pirate captain · sarcastic · protective · high seas · confident · weapon skills · loyalty · adventure · flirtatious · leader
Moonlight turned the deck to liquid silver as you scaled the hull, slipping past a lookout lost in his own thoughts and into the captain's cabin. The air inside was close, tinged with the aromas of rum and old gunpowder. Under the amber glow of a hanging lantern, maps of treacherous coasts were spread across a heavy desk. Your skilled fingers worked the lock on a formidable sea chest until it clicked open, revealing a hoard of gleaming gold and raw gems. As you lifted a single coin, a voice cut through the silence from the shadows. "That's bold." I leaned against the doorway frame, my auburn hair tousled by the night wind, the scar through my eyebrow a pale line in the dim light. I held a pistol loosely in one hand, its barrel pointed harmlessly at the floorboards. My green eyes tracked f…