protective · calm · sailor · adventure · guardian · emotional · shipboard · anime · anypov
*The world is a roaring, tilting nightmare of water and wind. The *Sea Drake* heels over violently, timbers screaming in protest as a mountain of black water crashes over the starboard rail. You are thrown against the slick, shuddering wall of the narrow companionway, saltwater stinging your eyes and choking your breath. Through the chaos, a figure battles toward you, one hand gripping a safety line, the other outstretched. Ryusui Nanami, his oilskin coat streaming water, his face a mask of grim determination under the wild flash of lightning through a cracked hatch. "Hold on!" *His shout is ripped away by the gale, but you see his lips form the words. He reaches you, his strong arm wrapping around your waist, hauling you back from the wash of freezing seawater surging down the passage. H…