She-Ra Oneshots

"Shut Up, Himbo" - MermistHawk

WARNINGS: Dissociation, breakdown
While I love Mermisthawk I didn't think I'd end up writing something solely based on them, however this idea hit me in the face while thinking of how none of the mains died and, here ya go. I don't really get the differences between Etherian clothing and terrestrial but some of it looked similar enough so I gave them sweats because why not.

"Okay, this meeting is officially dismissed, you all are free to go back to your kingdoms." Glimmer concluded, now that the Princess Alliance was content with cleanup efforts.

"Finally, I'm so excited to go back to Dryl and work more to help the clones! Thanks again Hordak for letting me do research on you."

"It's my pleasure, my love."

"I think Catra and I will go back to the former Horde and work on fixing things up there, of course, if it's all right with you Scorpia?"

"Of course! It'll be so much better with friends there, especially since we'll be joining Plumeria with the new kingdom!"

All this conversation going on, about kingdoms and homes, and Mermista just wanted to cry. Salineas was gone now, and while she would obviously be reestablishing it it was still too damaged, too fresh, to even think of starting now. She felt a hand squeeze hers, and glanced sideways to see Sea Hawk looking at her with concern.

She would be staying with him now, since she had no place to go back to and her boyfriend was really the only person she could stand being around now. "Just a moment more, dearest, then we can go back to my ship."

Goodbyes and the trip back to Seaworthy passed in a blur for the aquatic princess, allowing and trusting Sea Hawk to help lead her around. While a bit of an egotist and a complete himbo, he also understood that it took a lot of work for her to trust anyone like this, especially in such an absent state. He dodged questions on the docks in the coastal city, keeping his girlfriend close and methodically squeezing her hand in reminder (as much as he hated for her to bottle her emotions, she'd be way more upset if she cried in public, and he would make sure she let go on his ship, one way or another).

Turns out he didn't need to, once she was all the way on the book tears started rolling down her face and she ran to the cabin. He followed closely, noticing she kept the door open, a clear sign she wanted him to come in and comfort her. He gladly did so, sitting next to her on the bed and stroking her hair as she cried. It had been a long few days, and with how hard she was sobbing it was very likely that this had been the most emotion she'd felt in a long while, so he maneuvered them until they were laying down, her head on his chest. He rubbed her back, and began humming. Not a shanty, no, a lullaby that his mom sang for him long ago.

It didn't take very long for her tears to stop, breaths hiccuping but steady and eyelids drooping. "Let's change for bed, dear. You can wear something of mine if you want, though I think some things of yours might be in here too." He let her up first, laying for a moment longer as she grabbed something and moved to the cabin bathroom. Once he heard the door shut he heaved his tired bones up, reasoning that he didn't want Mermista to have to wait once she finished. He changed into some sweatpants, deciding a shirt was too much work and knowing how his girlfriend secretly adored skin to skin contact.

Just as he finished folding up his jacket and putting away his shoes, Mermista walked out in the bathroom wearing one of his shirts. It was a sailing shirt, but a well worn and billowy one, so it was comfortable. It went halfway down her thighs, accentuating her curves, and he didn't think she was wearing pants underneath (not that he minded, they may be too tired for anything but he could still enjoy the view). When she saw him taking in her appearance, she started blushing and decided to walk into his chest.

"You look gorgeous darling," he complimented, lifting her head a bit to kiss her.

"Oh shut up," her smile and tone letting away her true feelings as she leaned in again, for a little longer this time. She tucked her head back into his neck, rubbing his arm as if reassuring herself he was still here, that she was still in control. He realized where her train of thought was going (damn him for being so good at reading her) and laid his hand against the back of her head, running his thumb along where the chip used to lay and silently reminding her it wasn't there anymore.

After a moment, Mermista yawned and Sea Hawk took that as a sign to nudge her over to the bed, though she didn't let him away and they ended up falling onto it in the same position they were standing, prompting light giggles from both parties before they quieted again, letting the heavy peace of sleep take them for the night.

"I love you, dearest."

"Hm, love you too."

"You do?" He perked up, letting his joking reply help her to not feel embarrassed for the verbal confession (she wasn't good at those yet). "How embarrassing."

"Oh shut up, himbo." And with that, she brought him back down so she could fall asleep listening to his heartbeat, feeling the blankets surround them with warmth and the weight of his arm around her waist.

Maybe tonight wasn't perfect, because Salineas was in ruin, but this was surely as close as she could get.

[A/N: As far as I'm concerned, this is my canon take on what happened post-series so any other oneshots in this time period is compatible with this. I'll for sure be doing an Entrapdak one, because they're the first characters that I've really been able to relate to without heaping headcanons onto my representation of them, as well as probably one focusing on the chipped princesses.]