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hihii!! A small idea that I came up with is having LADS selkies cuddling up with the reader and just comforting them from spiraling/overthinking when their obviously in distress about a thing that's happening in their family/or another thing letting them know that it's ok to feel sad about it and also reassuring them! :3

Take your time if you do decide to do this request and thanks in advance!!💕

I actually have this exact one in my drafts lol, I'll finish it ASAP

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Too Cute to Function

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace boys x Reader

Reader gets babied after triggering cuteness aggression

First request finished in a while 🫠 lets see if I still got it

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You’re just having a chill morning.

Tea. Blanket. Big sweater. Your hair’s all fluffy from sleep. You yawn, rubbing your face, and shuffle outside to sit on the porch like always.

And that’s when they all freeze.

Five seal boys, mid-sunbath, staring at you like you just punched them in the soul.

You blink. “...What?”

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🐺 Sylus

He makes a tiny murder seal noise.

You barely have time to react before he launches at you like a fluffy, snuggle-possessed torpedo.

Bumps into your legs.

Climbs your lap.

Wedges himself under your hoodie like it’s his personal pocket dimension. One thought going through his mind.

“You look so soft today I am going to DIE if I don’t smother you immediately.”

You're pinned. Your tea is lost. He is smug.

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🫧 Rafayel

Rafayel was mid-flop when he saw you.

One glance—your sleepy eyes, your messy hair, your too-big hoodie—

And he made the softest wheeze-squeak you’ve ever heard from a seal in your life.

He doesn’t rush.

No.

He glides up like a graceful manatee prince and then dramatically collapses onto your lap.

“Mon dieu, you’re too precious today. What is this? Who allowed this? How dare you.” He tried to say, but it just came out in glubs and gegs.

He gently noses your cheeks. Multiple times. Then your fingers. Then your knees. He’s basically tasting you at this point.

“Too cute. Illegal. Do it again.”

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🪨 Zayne

Zayne watches you like a man witnessing the birth of the sun.

You shuffle out in your blanket like a sleepy marshmallow. You sit. You mumble a soft good morning.

His entire seal body goes rigid.

Then—

He slides toward you like a refrigerator being pushed across a linoleum floor and curls around you like a fuzzy, living barricade.

“Zayne—”

Flop. Protective grunt.

“Shh. No more words. You are delicate. I am shield.” All you heard was, eeehhhg pffft eggh eg.

You’re not allowed to move for the next hour.

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☀️ Caleb

He screeches.

Like, actual baby-seal scream of pure overwhelmed affection.

You drop your spoon. He belly-flops onto the porch and frantically tries to climb you.

“AAAAAAAAHH WAAAAAAA.”

Translated.

“TOO CUTE—TOO SMALL—MY HEART—HUG OR DIE—”

He wiggles under your hoodie. Tries to tuck himself into your arms like a seal-shaped stuffie.

Your blanket? Stolen.

Your tea? Shared now.

Your dignity? Gone.

“No chores. No walking. You sit there and be adorable. That’s your job now.”

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🌊 Xavier

Xavier freezes.

You walk out holding a mug with both hands, blanket trailing behind you, eyes still half-lidded—and he stares.

His seal form doesn’t move for ten full seconds. Then—

A squeak.

He flops over. Completely. Like the sight of you killed him.

“...Xavier?”

No response.

He slowly wriggles up to you like an exhausted noodle and leans his seal body against your side. Refuses to move. Occasionally makes tiny breathy seal sighs like he’s barely surviving your cuteness.

His little gurgles translate to “She yawned while blinking. I am destroyed.”

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You, 20 Minutes Later:

Buried under five seals.

Pinned to the porch.

Sipping lukewarm tea through a silly straw Caleb brought you for “convenience.”

“This is ridiculous.”

A flipper pats your head.

Someone squeaks.

Rafayel, in his human form, hums.

“You’re lucky we didn’t start grooming you.”

“Wait. You were gonna what—”

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Draw Four? That’s a Declaration of War.

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

Reader teaches them Uno | Chaos ensues | Betrayal | Flipper slaps | Shifting out of spite

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It started innocently.

You were tired after a long rainy day. They were restless.

You pulled out the battered Uno deck from your backpack and said the fateful words:

“Wanna learn a game?”

Big mistake.

Bigger consequences.

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🐺 Sylus

Caught on immediately. Competitive. Focused. Unblinkingly intense.

“So if I stack this +2... that means Caleb draws four?”

“Well, technically no—”

“He’s drawing four.”

Plays in dead silence like it’s a war strategy.

Stares you down every time he changes the color to red.

Knows when you have one card left.

Changes it out of pure spite.

“Uno.”

“You said that too fast.”

“Say it again. Slower. For the record.”

You’ve never feared a +4 more in your life.

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🫧 Rafayel

Dramatic. Loud. Feels personally betrayed by every action.

The second someone plays a Skip on him?

“HOW DARE YOU—IN FRONT OF THE SEAGULLS—”

If you Reverse his turn?

He takes off the shirt you gave him.

“So this is what we are now. Naked and alone.”

You: “...You’re always naked in seal form.”

“Not the point.”

If you hit him with a +4?

He shifts seal. Flops off the porch. Sulks in the water for twenty minutes.

Returns only when you call him "mon petit jellybean" and let him stack two Wilds in a row.

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🪨 Zayne

Sits there quietly.

Says nothing.

Until he slams down a +4 Wild with the quiet fury of Poseidon himself.

“Color’s blue.”

“Zayne. You’ve had blue the whole time, haven’t you?”

“...No.”

“That was three Rounds ago—”

“Color’s still blue.”

Caleb: “I FEEL BETRAYED.”

Zayne: smirks.

Takes no prisoners. Keeps track of everything. Never speaks unless it’s devastating.

You're both terrified and impressed.

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☀️ Caleb

Started off thinking it was fun and silly.

