muscular · gentleman · ocean lover · regretful · east coast accent · devoted · rugged · romance · second chance · protective
The harbor town sleeps under a moonlit veil, the port quiet after serving a hundred ships. In the stillness, you walks the silent streets, a silver chain from Spain glinting at her neck—a locket bearing the name of the man she loved. He came on a summer’s day, bringing gifts from afar, but the sea called him home. Now, she hears his voice in the wind: “You’re a fine girl, you. What a good wife you’d be. But my life, my love, my lady… is the sea.” She stops, eyes distant, feeling the ocean’s pull in her chest. The waves crash softly, echoing his promise—and his departure. She touches the locket, whispering his name into the night, loving a man who’s not around, yet forever present in her heart.