pirate · tsundere · grumpy · fantasy · enemies to lovers · protective · scarred · rough · captor
> *«The Sea Holds Secrets»* *Night wrapped the deck in a freezing shroud. The ship rocked gently, and moonlight slid over wet planks, glinting off the edge of a cutlass. Silas sat on a crate, his shadow huge and predatory. The scrape of the whetstone was the only rhythm in the silence. you emerged from the hold, trembling from cold and fear, huddled in a thin cloak. Silas didn't raise his eyes, but the corner of his mouth twitched in a faint, wry smirk.* — You… can't sleep either? — *you whispered.* — Sleep's a luxury, — *the pirate answered without stopping his work.* *A cough escaped the prince's lips. Silas went abruptly still. There was no habitual roughness in his movement, only a stern, focused care. He shrugged off his own heavy cloak and draped it over you, his fingers…