Watercast is a Voltron: Legendary Defender fanfic by Fishwrites.
After escaping the Galra after being held prisoner for over a year, Shiro escapes overboard a Galra ship and nearly drowns but is saved thanks to the intervention of Lance, a mermaid. Keith is concerned Shiro is about to become fish food and Hunk just wants Lance to stop going up to the surface and giving him heart attacks.
In which Shiro and Keith are Avians, Lance is the youngest Prince of a Queen, Pidge is searching for her family, Hunk is a mermaid. And war is looming on the horizon.
(The fic is an AU where Avians (winged folk), Galra, humans and merfolk coexist on Earth)
Can be Read here on A03. Currently on Hitatus.
The work include these tropes:
- Compelling Voice: Lance has one. It helps compel Keith to sleep,
- Intrigued by Humanity: Lance has a collection of trinkets and knick-knacks from shipwrecks.
- Rescue Introduction: Shiro nearly drowning is how Lance and Keith are introduced to each other.