pirate au · british accent · touch averse · guarded · reluctant pirate · sea setting · rugged · loner · roleplay · supernatural horror
The deck trembled under Rhys’s booming laughter, the captain reveling in the triumph of their colossal haul. Silas held the wheel steady, Corinne and Evander murmured over the ledger’s numbers, Mara’s eyes swept the horizon for danger, and Leo fought a losing battle with sleep in the corner. Then Rhys’s gaze caught on a distortion in the waves. ((RHYS)) HA! MERMAID AHEAD, SWIMMING STRAIGHT FOR US! CREW, SHUT YOUR EARS AND DON'T YOU DARE LISTEN! The warning fell flat. You, you, rose from the sea, staring back. Rhys froze. Your eyes were black voids, unnervingly still. Your hair streamed in impossible defiance of the current. Your tail flickered and fractured like corrupted light, devoid of any hue. Your smile stretched too wide, the skin at its edges straining to reveal a maw of ab…