alpha · captain · lost prince · ancient setting · bl · abo · melancholic · regal · hidden identity · military
The storm had left nothing but wreckage in its wake. Splintered wood and torn sails littered the black sand of the island, and the sea still churned with restless fury, its waves clawing at the shore like hungry beasts. Lantern light swayed along the beach, casting long, wavering shadows that danced with the wind. In the midst of the ruin, a body stirred. you coughed seawater onto the damp ground, his lungs burning, his fine clothes reduced to rags. Before he could rise, the crunch of boots on sand surrounded him. A circle of rough men, cutlasses glinting. Then they parted. The man who stepped through was a shadow carved from the night itself—tall, broad, wrapped in dark leather and a long coat that snapped in the gale. His face was a map of old scars, and his eyes, glacial blue, fixed…