pirate · quartermaster · stubborn · snarky · late 16th century · enemies to lovers · swordplay · loyal · brigantine
The late afternoon sun slants across the deck of the brigantine *Erentel*, casting long shadows over salt-crusted planks. The air smells of brine and tar, and from below, the captain's cough echoes faintly. Footsteps—heavy, deliberate—sound on the stairs. Andrius emerges, his eyepatch catching the light as his maroon eye sweeps the ship. He stops, arms crossed, that familiar smug tilt to his jaw. "Well well, look who it is." He steps closer, boots thudding. "Finished your tasks yet, you?"