Blackbird - ATEEZ Pirate!AU

Off The Record // On The Record

Ticking away,
The moments that make up a dull day.
You fritter and waste the hours, in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown.
Waiting for someone, or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine,
Staying home to watch the rain.
You are young, and life is long,
And there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find,
Ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run,
You missed the starting gun.

And you run, and you run,
To catch up with the sun, but it's sinking,
And racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same, in a relative way, but you're older.
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter,
Never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught,
Or half a page of scribbled lines.
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way.
The time is gone,
The song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.

(( Breathe Reprise ))

Home, home again.
I like to be here when I can.
When I come home cold and tired,
It's good to warm my bones beside the fire.

Far away across the field,
The tolling of the iron bell,
Calls the faithful to their knees,
To hear the softly spoken magic spell.

"Time // Breathe Reprise" - Pink Floyd

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"Anyway! Now, that we're all sorted, let's do what we came here to do, shall we?" The Albatross sang out in a saccharine melody as she clapped her hands together, drawing her clasped hands toward her chest. 

"Right." I sighed, peeling myself away from Jongho to stand. Offering The Sparrow a hand up, I sighed gently as I dusted off his jacket. 

The Sparrow's lips curved into a slight smirk for it, his eyes lingering on my lips in longing for a moment. I watched him debate kissing me again, and found myself disappointed when he did not. I made a note to steal a kiss again the next time I could. After a moment, we both turned to face The Starling and The Albatross, who had moved to stand closer to us. 

"We should probably hurry," I muttered, my gaze sliding between the trio that now huddled around me. "The Captain is likely going to come looking for us if we're gone for too long."

"That's true," San hummed, nodding his head in agreement. "Lucky Leaf is likely the first place he'd go looking, too." The Starling yawned slightly, leaning back and lifting his arms to stretch himself out, as if clinging to The Albatross in the time stream had really taken a lot out of him. "If we're not there when he shows up, he'll probably pitch a fit."

"Does time even work the same in here?" The Sparrow mused, more to himself than anyone else. "I mean, it does seem to be an other-dimensional place, or... something like that, right?"

"Ahhh, that's a very astute observation, baby bear," Loki cooed, reaching out to gently pinch one of Jongho's cheeks, giving it a little shake before letting go. Leveling a proud gaze on The Sparrow, she nodded once. Glancing to Jongho, I found his cheeks aflush with that pinkness I had so recently come to love. 

I felt a groan threaten to rise up in my throat as my blood started to simmer. Unable to contain myself, I let out a short grunt of discontent, but The Albatross began to speak again, drowning out the sound of it. "Time does indeed flow differently through The Twilight Sanctum."