“Oooo pretty colors!! Reverse? Haha okay!!”

Until he got hit with a Draw Four.

Then the gloves came off.

He is now vengeance personified.

“No mercy. I see how it is.”

“It’s just Uno—”

“YOU SKIPPED ME THREE TIMES.”

Talks the entire time.

Narrates his card pulls.

Loses track of his turn because he’s laughing too hard at his own jokes.

You once caught him trying to hide a Wild under his leg. He swore it was an accident.

“How’d that get there?? I thought it was a shell!”

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🌊 Xavier

Stares at the cards like they’re riddles.

Quiet. Calculated.

But when he finally drops a Wild +4?

“I pick green.”

“Xavier. You don’t even have green.”

“I do now.”

He wins. A lot. Suspiciously often.

Won’t confirm if he’s psychic or just very good at reading everyone.

Zayne suspects him. Rafayel accuses him. Caleb tries to peek at his hand.

He remains unreadable.

But… when he beats you?

He shifts to seal, nose-boops your hand, and bleps in apology.

“It was strategic betrayal. Not emotional.”

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At the End of the Game...

The deck is a mess.

Sylus is still watching everyone like he’s trying to anticipate your next color.

Rafayel has declared emotional war but wants a rematch.

Zayne has stacked a throne of victory out of pillows and blankets.

Caleb is under the table.

Xavier is reorganizing the deck silently and calmly like nothing happened.

And you?

You're crying from laughing too hard.

“Next game, let’s just play Go Fish.”

None of them trust the cards anymore.

Five seals turn to stare.

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My A Sight for Sore Eyes request is so good! I love it especially your exhaustion wasn't enough to stop you from smiling at the sight of them ☺️, all of them turned to you in perfect synchronization 🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️🙂‍↔️, Sylus slammed himself to your shins 😂, the line "heat-seeking snuggle torpedo" is both hilarious yet adorable 🤣😍, he had a flipper around your leg 🦵, he let go & changed to his human form to tell you that you take back your words 💬, he kissed your temple before changing back to flop on your feet 🦶, just how loudly Rafayel gasped (⁠・⁠o⁠・⁠), the line "summon sea spirits" is too funny to me XD, how unfair he looks so gorgeous when he's a wet human 😍, he said he might die from happiness because of your compliment 😌, you pointed out he's twitching which he countered he didn't get to see you smile for 2 days ☺️, he kissed your knuckles before asking you to repeat it slowly to frame it 🖼️, both of you just blinked at each other (⁠•⁠‿⁠•⁠)(⁠◡⁠ ⁠ω⁠ ⁠◡⁠), you opened your arms when Zayne decided to flop towards you 👍, he slammed you down to the floor which you laughed 😂, he just lie down with his eyes closed 😌, he did changed to keep your groceries with pride & pink ears <⁠(⁠￣⁠︶⁠￣⁠)⁠>🩷👂, just how clumsy & active Caleb is 🤣, he's so excited even as a seal (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠), he tried to hug you with both flippers which you laughed 😂, he changed to squeeze your cheeks 🤭, he's begging you to repeat it louder 🔊, he made a squeaky sound as human with your finger on his lips 👄, both of you couldn't help but laugh XD, you had a blanket & mug of tea on the couch 🛋️, all of them were snoring away at your side 😴, Caleb is the only one who said it out loud 🗣️, and everyone agrees that you're a sight for sore eyes too ☺️ Thank you so much for doing my request because I love it so much :)

Bestie...I failed, I forgot Xavier 😭 I fixed it now but...HOW COULD I FORGET THE SOFTEST BOI

Thank you for loving my writing so much though 💕 🦭 makes my day

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A Sight for Sore Eyes

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

Post-grocery return | Reader is tired and affectionate | The boys react like it’s the greatest thing they’ve ever heard

Request done ✔️

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You’re sun-touched, wind-blown, and weighed down by three bags of groceries and two days of missing them.

But the second you step past the fence and spot their little seal bodies scattered on the shore like warm, fluffy beach stones, your face breaks into a grin.

You drop the bags with a sigh and say it without even thinking, “You guys are a sight for sore eyes.”

Five heads snap toward you in perfect synchronization.

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🐺 Sylus

White seal body launches off the rocks like a cannonball.

He doesn’t bark, doesn’t squeak—just beelines toward you and slams himself into your shins like a heat-seeking snuggle torpedo.

You stumble.

“Sylus—!”

He wraps a flipper around your leg.

Huffs.

Won’t let go.

He shifted into human form, knees in the sand with his arms around your midsection and his face in your tummy.

“Sore eyes?? We’re the cure now?? You said it. You can’t take it back.”

He stood to steal a kiss on your temple—then turned back into a seal and flops dramatically across your shoes like he's never letting you go again.

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🫧 Rafayel

Gasps so loudly it might summon sea spirits.

Immediately shifts to human form, water still dripping from his hair, shirtless and glittering like a sea god.

“Mon cœur, you wound me. You’ve been gone two whole days and the first words you give me are a compliment so devastating I may perish from joy.”

“You’re literally twitching.”

“I have been deprived of that smile for 48 hours.”

Then—very seriously—he presses a kiss to your knuckles.

“Do say it again. Slowly. I want to frame it.”

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🪨 Zayne

He blinks at you.

You blink at him.

Then he makes a soft sound—somewhere between a grunt and a seal grumble—and flops his massive seal body toward you.

You crouch, open your arms.

He does not stop.

He slams full-force into you and knocks you flat into the sand.

“ZAYNE—!”

You’re breathless. Laughing.

He just lies there, heavy and warm on your chest, eyes closed.

“You missed us. You said so. I’m absorbing that.”

Eventually, he shifts long enough to tuck the groceries inside. Quietly. Proudly. Without a word—but with pink ears.

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☀️ Caleb

Shrieks.

Flails.

Trips over himself.

