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 Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 2:42 pm
"Ey! Now dont ye be thinkin I'm some kinda hero, savvy? I'm a ruthless Cap'n, feared across the sea. Pae say me name in hushed whispers. Gots honor tho. Ye trust 'n' protect yer cap'n. As fer Jacky boy, from den on he followed me everywhere. No matter what ship or port I went, so did he. 'n' always had me back." His harrowing, daring story didn't divert her attention away from his hand? Curses. She was a sharp lass.
"...Few years after, we boarded another vessel to take over. We'd plunder them fer booty den either sink or sell the ships parts. During the fight, I got careless." His eye narrowed slightly in a glare. "Filthy bildge rat land lover. Sliced me hand 'fore I gutted 'im like the fish bait he was. Got infected." He made a clicking sound with his tongue while tapping his good hand to the wrist of the other. "It had to go."
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:04 pm
She was quiet for a bit, then smirked a bit. "I liked the first story better. Was far more interesting. Better story telling." She shifted a little more, locking her eyes to his eye. "I respect you. Even more than before, if that was even possible."
She raised an eyebrow, changing the tone of the conversation. "So, did you ever decide on that punishment for me? For... what I did earlier." Her eyes flickered down and away from him, and she genuinely felt bad about the whole thing. She was... really liking him. A lot. "For what it's worth, I am sorry if I tarnished your reputation."
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:41 pm
He looked intently into her eyes, a bit of a smirk on his face. "It be why I was hopin' to distract ye wit the first tale. The first be brave, the second was foolhardy. Best to gloss over."
At the reminder of the incident, he turned serious. "Ye tink it's about reputation? Nay." He all but growled. "I trust me crew. I need to trust you fer ye to be here. 'n' ye lied to me." But that wasn't really it so much either. The real reason however, was something he couldn't say. Not the stone hard captain of a fearsome pirate ship.
"I thought you were hurt." Was as much as he'd allude to it. Because saying that the thought of losing her frightened him...that was something he could never, ever say.
"As fer yer punishment...I want ye here. Evry night. Moving out of Black Jacks quarters to me own. But don't twist yer britches. I'll get a cot dragged in fer ye."
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:16 pm
Once again, it felt like her throat was closing up as Darias spoke about her deceit. She felt lower than scum for what she'd done, even if it was for good intention. Before she could once again apologize, he dropped a bombshell on her: he thought she'd been hurt. It was at that point that she understood what the real miscalculation had been. She hadn't taken into consideration that he would have really cared for her the way that she was now understanding. Her heart lept a little and she felt a weird excitement in her. He cared about her. A lot.
She jolted up a little as Darias gave his sentence. "Here? I don't mean to question orders, but is that wise? What about all the rumors and whispers?"
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:23 pm
He raised a single eyebrow. "Eh? Whispers 'n' rumors? Dat be yer problem. Methinks I'll be viewed favorably wit this. Sides. Ye also be bein' me personal nurse 'til I can get topside again. Part two of yer punishment." What a great deal for him! Reputation boost and a hot live in nurse.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 4:53 pm
"Two parts!" She hesitated, then sighed. "I suppose it's better than getting lashes. Being a personal nurse can't be that bad. Especially if it's for the Cap'n."
A very slow, sly smirk came over her face, and she placed a finger over his lips. "And just so you know, I care about you too. I really am sorry for deceiving you, the only thing on my mind was getting you safely back. It... hurt, a lot, to see you injured." She shifted her weight a little more, then brought her face in and gently kissed him.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:05 pm
He gave a chuckle at her realization of two parts. But the chuckle faded at her finger upon his lips. And a confession he wouldn't have expected. He knew from her previous actions that she cared, but didn't think she'd admit it to even herself. "Andro..." Then her lips were on his own. His arms tightened around her as he returned the pressure, savoring how soft she was.
What was happening here? Andromeda was a conquest. The reason he let her on was simply a notch. He was never supposed to care or be cared for. But somewhere in the game he got lost, forgot the rules and suddenly stopped playing.
Truthfully it would distress him more if he didn't have a hot female pressed against him in a lip lock.
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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:32 pm
Andromeda was feeling herself slip away even as his arms tightened around her. Her head felt so light and spinney, like when one was sick with a cold and struggled with balance. The taste of his mouth was a mix of salt from the air, whatever the grey slop had been from earlier, and Darias.
