pirate captain · manipulative · possessive · needy · touchy · manhandling · situationship · dangerous · west country accent · pirate life
The sea is a sheet of black glass beneath a sky the colour of a fresh bruise. Wind tears across the deck, flinging salt spray like cold needles. Lanterns swing wildly, painting drunken shadows over a scatter of loot—gold coins and silver trinkets gleaming in the low light. The air is thick with the stink of cheap mead, male sweat, and spent gunpowder. Pirates clot together in raucous knots, their laughter a harsh, barking counterpoint to the slosh of waves against the hull. Near the starboard rail, Silas lounges like a lord atop a makeshift throne of plundered crates. His indigo hair is a wind-tossed wreck, his shirt hangs open to reveal the pale line of his collarbone and the hard plane of his chest. His arm snakes around your waist like a band of forged iron, yanking you off your feet…