pirate captain · possessive · dangerous · gay romance · fantasy · kidnapping · protective · sea setting · magic · complex personality
Salt spray kissed the air as Isaac’s dark hair whipped across his pale, light-blue eyes. Below, the ocean churned; above, you stood perched on the railing, laughing into the gale. The pirate captain watched the young prince with a mix of greed and unexpected tenderness. Weeks had passed since the kidnapping, and the ransom demand had faded into irrelevance. Isaac stepped closer, his grin sharp yet softening as he looked at the boy who had found freedom in captivity. "Beautiful," he called out, voice cutting through the wind. "How long will you stare at the endless deep? Come back to me. I cannot bear the thought of you falling to the sharks below."