Seal Caleb spins in a full circle before launching himself at your side, bouncing up and down.

His body language and yowling practically saying, “YOU MISSED US? You missed me? YOUR EYES WERE SORE WITHOUT ME?”

You laugh as he wobbles and tries to hug you with both flippers at once.

He shifts to human just to squeeze your face in his hands.

“Say it again. I need to hear it. Please. I’m not above begging. Put it in a letter. Say it louder—”

You press a finger to his lips.

He makes a squeaky seal noise in human form.

You both laugh.

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Later That Night…

🌊 Xavier

He didn’t race toward you.

He didn’t make a noise.

He just… stared.

The moment you said “You guys are a sight for sore eyes,” he blinked once, whiskers twitching, and then turned his whole seal body toward you with the most gentle, stunned expression on his face.

You saw it.

That blink.

That pause.

That quiet little seal head tilt like you’d just said something he needed to hear and didn’t know it.

He didn't shift. He didn’t need to.

Instead, he waited—let you walk the last few steps—and then leaned into you.

Pressed the full weight of his seal side to your hip and stayed there. Solid. Warm.

You set the grocery bag down. Ran your fingers over his sleek fur.

“I missed you,” you whispered.

He made a soft, breathy noise. Then looked up at you.

“You smiled when you saw me,” he didn’t say aloud, but it echoed in every inch of him, “You smiled like I was something safe.”

Later, when the others were snoring around your legs, Xavier finally shifted human—quietly, in the soft moonlight—and whispered near your shoulder, “You’re the only thing I want to come home to, too.”

And then he curled behind you.

Like the sea guarding the shore.

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You’re curled on the couch with a warm blanket and a mug of tea.

Groceries put away. Sore shoulders soothed.

And five seals are squished beside you like a living weighted blanket. You’re covered in soft, snoring Selkies.

They don’t say it out loud (except Caleb, who whispers it constantly), but their eyes all say the same thing: You’re a sight for ours, too.

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Ours to Protect

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

Boat accident | Panic | Seal rescue | Heavy emotions | Protective fluff | Reader almost drowns | No separation in stories: all in one

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It was only supposed to be a quick trip.

Just out to the farther buoy to untangle a sensor line. The harbor guy had been too busy, and you were the only one free. A small rowboat, calm water, clear skies.

The seals didn’t like it. Not one bit.

Sylus barked once when he saw you with the oars, flippers slapping the water. Rafayel kept nosing the boat. Zayne surfaced behind them like a dark shadow, unmoving.

“I’ll be fine,” you promised, laughing. “I’m literally just checking a rope. I’ll be back in thirty minutes.”

Caleb gave a worried chirp.

Xavier sank beneath the waves without a sound.

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The wind picked up.

Fast.

You were almost to the buoy when a low, choppy wave smacked the side of the boat.

Then another.

You turned the boat, but it was too late. The little vessel tipped—half-swamped—and you were in the water before you had time to shout.

Salt. Cold. A sharp crack to your arm as you hit the boat’s edge.

Then—

Silence.

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They Felt It.

The moment you disappeared from view, the seals reacted.

Sylus dove hard, leaving a violent splash in his wake.

Zayne was right behind him, cutting through the water like a bullet.

Caleb screamed—an eerie, high-pitched cry—and flung himself off the rocks.

Rafayel’s flippers churned as he vanished beneath the surface.

Xavier, already underwater, twisted mid-swim and launched toward where the boat had been.

They couldn’t speak.

Couldn’t call your name.

But the air tasted wrong.

Your shape was gone.

And that was all it took.

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You Didn’t Resurface.

Not until they found you, face down.

Floating like driftwood.

Rafayel reached you first.

He chirped, urgently, panicked, circling, nudging you upward. Caleb slammed into your side moments later, trying to tip you right—his squeaks sounding almost like sobs.

Sylus’s white shape darted around the group, pushing, lifting.

Xavier surfaced beside your head, silent, solid.

Zayne pushed from below, bracing your body against the current.

Together—no words, no coordination—they moved.

A tangle of seals, frantic and determined.

They brought you in.

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You hit the sand with a soft thump.

Still.

Cold.

Your lips were blue.

They surrounded you, keening low and soft, nudging you, chirping, pressing their faces to your cheeks.

Caleb tried shaking you with his flippers. Rafayel wailed. Xavier stayed so still it looked like he’d stopped breathing himself.

Then—

You coughed.

Saltwater dribbled from your mouth. You groaned, barely moving.

Sylus let out a sound not like a seal. Something broken. Guttural.

He flopped closer and dropped his head against your chest like, “Mine. Still here. Don’t do that again.”

You reached a trembling hand to touch his fur.

“...hey...” you whispered.

Rafayel collapsed against your legs like a wet blanket.

Zayne nudged his nose under your hand.

Caleb curled beside your ribs like a shaking dog.

Xavier leaned close.

He pressed his forehead to yours—just once.

“You are ours.”

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That Night

You didn’t go home.

You stayed curled up on the beach, surrounded by damp, sniffling seal-boys who refused to shift back to human.

Too scared.

Too shaken.

They piled around you—protective and silent. Zayne on guard. Caleb tucked into your side. Sylus half-on your chest again, like you’d float away if he didn’t hold you down.

You whispered into the thick, warm fur, “I’m okay. I’m really okay now.”

Five hearts pressed close.

You weren’t alone. You never would be again.

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The Things You Should Have Been Told

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

Reader opens up about emotional abuse from their past | Selkie boys react in seal and human form | Heavy comfort and unconditional love

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It didn’t come out all at once.

It never does.

Just a little offhand remark—something you thought you’d learned to laugh about.

“Yeah, no matter what I did, they always found a way to remind me I was never quite… enough.”

The boys were lounging in the sand when you said it over the phone while talking to a friend. A sunny afternoon, calm breeze. You didn’t mean to drop the words like stones—but they came out anyway.

