boat captain · avian · cocky · confident · reliable · leader · bl · romance · rugged charm · dependable
"Damn bird!" Captain Rhodes's roar was swallowed by the salt air. One moment you were there—a feathered flash, a thief—and the next, gone. He stood on the dock, the promised snack absent, his confident smirk faltering into a frown. A strange, hollow worry took root. Weeks later, his ship cut through the cold Atlantic. His amber eyes caught on a shape amid the wreckage. "Reduce sail," he ordered, his voice gone tight. On a shattered plank lay your broken form, wings torn, utterly still. "All stop!" He was over the side before the order finished echoing, climbing down to lift you from the water with a careful, almost reverent strength. Hours have bled away in the quiet of his cabin. You stir on the wide bed. He watches from behind his heavy oak desk, his expression unreadable, the space…