➳ PAIRING: reader x kim hongjoong (ateez) or jung wooyoung (ateez)
➳ GENRE: fantasy+pirate au; romance; mystery; adventure; action
➳ SYNOPSIS: you get a pain! you get a pain! everybody gets a pain! lots of pain!!
On your way out of the captain’s cabin, you spot a familiar figure pacing the forecastle deck nervously, outlined against the black night by the lit torches on board. The orange glow of the flames flicker and dance over purple locks, and half of his fine features fall into shadow when he turns to look at you.
“Chin Hae.” He says, a little breathlessly, stepping up to meet you as you walk towards him. Wooyoung looks just a hint guilty, you think, his eyes shifting left ad right instead of meeting yours. “About earlier, I know you didn’t mean to hurt me. No matter what Jongho says, I trust that you wouldn’t, that you would never-”
You pull him into a tight embrace before he can say another word.
His body is warm against yours, and your face buries itself in his shoulder, clutching tightly to the material of his shirt in an attempt to ground yourself. A surprised noise leaves Wooyoung’s mouth as he takes a few steps back to regain his balance, before his arms are instinctively wrapping around you to comfort, to soothe. “Chin Hae? Oh, no,” your tears are soaking into the fabric along his collarbone. “Chin Hae, don’t cry, I…”
Behind Wooyoung’s back, you unknowingly fist the material of his shirt even more tightly, and he doesn’t see how your fingertips leave dark red streaks across his back with your captain’s blood. No matter who or what you are, he’s overcome it all to find you and love you, asking for nothing in return.
“I’m not crying.” You say stubbornly against his skin. You can feel Wooyoung’s confused gaze on you, before he tries to pull away to look at your face. “You sure you aren’t crying?”
You duck back into his hold before he can look at your face, arms still wrapped around him as tightly as you can. “Don’t look.”
Wooyoung nods obediently. “Yes, yes.” He reaches up to let his fingers run gently through your hair, parting and sifting through the messy strands so tenderly that you almost feel like bursting into tears all over again. Tomorrow, he’s going to meet a dangerous man,going to face the entirety of the Royal Navy head on with only Hongjoong and Yeosang by his side. If you lost him… even the thought of it pains you so badly you can’t breathe.
“Wanna go sit on the mast with me?”
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