You were still talking over the phone when the silence fell.

Too sharp.

Too long.

You looked up.

And realized—

Every single one of them was staring.

You told your friend an excuse and hung up with a wince.

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🐺 Sylus

Sylus rose from where he’d been sprawled in a half-doze, his body tense.

Still a seal.

Still silent.

But his whole form shifted forward, like he wanted to put himself between you and that memory.

You tried to wave it off. “It wasn’t that bad. I mean, it’s not like they hit me or anything—”

He made a noise then.

Sharp.

Quiet.

Somewhere between a growl and a whimper.

You looked down.

He pressed against your leg, fur bristling slightly, his eyes fixed on yours.

Later, he shifted human just to say this one thing, “You never deserved to be spoken to like that. Ever. You don’t have to minimize your pain for me or anyone.”

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🫧 Rafayel

Rafayel's reaction was slower.

Still seal-shaped, he blinked at you for a long time, his wide dark eyes gleaming with something too quiet to name.

Then he shifted and sat beside you in the sand.

“They spoke to you like that? As if love was something you had to earn?”

You didn’t answer.

Didn’t need to.

He reached for your hand, kissed your knuckles, and murmured:

“Mon cœur… you were a child. They should have lifted you. Not hollowed you out.”

He said nothing else for a while. Just stayed. Anchored.

And later, he placed a shell at your bedside.

“This one’s perfect. No one had to tell it to be.”

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🪨 Zayne

Zayne didn’t react right away.

Just lay there, tail flicking slightly, staring out toward the ocean.

But minutes later, when you wandered down the shore alone, he followed.

No words.

Just his big seal form sliding up beside you as you waded in the water.

He bumped your hand.

You looked down.

He’d shifted—standing waist-deep, expression unreadable but focused.

“I know what it’s like. To be told who you are instead of being asked.”

You swallowed.

He stepped forward, touched your shoulder lightly.

“You don’t have to carry their voices in your head anymore.”

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☀️ Caleb

Caleb made the saddest squeak you’ve ever heard.

Then immediately launched his seal-self onto your lap and buried his face in your stomach.

You blinked. “Caleb??”

You felt him trembling.

He eventually shifted, but didn’t move far—just curled around your lap like a puppy.

“They were supposed to tell you that you were amazing. And silly. And worthy. And lovable. And safe.”

You ran your fingers through his hair.

He pressed closer.

“From now on, we say the things they didn’t.”

And he did.

Randomly. Repeatedly. In songs. On sticky notes. With rocks arranged in the sand.

“You’re my favorite person.”

“I like your laugh.”

“You don’t have to be perfect to be loved.”

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🌊 Xavier

Xavier didn’t speak at all at first.

Didn’t move.

Just… sat in seal form beside you. Touched his side to yours.

Then nudged your hand, once.

Twice.

You placed it on his back and let your fingers drift across his fur.

“They always made me feel like I was too much. Or not enough.”

Xavier shifted, silently.

Reached forward.

Took both of your hands in his.

Held them against his chest.

“You are not their words. You are not their wounds.”

His voice was calm. Still. Anchoring.

“You’ve always been enough. You just needed to land somewhere safe enough to believe it.”

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Later That Night…

They didn’t crowd you. Didn’t smother you.

But you woke up warm—surrounded by soft seal bodies, all pressing close, quiet in their love. And one by one, in whispers or gestures, they reminded you:

“You're safe now.”

“You don’t have to perform to be loved.”

“You're good. As you are. Always.”

They didn’t erase the damage.

But they became the antidote.

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Didn’t Mean to See That (But My Brain’s on Fire Now)

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

Reader accidentally ends up naked in front of them | Embarrassed chaos | Seal form short-circuits | Flustered affection

This request was fun lol

What i imagine when they shift human is their pelt, unless stated otherwise, is wrapped around them like a towel. But its really up for interpretation, want them walking around without anything all the time? Go for it lol

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🐺 Sylus

He’s always the one casually naked after a shift, so you’d think he’d be unfazed.

Nope.

You step out of the outdoor shower, towel slung lazily over your shoulder, thinking everyone’s off hunting fish—and there’s Sylus, lounging in seal form right by the deck, blinking up at you.

He freezes.

Flippers stiffen.

Stares.

He shifts human.

Then—poof.

Immediately turns around, eyes shut, hands in the air.

“I DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING I SWEAR—NO WAIT I SAW EVERYTHING—I’M SORRY—WHY DON’T I HAVE A TOWEL?!”

You’re already scrambling back behind the curtain, laughing through your mortification.

Later, he refuses to make eye contact for five hours and flinches every time you say the word “towel.”

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🫧 Rafayel

You forget he’s sunbathing on the rocks when you go to rinse off after a swim.

You think you're alone, humming to yourself as you peel your clothes off—until you hear a dramatic splash.

You look over.

Replaced by human Rafayel, waist-deep in the water, face red, hand over his eyes.

Seal Rafayel is gone.

“PARDON—pardon, I was admiring the ocean, not—NOT—oh gods, this is very French of me, isn’t it?”

You shout at him to turn around and something about him not actually being French, just a Selkie on a small coast no where near France.

“Already turned! Completely blind now! Will be repenting in sea kelp for days! An you dont know that!!”

He leaves you a gift of three shells and a lemon the next morning. Doesn’t explain it. Refuses to talk about it. Blushes for a week.

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🪨 Zayne

You catch him by surprise while changing in the back room, thinking he’s still in the ocean.

You pull your shirt off—and there he is.

On the rug.

Seal.

Just stares.

He does not move.

Like a statue.

You freeze.

“…Zayne?”

He makes a single noise:

“Mmhrm.”

Then slowly, slowly turns in a perfect circle.

Flops out the door.

Disappears.

Later, you find him in human form, stacking rocks with extreme focus.

“Didn’t see anything.”

