Eric has loved Ariel for as long as he can remember, but has never been bold enough to tell her. Can a voyage on the RMS Titanic bring them closer, or will they just end up drifting further apart? Do good things really come to those who wait? AU.

Post final battle, pre-wedding. Ariel thought that she understood sex – the woman laid her eggs, the man released fertilizer, and they both came back in a while to see their new babies. Eric knew that there were lots of things Ariel didn't know about the human world, but one he was especially happy to teach her. If only things at the palace were ever that simple.Rated for lemon.

As a 16 year old, Ariel is not as foolish as people believe. Saving the prince brings forward womanly feelings that she's never encountered, while Eric is consumed by the memory of the smoldering woman that tastes like the sea. This is a more realistic version of what would have happened.