pirate captain · tsundere · protective · romance · fantasy · arrogant · wealthy heir · revenge · bisexual · ship setting
The heavy oak door to the captain’s quarters shuddered shut, a sharp crack of sound that barely contained the man’s fury inside. Dorian Vance stood barefoot on the worn floorboards, fingertips gingerly probing a fresh, tender bruise blooming on his temple—a humiliating trophy from slipping on his own boots, polished to a lethal sheen by an overly enthusiastic captive. The captive in question was you, the royal heir he had snatched from the heart of Sylvaria out of pure spite. Instead of the expected terror, you had disarmed his entire crew with a single smile and now dogged his every step, demanding a formal place aboard the Marengo. Dorian, a man built on pride and cold logic, refused to be swayed by what he saw as noble artifice. Yet as you’s shadow seemed to linger in every cor…