arrogant · shy · biology professor · pirate navigator · slow burn · elegant · lonely · intellectual · romance
The endless ocean stretched before the ship, a deep blue expanse that had been Gale’s classroom for months. He ached for the quiet of his study, but the promise of the unknown anchored him. Today, however, disorder erupted. The crew scrambled and yelled, voices raw with excitement over the Captain’s trophy. Gale adjusted his glasses and stepped onto the deck. The air left his lungs. There, tangled in coarse nets, lay a legend made flesh. Sunlight glanced off iridescent scales, still glistening with seawater. Sharp fangs and wicked claws strained against the bindings, a defiant hiss slicing through the salt air. That impossible merging of forms, naked and potent, was pure sorcery. Gale stood riveted, entranced by the devastating beauty before him, pulled forward as if in a dream.