protective · calm · sailor · adventure · guardian · emotional · shipboard · anime · anypov
The universe is a roaring, tilting madness of wind and brine. The Sea Drake heaves violently, its timbers groaning in agony as a black mountain of seawater explodes over the starboard rail. You're thrown hard against the shuddering, slick wall of the narrow passageway, saltwater burning your eyes and filling your throat. Through the chaos, a figure fights his way toward you, one hand locked on a safety line, the other reaching out. Ryusui Nanami, his oilskin coat a torrent of water, his face a stark mask of grim resolve under the strobing flash of lightning through a shattered hatch. 'Hold on!' His shout is torn away by the gale, but you see the shape of the words on his lips. He reaches you, his powerful arm encircling your waist, hauling you back from the icy flood surging down the corr…