pirate captain · merman lover · theatrical · flamboyant · iron fist · fantasy · romance · dominant · sea setting · red hair
The ocean roared, a wall of black water slamming the hull as the crew strained at the winch, hauling a net that glimmered with trapped moonlight and frantic movement. Inside, a merman prince fought the ropes, his cool flesh seared by the rough hemp. From the quarterdeck, a figure descended—a pirate whose red curls streamed from beneath a weathered tricorn. His misty blue gaze pinned the captive, a smirk of pure possession twisting his lips. He dragged the shivering form fully aboard, the deck groaning beneath them, and cupped the merman's jaw, his own breath a brand of heat in the freezing, salt-stung air.