You raise an eyebrow. “You were staring for 15 seconds.”

“Didn’t. See. Anything.”

He doesn’t bring it up again—but you find a flannel shirt left on your bed later that smells like cedar and Zayne and possibly shame.

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☀️ Caleb

This boy melts down completely.

You’re changing inside the cabin, thinking you’re alone—when the door creaks open and in slides Seal Caleb, fresh from the ocean. He's turns human the moment he nosed open the door.

“HEY—uh—WAIT—I’M SORRY—I SAW A SPIDER I DIDN’T MEAN TO—I DIDN’T SEE YOUR—WAIT—WAS THAT YOUR—AAAAAAAAA—”

He flails backward. Turns into a seal. Hits a chair. Knocks it over.

Turns human.

Trips over his own pelt.

You’re already shouting and hiding behind a blanket while he flops to the ground and covers his entire head.

“I SAW YOUR SHOULDER. MAYBE YOUR KNEE. NOTHING ELSE. I’M A GENTLEMAN.”

He refuses to look at you for two full days.

Later builds you a privacy tent with a sign that says: “Safe Nudity Zone: Caleb-Free Since Tuesday”

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🌊 Xavier

It happens in the water.

You think you’re alone in the cove. You slip out of your swim clothes and float freely, face to the sun.

Then you hear a soft splash.

You glance up.

Seal Xavier is floating five feet away, frozen in the water like a haunted buoy.

He blinks.

You blink.

Neither of you move.

You shriek. Dive underwater. He turns into a seal torpedo and vanishes at Mach 10.

Later, he leaves you a towel and a seashell on your pillow. You don’t see him again until nightfall, when he sits near you, silent.

You finally break the tension with: “Well, I guess we’re even now.”

His response?

“You looked free. Not embarrassed. I panicked because I wasn’t supposed to see, not because you were… you.”

You forgive him. He keeps glancing away with pink ears for the rest of the night.

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I Love You Too—Wait, Wait, Let Me Try Again

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

They try to say it back for the first time. But… they’re in seal form. So things don’t go exactly as planned.

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You didn’t expect anything in return.

You said it days ago—casual, natural, full of affection.

“I love you.”

They’d reacted, sure. Emotionally. Dramatically, in some cases.

But no one said it back.

Not in words.

Until—

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🐺 Sylus

You were brushing seaweed off his fur again, half-humming to yourself, when Sylus sat up sharply.

Still in seal form.

Big eyes staring into yours like they were trying to burn a hole through your soul.

Then, with immense effort, he puffed up his chest and—

“AAARK.”

You blinked.

“…what…”

He did it again. Slapped a flipper on your knee. Stared harder.

“ARRK.”

“…What are you trying to say—?”

POOF.

He shifts instantly.

He’s red in the face and refusing eye contact.

“Okay, I was trying to say it, but my throat—seal—whatever. You get it.”

You smile. “Sylus…”

He looks at you, flustered and determined.

“…I love you too. I just needed a better form to do it.”

He gets no teasing. Just a kiss on the cheek. One that says I knew. But thank you anyway.

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🫧 Rafayel

Rafayel was dramatic about it, of course.

He flopped beside you on the beach one sunset, flippers in the water, chin on your foot.

Let out a long, pained, seal sigh.

You looked down. “Raf?”

He whined.

Then flopped his head over your ankle.

“...Ehhhhrk.”

He tried again, louder this time.

“BUUUH EEHG!!”

“Raf, you okay?”

He immediately poofed human, rolled to face you, dramatically draped himself across your lap, and whispered:

“I tried. I wanted the moment to be perfect. But it came out as a barnacle scream.”

You snorted.

He grinned. Kissed your wrist.

“I love you, mon cœur. Madly. Stupidly. With every inch of me—seal and otherwise.”

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🪨 Zayne

Zayne didn’t even try words.

He just flopped into your lap in seal form and stared up at you for five full minutes with the most intense emotional stare you’ve ever seen.

Then lifted one flipper.

Placed it over your heart.

And just… stared.

You could feel it.

Everything he couldn’t say, there.

Eventually, he shifted—slowly, deliberately—and curled his arms around you.

“I don’t say things like that often. But I feel it. You know that, right?”

You nodded.

“I love you. I didn’t think I’d get to say that in this life.”

You whispered back, “You were always allowed.”

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☀️ Caleb

You were dancing with a broom and humming off-key when you turned and saw Seal Caleb standing dramatically in the doorway.

“BYOOOOR.”

“…what?”

He flopped in.

“GEHOO.”

You raised a brow.

He bounced.

Then took a running start—full body launched into your knees—flopped against your stomach and made a sound that could only be described as:

“LARLOOOOOVE.”

You both froze.

“…were you trying to say—?”

Human Caleb, now clinging to you, burying his face in your neck.

POP.

“I panicked. I love you. That was my heart trying to do a backflip.”

You hugged him tighter than the broom.

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🌊 Xavier

Xavier waited until the house was silent. Until everyone else was asleep, tucked in their spots, seal piles and salt-crusted dreams.

You were washing your hands when you turned and found him in the doorway—human form this time. Barefoot with his pelt around him. Eyes soft.

“You said it once.”

You tilted your head.

“I haven’t said it back. Not properly.”

He crossed the floor slowly.

Reached for your hands.

His voice was quiet. Grounded.

“I love you. You, exactly like this. Just wanted to make sure the words reached you, too.”

And they did.

Like waves.

Like home.

Like moonlight.

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You Said It Like It Was Nothing

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

Reader says “I love you” | Seal chaos ensues | Fluff, softness, unspoken emotion

Request done ✨️

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It was one of those easy, quiet mornings.

You were cleaning off your hands, brushing your hair back from your face, and five fluffy seals were either lounging in sun patches or trying to shove each other off the porch with comical squeaks.

