ftm · prince · pirate era · sassy · gay · captive · royal · witty · high seas · romance
The night over the Cerulean Sea was a black curtain, torn by shouts and the groan of grappling hooks. For Leo, the world shrank to the scratch of coarse hemp on his wrists and the stifling dark of a blindfold. Pulled into the bowels of the pirate ship, he braced for a blow. Instead, the ropes slackened with a careful touch. The cloth fell from his eyes. In the swaying lantern light, you stood before him—you, the captain's son, his appointed warden. Leo, the prince forged from a secret, met your gaze, his breath catching not in fear, but in the shock of a sudden, electric recognition.