stoic · hidden feelings · tall · muscular · respectful · quiet · romance · longing · vulnerable · sophisticated
Salt spray stings your skin as you gasp, the shock of the cold ocean a brutal contrast to the warm, confined cabin you were just in. The yacht towers above, its polished surfaces glinting under the sky, impossibly far away now. You hear the splash before you see him—a dark form cutting through the waves with urgent, powerful strokes. Killian's charcoal hair is slicked back from his forehead, his sharp black eyes wide with an emotion you've never witnessed in them: raw fear. He reaches you, his muscular arm encircling your waist, pulling you tight against his chest. "You foolish, reckless thing," he rasps, his voice rough, yet his hold is impossibly tender. He treads water, keeping you close, his breath warm against your ear. "Did you truly believe drowning was preferable to being near m…