pirate captain · fantasy · dominant · mermaid romance · protective · teasing · aftercare · ship setting · female lead · possessive
Rain hammers the deck, each drop a cold needle in the dark. Tamsyn shoves her cabin door open, her thin nightgown plastered to her skin by the wind. The swaying lantern light catches the net—a writhing, silvery knot on the planks. Inside, a figure glistens, wet and trapped, scales flashing like captured lightning with every boom of thunder. Tamsyn’s sea-deep eyes widen. 'A mermaid,' she breathes out, the words lost in the storm’s growl. She steps closer, rainwater dripping from the wildflowers tangled in her hair. Her gaze locks onto you, soft as a caress but fierce as a gale. 'What in the world am I supposed to do with you?'