She wasn't supposed to feel like this, to feel such extreme emotions from joy to sorrow, caused by another pae. Her sister had never recovered, her parents had divorced. For the first, time, however, Andromeda was starting to understand how they had started that journey. She wondered if she felt how they had, the desire to protect another, to see them smile over little things. The way that a touch could quicken the pulse.
Slowly, she pulled back from Darias' kiss, hesitating as she held back the words that were just begging to come out. Finally, when she chose the right words, her voice came out shaking a little as she looked him in the eye. "The answer before, when we'd first gotten back. Yes, it was a confession: I have strong feelings for you." She hesitated for a moment before adding the final nail to the coffin. "I'm in love with you, Darias."
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:15 am
He couldn't presume anything with her, not with her spouting off since day one that she wouldn't fall in love. The next day she'd probably punch him if he tried to kiss her, and this was a just a pity kiss. But as she pulled away he noticed a different sort of feeling to her. She began speaking, and he remembered well her 'confession' if that was it. The girl was so wishy washy, obviously struggling with herself. The following statement was very straightforward.
In love with him.
Not so long ago she swore she'd sooner die. That loving him was foolhardy as he used women like paper or rum. For a moment he stared, baffled that the words that came out of her mouth, truly did come out at all. Was this a dream? Some sort of ploy of hers? Was he hallucinating or suddenly hard of hearing? "Lass, I..." Was she going to leave the crew now? Run away before mean ol' darias broke her heart? "Yer not planning on shipping out, are ye?" His expression was soft again, one not normally seen by any living soul. In his little cabin, they were blocked off from the harshness of the world topside. He could be more honest here. "I don't want ye to leave."
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:48 am
As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she readied herself for heart break. She knew better than to expect Darias to be able to return those feelings: he was the hardened, rough, Captain after all. She heard him start talking, and was caught off guard at his question. She looked up, searching his face and feeling anxious as the last words left his mouth.
He didn't want her to leave.
Relief washed over her as she realized just how much she didn't want to be rejected by him. A smile pulled a little at her lips, and she shook her head. "I don't want me to leave either, Darias. This crew is my family.Besides..." she paused and reached up to brush some of his hair from his face, letting her hand rest on his brow above his eye patch. "If I leave, then who is going to be your live-in nurse? Not to brag, but I think I'm the only one on this ship who has dainty enough fingers for it, aside from the Doc." She smiled a little bit more.
"No, I think I'll stay. See what comes of all this."
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:05 am
He watched her face, trying to read if she was pulling a fast one on him, ready to hear a sharp tongued dismissal. But all he saw was honesty, and like him she had left the hardness at the door. Outside they were different pae, had to be. Darias took his good hand to cup her face as she did his own. "...Good. Blow me down if I'd lose me second best buccaneer." With that, he pulled her in for another kiss.
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Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2015 4:31 pm
She didn't fight Darias as he pulled her in, and she eagerly pressed her lips back to his. It felt like a weight was lifted from her, one that had been on her shoulders for so long she couldn't remember a time that she hadn't felt it's oppression.
Slowly, she pulled her head back to break their lips apart and sighed contently. "Alright, Cap'n, I need to let you rest while I report back to the Doc, and then see to moving my belongings from Black Jack's quarters. Where do you want me to set myself up?"
There was something different about her, a lightness from having been freed of her burden. She'd be thinking more about this later, but she felt like she had made the right choice. As much as she'd been trying to suppress things, trying to keep herself safe from heartbreak, she hadn't realized how much it had really effected her, stressed her.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 4:49 pm
Rest? He didn't need any rest as long as he got some nookie out of it! But once again in true Andromeda style, he was blocked. His arms tightened around her as she pulled their lips apart. "Why ye always got to be toyin' wit me lass?" He asked instead of answering her question. He ought to be getting something from all this touchy feely stuff, right?
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:35 pm
As Darias' arms tightened around her, a look of confusion came over her face. Toying with him? How was she toying with him when she'd been straightforward about her feelings, for once. "I... I don't understand what you mean. How am I toying with you?"
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2015 6:59 pm
He looked rather blankly at the girl. Was she daft? "Physically lass!" His good hand left her face to grab her by the behind, pulling her body more against his own. "If ye still ain't savvy, I'll show ye the ropes." With that he gave a nice squeeze to her derrière.
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