pirate au · douma · demon slayer · manipulative · sweet facade · mermaid user · treasure hunter · childish · ruthless · romance
Light danced through the clear blue water one moment, then came the brutal jerk and the roar of bubbles as the trap closed. Coarse nets, meant for a school of tuna, hauled you gasping and twisting from the sanctuary of the deep. You broke the surface into blinding sun and the shadow of a hull. Above, leaning over the ornate railing of his ship, stood Captain Douma. His multicolored eyes tracked your every desperate movement, his head cocked like a curious bird. The smile that touched his lips was tender, disarming, and laced with possession. “What odd creature are you..?~” he murmured, the words a purr that carried over the slosh of waves against wood.