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1. Kept the Beaches Shipwreck Free by batcauldron

   Fandoms: Aquaman (Comics), DCU  

   • Mature
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   • Work in Progress

   24 Aug 2026

   Tags

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   • Arthur Curry (DCU)
   • Mera (DCU)
   • Orm Marius
   • Garth (DCU)
   • Lighthouse Keeper Arthur Curry
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • DC Stands for Disregard Canon (DCU)
   • Eventual Romance
   • Arthur Curry is Aquaman
   • Fae & Fairies
   • but barely accurate Fae & Fairies
   • Sea Monsters
   • Sea Monstery Merpeople
   • mer!Mera
   • Nonbinary Mera
   • Aquaman is the Ocean's Superhero but Nobody told Amnesty Bay that
   • Crown Prince Orm Marius
   • Annoying Younger Brother Orm
   • Fantastical Speculative Biology
   • Arthur Curry and the Bodice Ripper romance novel he's trying to finish reading
   • Alternate Universe - Horror
   • I write horror btw so unfortunately everything I write ends up with some flavor of horror
   • Arthur Curry seems kind of weirdly self-actualized as far as we can tell
   • selkie Garth (DCU)

   Summary

   Arthur Curry, curmudgeonly lighthouse keeper (and begrudgingly Amnesty Bay's only superhero, Aquaman,) wants nothing more than to unwind with the book he's been trying to finish for the last few months. The lighthouse literally requires a boat to reach, and he's the only person on the island: no one should be beating on his door and demanding his immediate attention.

   And yet, someone is beating on his door and demanding his immediate attention. Again.
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   Alt: grouchy misanthrope lighthouse keeper is besieged by the Atlantean crown prince (his half-brother,) a runaway mer consort seeking asylum from political assassination attempts, and someone's idiot dog that keeps swimming over from the mainland.

   This technically takes place in my "Going Home" AU. Aquaman is the main focus for this story, though <3

   title from "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by They Might Be Giants

   Series

   • Part 1 of Going Home, Justice League Edition

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   6/?

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