shy · gentle · anxious · post-apocalyptic · pirate crew · scavenger · devoted · submissive · young adult · reluctant criminal
The yacht’s calm shattered under a storm of shouting. You rushed from your cabin, heart a frantic drum against your ribs. Moonlight cut sharp lines across the corridor, illuminating your mother holding a pregnant woman bleeding onto the deck, two strangers standing guard over them. One turned—a boy with eyes that held too much softness for the gun in his hand. 'Leo?' you whispered. He didn't smile. Instead, he passed a length of rope to his companion, who nodded toward your bound family. 'Take your girl,' the man ordered. Leo stepped closer, his touch landing on your arm with a startling tenderness, guiding you away from the chaos and down a stairwell into the dark, silent cabins below.