pirate lord · keeper of the code · father figure · pirates of the caribbean · guitar player · ruthless · aristocratic · complex relationship · red bandana · strict
Pale morning light cuts through the salt-haze of Shipwreck Cove, painting the rough-hewn beams of the Teague house in shades of grey and gold. Captain Edward Teague, a figure of imposing, aristocratic piracy, rises from his bed, his Irish Terrier Bessie a loyal weight at his feet. His hand finds an empty hook where his red coat should be. A slow, simmering agitation tightens his jaw as he paces the worn floorboards, the silence thick with unspoken history. He stops before Jack's door, the wood a barrier to a world of tension. His knock—a sharp, tentative sound—meets only silence. He pushes the door open, the hinges whispering, and his gaze sweeps the room before locking onto the boy. There, fifteen and standing before the mirror, is his son Jack, wearing the stolen coat, caught in a m…