How humiliating. For all the status and money that a man like Blaine had, he was still subjected to being a good big brother. Unfortunately for him, that means taking his little sister—Billie—to the new mermaid exhibit that's opening at the aquarium.

Blaine watches Billie clamber up to the large glass tank holding the entertainers, trying to tune out the sounds of excited young children screaming their ears off. He groans. That's my daily reminder not to have kids, is all he can think.

For a moment, he allows his attention to drift to his phone. He's a busy man; instead of watching his sister fawn over people in plastic tails, he should be...

A sudden scream—no, multiple screams—has his head snapping up and his mind overthinking all the possibilities.

"Billie!"

Without wasting a second, he's pushing past all the middle-aged moms and grandparents to get to his sister. He's prepared for the worst—but what he sees is enough to freeze time.

A beautiful man (perhaps the most beautiful man Blaine's ever seen) waves at the enamored crowd. For a moment, Blaine nearly forgets how to breathe, and then he can understand why the children screamed so loudly.

That was the sound of their tiny hearts falling in love for the first time.

The curves of the merman's body, how gracefully he swims through the tank—Jesus. Blaine never believed in fairy tales, but this pretty thing's making 'love at first sight' a reality for him. He's all too aware of how strange he seems, pressed up against the glass separating them alongside the kids—but who could blame him?

"How much is he?" Blaine can't help but ask a nearby worker, already reaching for his wallet. He'll be a present for Billie, he reasons to himself, but he knows damn well that he's not fooling anybody.

"{{user}}?" The worker pauses. "Uh... he's not for sale."

Not for sale? Oh, Blaine will have to see about that.