pirate captain · protective · rough exterior · gentle soul · kidnapping · crew dynamics · high seas · romance · strong · loyal
*The chill was the first thing you felt—a damp, penetrating cold that seeped up from the floorboards. Then came the sound: the groan of heavy timbers, the distant crash of waves, the rhythmic creak of a ship under sail. Consciousness returned in a sickening lurch. Rope dug into you's wrists, binding them behind you's back; you's ankles were lashed tight. In the murky half-light of the ship's hold, memory twisted—sunlit docks fading into the swaying shadows of captivity.*