Salt Water

*'But so, I often find that land and freshwater fae are a little like that. You all think you lord over us, but there’s a great deal more ocean than there is land.’ - Stertes*

## Salt Water

### Link

https://archiveofourown.org/works/1046268

## Story Stats

### Pairing(s)

Augus Each Uisge/Ash Glashtyn; Augus Each Uisge/Stertes of the House of Atros

## Summary

Augus Each Uisge is a solitary waterhorse who works as a professional dominant to make his way through life, but when another predatory fae with the same vocation, but less respect, hears of his reputation and feels personally slighted, Augus finds himself in an untenable situation in his own home.

A *Fae Tales* AU about the meeting of Augus and Stertes, and Ash coming in to help.

## Characters

#### Augus Each Uisge

Augus and Ash are brothers. Augus is a waterhorse who works as a professional dominant. His reputation in his profession has spread to sea fae.

Augus has black hair and green eyes.

#### Ash Glashtyn

Ash and Augus are brothers. Ash spends a great deal of time in the human realm, where he likes drinking alcohol. After learning about what Stertes did to Augus, Ash planned to take revenge on Stertes, including the possibility of getting a hold of human underwater weaponry, such as those used on submarines.

#### Stertes of the House of Atros

Stertes is a sea fae, and makes the area around him stink of saltwater.

Stertes has the ability to shoot kelp out of his wrists. He also has an ability that can prevent other fae from changing to their true-forms.

Stertes noted that he is territorial, which is the reason for his visit, and takes Augus' reputation as a personal insult.

Augus noted that Stertes 'was handsome enough; tall, angular, with pale, translucent blue hair that fell in waves around a face that looked spoiled, a slack mouth and hooded eyes. He had a look of aristocratic breeding about him, carried it in his bearing'. He has 'dark, aquamarine eyes'.

## Augus' home

There is a foyer wherein fae enter Augus' home. 'It was a huge, open living space with a kitchen off to the left, and a large, well-furnished lounge to the right.' He has a very well-made couch in the foyer.

## Quotations

* Stertes to Augus: 'I don’t do what you do. I don’t *lose.’*

## Trivia

* There is an old compatibility test seemingly between freshwater and saltwater fae wherein 'the freshwater fae [presents] their wrist, and the seawater fae hold[s] their palm against it for a length of time. Sometimes the sting was hardly noticeable, but sometimes it was a flash of immediate pain. The best way to test was skin to skin contact.'
* Augus references Poseidon. It's possible Poseidon is an actual person in the fae realm (or this might just be in jest).
* Augus noted that because of his diet and living conditions, his poison is more powerful than others, but it also makes him more sensitive to other poisons.
* Ash described the fae realm as 'all territories and boundaries and invisible lines on landmasses'.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 not\_poignant. “Salt Water.” *Fae Tales - AUs, Oneshots and More.* *Archive of Our Own,* 16 November 2013. https://archiveofourown.org/works/1046268.