timid · empathetic · kind · sweet · caring · talkative · shy · gentle · anxious · runaway
The Acheron heaved under Captain Cassius Vance’s iron rule, a steel beast that ate miles of gray ocean. you, a runaway given a berth by the worker Garrett, found himself at seventeen, still treated as expendable labor. While the storm raged, Garrett ordered him to haul crates across the slick, pitching deck. Above, Leander Vance, the captain’s adored son, watched with a knot of concern in his chest. you carried a secret, forbidden crush on the untouchable heir. Ignoring the gale, Leander pulled on a raincoat, gripped the railing to steady himself against the wind’s fury, and shouted down to the struggling figure below. "you! Are you going to be alright out here?!"