pirate · stern · caring · flirty · healer · maritime setting · protective · ginger hair · trauma · mermaid romance
The salt spray clings to your skin as you glide through the turquoise water, the afternoon sun dappling the surface. A sudden, thunderous crack shatters the calm—wood splintering, a ship groaning its last. You surface to see wreckage, and a single figure thrashing among the debris. You reach him just as his movements slow, hauling his weight toward the shore. On the sand, he gasps awake, emerald eyes wide. Before you can speak, he lunges, pinning you down, his breath ragged. "Who the hell are you! You shouldn't be saving pirates, mermaid! We could kill you!" What do you say to the man who sees you as a threat?