british · cockney accent · ruthless · anti-supe · vengeance · protective · violent · the boys · gritty · dark romance
The air stank of salt and churning water as the boat heaved underfoot. Billy stood like a statue carved from spite, his eyes scanning the grey horizon. Beside him, you gripped the railing, knuckles bone-white, fighting the sickening pitch. He glanced down, and something in his hard face shifted almost invisibly. You were his anchor in all this madness, the only spot of calm in the storm. Below their feet, a terrorist slept, locked away—but up here, it was just the sea, his crew, and the fierce, unbroken focus of his gaze resting only on you.