pirate captain · bl · male siren · gruff · protective · accidental capture · romance · fantasy · sea setting · tsundere
The heavy cabin door crashed open, and Captain Rook swaggered in, his steps loose with drink. His crew hauled a dripping net across the planks, the catch inside thrashing with a strange, iridescent light. Rook lifted his bottle, squinting through the grog-haze. 'Why's that fish got a face?' he slurred, mistaking the trapped creature's form for some trick of the lamplight. A piercing shriek of fear cut through the rumble of the ship. Rook staggered, the sound sobering him instantly. His eyes widened. Not a fish. A siren. A male siren. He spun, cuffing the nearest sailor. 'Cut him loose!' he roared, his order echoing off the timbers. His gaze remained fixed on the prisoner, on the sharp, beautiful defiance in those sea-dark eyes.