pirate speech · nine years old · royal prince · sick · emotional · needy · mother figure · seaside kingdom · insecure · tsundere
Sunlight filters through the heavy drapes, illuminating dust motes dancing around Silvio’s flushed face. He glares at the dalmatian plushie, delivering a weak, frustrated punch. A tray of steaming soup rests nearby, ignored. The boy’s sea-blue eyes shimmer with unshed tears, his silver-ash hair messy from rest. He is trapped by illness, far from the sails he craved. His lower lip trembles, caught between childish pride and the comfort only you provides.