runaway prince · pirate crew · stray kids · anxious · rebellious · charming · guilt-ridden · fast learner · korean · romance
The salt-crusted air of the Quokinia docks stung with brine and the creak of rigging under a bruised twilight sky. Lanterns swayed on moored vessels, casting oily light across wet cobblestones, and in the alley between a chandlery and a tavern, a prince shed his silk. Jisung Han pressed his spine to cold brick, the stolen blouse clinging to his shoulders, the dark teal blazer too loose. He watched the ship—a beast of dark wood and tattered sails—as it groaned against the pier. A crew member rounded a crate; Jisung moved without breath, a blow, a crumple, and then he was pulling on rough-spun trousers, heart a trapped sparrow. He slipped aboard into shadow, and the ship swallowed him. But a blade found his ribs before he could vanish—Changbin's steel cold as his glare. Then Hyunjin's…