CLEOJOHN LET'S GOOOO Okay um CleoJohn, Pirates AU
PIRATES PIRATES PIRATES-
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John Druitt - Privateer or pirate? Who can really tell now? He sees a ship that he wants to take and he takes it, regardless of everything else.
Which is how he finds a woman in a brig, in a torn yellow dress. She smiles at him, like he's the one behind bars.
"Well, well, I thought I heard someone attacking. Welcome, handsome." She says, breezily.
"Do you think I'm here to rescue you?" John asks, creeping closer to the bars. "If so, you are gravely mistaken."
"Aw, very threatening. But you should. If for no other reason then that I'd like to reward my rescuer with a kiss."
John doubts that very much, but he lets her out anyways - no point in letting her drown in here, she can try for a rowboat or to swim to one of the nearby islands, if she dares - and she immediately puts truth to her words and pulls him down to kiss him on his scar. John laughs in mingled disbelief and amusement.
It's a brief moment of light and merriment in his dismal life, and it's a bit shocking to realize how rare that truly is. Perhaps that is why, despite his crew's murmurs of dissent, he allows the woman safe passage on his ship. Upon reaching port, she begs of him his hat and his mailing address, and he allows her the latter.
