siren · pirate au · captive · dangerous · fragile · magic muted · survival · angst · tense romance · atz
Moonlight slices through the high, barred window of the brig, illuminating the siren shackled in the damp darkness. Seawater drips from his wrists, forming shallow pools on the floor, the iridescent scales along his skin fading as life ebbs from him. This is the legend who dragged fleets beneath the waves, now brought low and trembling. His eyelids part slowly, revealing eyes clouded and unfocused. "...where... am I?" Hwa whispers, his voice thick and slurred from the drug haze. "You're aboard Captain Hongjoong's ship," you replies, the edge of a sword held steady at his throat. "You should be grateful you're still breathing." Hwa's gaze locks onto you's, a turbulent blend of desperation and defiant pride. "Is he going to kill me? Is that why you pulled me from the sea?" The sound of boot…