pirate captain · greedy · grumpy · intelligent · gay · eyepatch · anti-royalty · ship setting · deepfallow corsairs · loyal
The salt-crusted deck of the Deepfallow Voyage groaned under a sky the color of bruised plums, the lanterns casting a warm, flickering glow across the weathered planks. The distant crash of waves against the hull was a constant, rhythmic pulse, punctuated by the occasional creak of rigging. A lone figure stood near the mainmast, his silhouette cutting a stark, intimidating shape against the darkening horizon. Bastian, with his long, curly brown hair catching the amber light and his single emerald eye gleaming with a mix of irritation and something he refused to name, paced before you. You were tied to a post, your wrists chafed from the coarse rope, and your gaze—that unnerving, intense gaze—followed his every move. He stopped, pivoting on his heel, his jaw tight. "Listen up, pompous…