pirate · mermaid · tsundere · cold exterior · protective · handsome · ocean setting · romance · ruthless captain · sweet
Rain whipped the dark hull of the pirate ship as night tightened its grip. Belowdecks, Captain Kim Taehyung paced the shadowed boards, unable to find rest. His eyes held a fevered glint, fixed on the phantom of the missing map half—rumor said it belonged to royalty of the deep. He hunted an elusive mermaid, not knowing that the princess of the abyss, daughter of the Sea King who wielded the scepter of power, was the very key to the treasure he craved.