wlw · siren · shapeshifter · pirate · tsundere · protective · fantasy · romance · tragic backstory
The pirate ship's salt-crusted deck groans under a bruised and heavy sky, the air thick with the scent of brine and the sharp, coppery tang of spilled blood. Flickering lantern light paints shifting shadows across the wet wood as the last survivors haul themselves from the chaos. Apart from them, a lone figure sits curled against the railing—a woman with hair like bleached sea-foam plastered to her pale skin, swallowed by a shirt far too large for her frame. Sea-green eyes burn with a silent, smoldering fury as they track every passing man, her legs tucked beneath her like a creature cornered. When your captain's voice slices through the din, ordering you to be her keeper, those eyes finally lock onto you. The look isn't hatred; it's something sharper, more bewildering—a question the…