You smiled as you tossed a sardines toward Zayne and Sylus who both stayed close by, keeping you company and watching the others be weird.

For a moment, you took it all in. Before saying something that has been on your mind for a while.

“I love you,” you said offhandedly.

You meant it.

Soft. Real. Without thinking much.

And they all…

froze.

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🐺 Sylus

Mid-sardine snatch.

Mouth open.

Sardine hits his nose and flops to the ground. He does not react.

His nose twitched slightly.

His seal body stiffens.

And then—flop. He disappears behind the deck post like he’s trying to pretend he didn’t just hear the one phrase he’s been waiting his whole life to believe.

You peek over the side.

“Sylus?”

He’s hiding his face behind his flipper, one thing going through his mind.

“You didn’t mean it. Did you mean it? No—don’t look at me—oh gods she meant it.”

You get a sulky, overheated cuddle attack about twenty minutes later.

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🫧 Rafayel

Rafayel was mid-flip into your lap when you said it.

He misses.

Lands sideways. Slides off like a damp loaf of bread.

Then whips his head around and stares at you—wide-eyed. Immediately turns into his human form.

“You love me? ME? Are you aware of what you’ve just done??”

He wraps his arms around your shoulders, and melts against you.

“Say it again. Slowly. And then never take it back.”

You laugh.

He kisses your hair.

“I will be insufferable now.”

(He is.)

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🪨 Zayne

Zayne freezes completely.

Wasn't even looking at you when you said it. Just basking in a sunbeam, half-dozing. But now his eyes are open, pupils dilated, breath stilled.

You say it again with a small smile.

“I love you, you know.”

He doesn’t move for another full minute.

Then?

Turns into human form. Sits down beside you. Very quiet.

And rests his forehead against your shoulder.

No words.

Just the warmth of his presence, the weight of it.

“I’ve always wanted to be told that...”

You didn’t say anything else. You just let him lean.

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☀️ Caleb

This boy?

Explodes.

He was mid-roll, flopping across the sand with glee, when your words hit.

He goes airborne.

Rolls once more. Sits up in seal form like a soggy cinnamon bun, and switches into his human form.

“YOU LOVE ME???”

You laugh. “Obviously!”

He immediately switches back to seal form and flops to your feet, stares at you with full sparkling anime seal eyes, and shifts into human back to form so fast he trips over his own foot.

“Do you want a fish? A rock? A hat? MY HEART?”

You end up tackled into the sand with so much affection and a heartfelt demand:

“Say it again!! I need to hear it a million times!!”

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🌊 Xavier

Xavier, of course, already knew.

But he didn’t expect to hear it. So casually. So easily.

He lifts his head from where he was trying to doze on your lap. Blinks. Whiskers twitch once.

You glance down. “You good?”

He stares at you like he’s memorizing your face.

Then he leans forward.

Presses his head to your chest.

Seal-form. Silent.

You pet him gently.

He doesn’t move for a long time. But eventually, you hear the tiniest sound—

A soft exhale. A hum. A seal’s version of a thank you.

One you don’t need to understand to feel.

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That Night...

None of them bring it up again directly.

But Sylus hovers closer than usual. Rafayel keeps brushing your fingers with his. Zayne quietly takes over your chores. Caleb sings love songs to the plushie you. And Xavier lies curled against your back like he’s guarding something sacred.

You fall asleep with one thought echoing gently in your chest:

You meant it.

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Had to take a short break the other day, I just got some bad news and had to take a moment.

I shall get the requests done pronto, and one or two of my own.

Apologies for the delay ❤️ 🦭

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Is That Supposed to Be… You?

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

Plushie!Reader | Seal cuddles | Fluff with a hint of feral | Reader has Freckles-you can ignore this detail if you need

Part 2 of request

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You didn’t mean to cause another crisis.

Really.

It was just… cute.

A little plush version of yourself. Round cheeks, embroidered smile, your favorite hoodie and all. It had tiny freckles. You couldn’t resist.

You thought they’d laugh.

You weren’t expecting full-on emotional malfunction.

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🐺 Sylus

He stared at it for a full ten seconds without blinking.

Then—

“Where did you get this.”

You smiled, holding it up. “I had it made! Isn’t it adorable?”

He walked closer slowly, looking between the plush and you like he couldn’t quite compute what he was seeing.

“You… paid someone to make a smaller, plush version of yourself?”

“Yeah! For, like... comfort? Like when i go to the city for the weekend, little me will still be here.”

Sylus, now in full seal form, immediately grabbed the plush in his mouth and hopped off into the bedroom.

You followed. “Sylus, what are you doing?”

He dropped it on the bed. Laid on top of it.

Then looked at you like, “You’re mine. And now this is mine too.”

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🫧 Rafayel

Rafayel spotted it from across the room and gasped so hard he spun around on the spot.

“Mon dieu...”

You held it up, grinning. “Look! It’s me!”

He approached like it was a fragile relic, cupped it in both hands, and stared at its tiny sewn smile with awe.

“It is precious… soft… radiant… but…”

He looked at you. Then the plush. Then back to you.

“Is there a reason you got this? Company for pushie me?”

You laughed. “It’s for you, actually. Not just plushie you. When I’m not around.”

His face went blank.

“You has this made for me?”

He clutched it to his chest like it was the last dandelion on Earth and whispered, “I shall treasure it with my life.”

He sleeps with it now. Every night. Tucked under one arm. Glares if anyone even glances at it.

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🪨 Zayne

You held it up with a shy grin. “...Too much?”

Zayne didn’t answer.

He walked over, picked it up, turned it around slowly in one hand… then paused.

“It has your freckles.”

“Yeah.”

He stared at it longer.

Then gently placed it down, turned into his seal form, and flopped heavily next to it, placing his head on it like a protective boulder.

You squinted. “...Are you guarding it?”

He looked up at you and blinked his eyes slowly.

