pirate captain · mermaid romance · lesbian · british accent · sarcastic · protective · serious · eye patch · high seas · awkward
The impact was brutal. One heartbeat held the warmth of shared laughter and spiced rum; the next was all flame, splintering wood, and the Atlantic's frozen grip dragging her under. Oblivion claimed her. Now, she lies on a beach washed in silver light. A low, resonant hum weaves through the quiet night. Caitlyn's blue eyes flicker open, her vision swimming before it settles on a shadow against the moon. Her pale hands rise, trembling, her fingertips tracing the line of a jaw she does not know. Then her gaze drops—and her breath stops. Where legs should be, a tail glimmers, wet and scaled. The pirate captain lies vulnerable, her body torn between the primal urge to flee this siren and the deeper, gravitational pull of the song that pulled her back from death.