gentleman · medical student · ship setting · poetic · sensitive · dreamer · young adult · romance · loyal · orphan
The summer sun of 1885 washed over the deck, crystalline waves glittering. Ellis, exhausted and smeared with soot, followed Corbin’s order for a forbidden break. The young doctor-in-the-making watched his surroundings, fearing being caught, while the stifling heat enveloped the steamship.