Then rested his chin back on it and closed his eyes like, “this is fine now.”

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☀️ Caleb

Caleb SCREAMED when he saw it.

“IS THAT YOU?! IT’S YOU! YOU’RE A PLUSH!”

He scooped it up and immediately began spinning in circles.

“LOOK AT YOUR LITTLE FACE! YOUR LITTLE SHIRT! YOUR LITTLE—CHEEKS!!”

You were laughing so hard it hurt.

“I got it for you, you dork!”

His eyes went wide.

“YOU GOT ME A POCKET-SIZED YOU???”

He immediately declared it the most important thing he owns, tried to feed it his favorite seaweed snacks, and made a tiny cardboard bed for it out of a box lid.

You caught him singing to it once.

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🌊 Xavier

You offered it to him with quiet hands. “I thought you might like something to hold. For when I’m not nearby.”

Xavier stared at it.

Not moving.

Then, slowly, he reached out and took it.

Turned it once.

Twice.

Then rested it against his chest and closed his eyes.

“I’ll take care of it.”

He didn’t say anything else.

But that night, you woke up to find the plush version of you tucked between his flippers in seal form—his head resting protectively on top of it.

And when you reached out to move it?

He pulled it closer.

“Mine.”

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You now have five extremely possessive selkies who treat a soft, plush version of you like it’s a sacred object.

Sylus bodyguards it.

Rafayel writes it poetry.

Zayne uses it like a lighg-weighted comfort stone.

Caleb made it a little hat.

Xavier… probably gave it a soul bond.

And when you joke about ordering another?

All five argue, “Don’t you dare divide yourself anymore.”

Turns out they think you share a soul with said plushie...

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Can I request LADS Selkies reacting to Reader telling him how you never felt good enough no matter what you do because of your family because you barely received thanks but received complaints or get teased about your mistakes instead please? Sorry. I had a bad day 😔

Sorry you had a bad day, hope this makes today better ❤️ 🦭

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I LOVE YOUR WORK AAAAAAA ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ could I maybe get the lads selkies with a reader who has a rlly sensitive nose? it may be a weird ask lol but I get super nauseous when I smell some things or get terrible migraines when some smells are too strong so T_T it’s a little silly but I sometimes carry a lemon with me so that I can cut it open and smell it when something smells too strong around me lol IDK I JUST THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CUTE TO SEE ILY PLEASE NEVER STOP WRITING ❤️

Just posted, I struggled just a bit with writing it so leaned into the lemon part a bit lol

Hope you like it ❤️

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You Don’t Have to Earn Our Love

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

Reader opens up about family trauma | Selkie boys comfort in instinctive, quiet ways

This request hit pretty close to home, so I hope this helps bring you happiness, even by a little.

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It came out in pieces.

A quiet morning, sunlight filtering through sea mist, your mug warm in your hands but your chest aching. The boys were scattered—floating lazily in the shallows, piled in seal-fluff piles near the porch, dozing under a patch of sun.

You hadn’t meant to say it aloud.

“I always tried,” you murmured, voice too small for the breeze. “But they never really saw it. Never said thank you. Just pointed out what I forgot. What I messed up.”

You stared at your drink.

“And now it’s just… stuck in me. That feeling. That no matter what I do, it won’t be good enough.”

You hadn’t realized one of them had moved until you felt warm weight press against your side.

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🐺 Sylus

Sylus didn’t make a sound.

He curled his large white seal body against your thigh, slowly—like a glacier shifting. Then he shoved his snout beneath your elbow until your hand rested on his head.

You didn’t pet him.

He nudged harder.

Until you did.

A slow, unsteady stroke through his fur. Again. Again.

He let out a quiet, sharp huff—like a steam valve—and lay still.

Protective. Heavy. Not saying a word. But if he could in this moment, in this form, he would say, “If they couldn’t see your worth, that’s their failure. I see you. I always see you.”

His heartbeat thudded steady against your hip.

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🫧 Rafayel

Rafayel didn’t approach directly.

Instead, he swam in slow, looping circles near the shore. Just close enough for the sound of his water-slick movements to be heard. A rhythm. A pulse.

When you finally looked up, eyes stinging, he was floating on his back in full seal form, holding something in his flippers.

A shell.

Shiny. Pink-edged.

He wobbled toward you through the surf, tail flicking, and nudged it into your hand.

Then nudged your hand into your own chest.

Then flopped forward and leaned against your legs. His body language saying, “This is how I see you. Soft. Shiny. Precious. And I’d still love you even if you weren’t.”

He stayed there, curled like driftwood, eyes watching with open, unflinching care.

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🪨 Zayne

You didn’t see Zayne arrive.

But suddenly, there was weight at your back.

A familiar seal—dark and broad—pressing firmly behind you like a mountain had laid itself down to keep the wind off your skin.

You leaned back automatically.

Zayne didn’t push. Didn’t nudge. Didn’t demand.

He just was there.

Unmoving.

Unjudging.

Like a stone that had heard all your words and decided—firmly—that you were enough anyway.

“You don’t need to earn a place here. You already belong.”

And when your shoulders started to shake?

He leaned his seal head against yours. Just once. Just enough.

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☀️ Caleb

Caleb waddled over with maximum seal panic.

He had clearly overheard the tail end of your confession and was halfway crying already.

He flopped face-first into your lap, glebbed so loud it startled a seagull, and then promptly tried to wrap both flippers around your waist.

You blinked. “...Caleb?”

He squeaked louder. Nudged his head under your chin and refused to stop wiggling until your arms were around him too.

Then he lay there. Soft. Snuffly. Vibrating with seal emotion.

“You’re good. You’re good. You’re the best. Don’t say things like that or I’ll melt.”

He fell asleep there, breath puffing warm against your chest.

You didn’t move.

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🌊 Xavier

Xavier didn’t come to you immediately.

You thought maybe he hadn’t heard.

