The Deep Oneshots Part 2

ant Benthos x age swap au

Antaeus now has a little brother. What could possibly go wrong.

It had been three weeks since Alpheus had joined the Guardians. In that time he'd barely left Antaeus' side. Much to Protues' dismay. He'd been hoping to talk further the the young boy. Nereus had Antaeus firmly in his pocket. If he wanted a shot at Lumuria he'd need his own pawn to place on the throne.

He finally had a shot. Antaeus had his navigation test tonight. He'd have the whole night to talk to the boy. Except he couldn't f*cking find him. Antaeus had set off a little over half an hour ago, Alpheus hadn't been seen since. The base wasn't that big, there was only so many places to hide. He needed to find him before Nereus got back.

The guardians dropped him off in the middle of the ocean. They told him he was less than a days journey from one of the bigger bases, he'd been giving plenty of supplies and an emergency beacon incase he got lost or into trouble. Nereus wished him luck before he lowered the boy into the water.

He watched the he Guardians sail off into the distance as the sun set before sighing and beginning to sort through the supplies.

"Alpheus?! What are doing here?!"

"I... I heard you were leaving. I- I thought-"

Alpheus stuttered pulling on his sleeve.

"For a night or two Alpheus. Not forever."

"Oh... I'm sorry."

"It's fine. It's fine."

Antaeus began rummaging about through the boxes pulling out a blanket.

"Here, it's going to start getting cold soon."

"Thank you."

"No problem. Now get comfortable it's going to be a long night."

Antaeus grabbed one of the star maps and waited for it to get dark enough. Alpheus sat beside him, fidgeting with the blanket.

"What is that?"

"It's a star map, when it gets dark we're going to use it to find our way home."

"Can I help?"

Ant thought for a moment before nodding.

"Alright. Keep a look out for this constellation. I'm going to use it to figure out where we are."

"Ok Antaeus."

The two sat in silence for quite some time as they waited for it to get darker.

"There!! Is that it?"

"Good job, now if that's there.... and the northern star is over there.... then we're somewhere here."

Antaeus thought aloud. Staring down at the map. Alpheus tried to look over his shoulder, curious as to where they were, when a larger wave than he was expecting rocked the boat knocking Alpheus off balance.

"Careful!"

Antaeus yelped as he grabbed Alpheus pulling him away from the edge.

"Sorry."

Alpheus mumbled curling up against one of the supply boxes. Antaeus turned his attention back to the map.

"Hey, saying as you're so good at spotting constellations, do you think you can find this one?"

Alpheus scooted forward, trying to get a better look.

"Ok, I'll keep an eye out."

Antaeus smiled as he began to row. Hopefully the constellation hunt would keep his little brother distracted for a while.