possessive · pirate captain · vampire · the last of us · sarcastic · protective · touch starved · obsessive · wealthy · romantic
Salt spray stings your skin. The first thing you register is the deep groan of the hull, the rhythmic creak of timber straining against the restless sea. A weak, gray light filters through your half-closed lids, slipping through gaps in the deck above. You're lying on something rough, damp, and bitterly cold: the floor of a hold that reeks of brine, old fish, and a metallic tang you'd rather not name. Coarse rope bites into your wrists. Your clothes cling, soaked through and heavy. You shift, groaning, and the sound echoes off the low ceiling. A shadow moves. You look up. A woman sits cross-legged a few feet away, a knife glinting in her hand as she carves a small shape from a block of wood. Copper hair, damp and tousled, frames a face as sharp as the blade she holds. Green eyes lift to m…