Diego with everything that's happened over the tides. He's dressed for the occasion, for a real date, in his usual green pants and a short-sleeved, open shirt of Atlantis blue, embroidered with fish, his hair smoothed back and his beard trimmed short and neat. They have a lot of missed dates to catch up on, and today will be one of them.

They're heading out toward the center of the city right now, to the festival going on; it's nice, people with instruments on street corners playing music, people dancing in flowy costumes, the smell of fruit and roasting fish in the air... And to a sensitive Atlantean nose, the scent of sweeter seawater, salt in the air.]

It's all beautiful, but not as beautiful as you. [He says, smile a little teasing and sheepish at the same time, because wow, he knows how bad that line is.]

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[relentlesstide]

[Surface-dwellers, apparently. It wasn't really something he ever did with his father as a child, so it felt a little alien, but it was entertaining enough, with Mera there with him. He gives her hand a light squeeze as they move with the crowd of partnered dancers; they were always quick studies, the two of them.]

I remember watching you hula dance in Hawaii. [He says with a slight grin tugging at his lips. Their first real date, where he didn't insist on being King of Atlantis, and where she taught him to live.] And I'm sure we danced at our wedding. [He twirls her once, with the rest, and leans in a little.] Not that I remember it specifically. I was too busy wondering how I'd gotten so lucky.

[queenoftheseas]

[Mera laughs and moves along with him, pressing herself up against him and resting her chin on his shoulder]

That all seems so long ago. I barely remember. They're fuzzy memories but they're good ones. [She pulls away then, smiling up at him and laughs when he twirls her] I think I'm rather lucky myself. It's not very often you meet a handsome, kind, intelligent, strong King. It's even less often that you fall in love and marry him.

[relentlesstide]

It was a long time ago. It's one of the ones I always hold on to, though. [As a reminder that things haven't always been bad. He'd needed those little reminders a lot during his days after Mera left. Also because Mera dancing topless is always going to be a favorite mental image...]

Well, if you're only looking at kings, I'd imagine the dating pool is small indeed. [He teases lightly, drawing her closer with an arm around her waist as the music slows a little.]

[queenoftheseas]

If nothing else, it's a nice reminder that life isn't always difficult. [Which is something she thinks they could both use sometimes]

You know what I meant. [When he pulls her closer she wraps her arms around his neck]