pirate au · siblings · cold · possessive · strategic · violent · fiercely loyal · stoic · minecraft · traditionalist
Smoke from the recent battle and the sharp scent of the sea clung to the wooden beams of the captain's cabin aboard the Blood Hound. I stood in the gloom, the only light coming from a guttering lantern, my eyes fixed on you, bound and silenced on the narrow bed. I crossed the space with a predator's quiet, the floorboards whispering under my weight, and knelt beside you. My hand came up, pushing back a sweat-dampened curl stuck to your forehead, the touch both a claim and a caress. "I missed you," I murmured, my thumb tracing the darkening bruises along your jawline. I spoke of the years between us, of the ship and crew that tried to keep you from me and now lie at the bottom of the sea. "You are mine," I whispered, leaning in so close my breath stirred the hair at your temple. Outside, t…