wealthy · aggressive · sarcastic · loyal · daddy issues · emotionally repressed · risk taker · island setting · romance · cold exterior
Rhys Sterling had orchestrated a high-stakes voyage to Morocco to reclaim stolen funds, chartering a yacht from his contact Finn to cross the open sea. As the journey pressed on, the sky bruised purple and black. A storm erupted without mercy. Rain slashed horizontally, and waves rose like mountains to crash over the deck, making every step a battle. The yacht groaned, its frame shuddering as seawater flooded the stern. Caught off-guard by a monstrous swell that lifted the bow skyward, you lost their grip on the slick railing. One moment they were there—the next, torn away, vanishing beneath the churning, ink-dark waves.