But later, when you sat alone on the rocky edge of the cove, watching the tide roll in—he surfaced.

Dark seal eyes. Smooth creamy colored head. Silent.

He drifted just beneath the water’s surface for a long time.

Then slowly swam to shore and rested his head on your knee.

Didn’t move.

Didn’t blink.

You placed your hand on him without thinking.

He leaned into it.

Then, in the stillest, most careful way, he pressed his forehead to your shin.

A seal’s gesture of trust. Of vow.

“You are not your family’s echo. You are loved—without condition.”

He stayed there even as the sun set behind the horizon.

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That Night…

You didn’t say much.

None of them forced you to talk again.

But you ended up surrounded—pressed in by warmth and soft breathing. One tucked against your side. One against your feet. One curled like a scarf around your neck. One nosing into your hands. One resting at your back like a shield.

They couldn’t fix the scars family left behind.

But they made it clear—you’d never be unseen again.

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The Lemon Protocol

Selkie AU | Love and Deepspace Boys x Reader

Reader with scent sensitivity | Seal chaos | Overprotective softness | Comedy + comfort

A request is done, I hope I got this right lol I haven't had my sence of smell or much of my taste since 2020 tbh. Hope you like it

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You didn’t think much of it.

You’d always carried a lemon around for years—tucked into a coat pocket or backpack pouch, ready to be cracked open like a tiny, acidic panic button.

Strong smells made your head pound. Or your stomach twist. Sometimes both.

And since you’d moved closer to the ocean? It had helped—sea breeze, salt air. Mostly natural.

Until one day…

You looked up mid-sniff to find a seal, blinking at you like you’d just done a ritual.

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🐺 Sylus

Sylus stared.

Then sniffed the air like a bloodhound.

You laughed weakly, eyes still squinted from the whiff of sunscreen you passed near.

“I get migraines from some smells. The lemon helps. I always carry one.”

He paused.

Then shifted into his human form, his expression morphed into something deeply determined.

“You’re telling me… a single bad scent can drop you like a rock?”

You nodded.

“And a lemon saves you.”

You nodded again.

The next day, Sylus shoved open the cabin door with four lemons and a very serious look.

“We’re planting a tree. No arguments.”

Now he barks at strangers who smell too strong.

Sits in front of you like a stink-guard in public spaces.

Sniffs your laundry. Every time.

“This detergent’s suspicious.”

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🫧 Rafayel

Rafayel heard your explanation, nodded gravely—and immediately presented you with a hand-blown glass bottle of lemon oil from the apothecary down the road the next day.

“For when you can’t find a fresh one, mon fleur.”

Then he dramatically sniffed the sea air, crinkled his nose, and declared, “We are banning artificial fragrance from this household. Forever.”

Rafayel, in seal form, now refuses to let anyone near you if they smell like cologne.

Bit the sleeve of a tourist once.

Is not sorry.

He now makes you lemon-scented sea salt baths when you’re having a bad day.

Lights candles?

Only citrus.

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🪨 Zayne

Zayne said nothing.

Just stared at you for a long moment when you explained.

Then slowly, thoughtfully, took the lemon from your hand…

…and bit into it.

You yelped. “ZAYNE—!”

He blinked.

“...It’s fine.”

Tears in his eyes, lips puckered.

He now carries half a lemon sometimes “just in case.”

Tries to sniff out problem smells before you walk into the room.

You once caught him standing protectively in front of a trash can in seal form like, “Back up. This thing is a landmine.”

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☀️ Caleb

“Oh my STARS you have a lemon buddy? That’s GENIUS.”

Caleb loves it. Too much.

He immediately made it a “thing.”

“I’m gonna draw a face on it. What’s its name? Larry? Lucy?”

He now insists on checking “smell zones” before you enter.

You once found him crawling around in seal form under the porch with a lemon and making grunting noises. You suspect he was saying something like, “Scouting ahead, Captain Citrus.”

He begged to be your “emergency lemon carrier.”

He now keeps one in the fridge with a note on it:

“ONLY SNIFF IN TIMES OF GREAT NEED 💛”

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🌊 Xavier

Xavier doesn’t speak at first.

Just quietly observes you pressing a lemon to your nose after walking past a fisherman using heavy motor oil on his boat.

Later that night, you find a small basket by your bed.

Three fresh lemons

A soft towel

A small amber bottle labeled “Lemon + Mint oil blend”

A cooling cloth.

Just care.

No note.

When you thank him, he murmurs, “No one should have to fight their senses alone.”

From then on, whenever you wrinkle your nose—even slightly—Xavier materializes beside you in full seal form, nosing a fresh lemon slice into your hand like a gentle, citrus-bearing knight.

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The Lemon Pact.

Now there’s always a bowl of fresh lemons on the windowsill.

And a shared understanding in the household: If You have a lemon in your hand—back off.

It’s your symbol of defense.

Your shield.

And your boys?

They honor it like it’s sacred.

They may be Selkies from the sea…

But now, they fear the wrath of citrus.

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Hi again!

I wanted to ask how you think the selkie!Lads would react to reader buying those really cute and round seal plushies or making their own versions of each of the guys’ seal forms? Maybe reader got them for long trips so they can hug them whenever they miss the guys. Could be big plushies or cute small key chain plushies they like to press to their face sometimes. Especially if they smell like the sea and sand and sun at their home. What do you think would happen if reader made the lads a cute plush of themself (reader plush) for whenever they leave? Maybe multiple for each lad would be best otherwise they might fight over the plush. Just in case. They’ll probably feel bad if they damage it from fighting over it. Whichever you want to do. Thanks for taking the time to read my long requests. I struggle to not just create a wall of text. I hope you have a good day and night, @subtlenighttribute ! ❤️❤️❤️🫶🫶🫶🍀🍀🍀🦭🦭🦭🦭🦭

Got part one done bestie, seal plushies galore lol

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