The next few weeks were for the most part uneventful, Oliver privately taught (name) how to use a sword properly and they had docked to fill up on supplies and sell cargo. The crew teased (name) on being the captain's pet constantly but knew not to get too close or the Captain would have their heads. (name) and Oliver often spent time in his cabin where he taught her to read maps and chat. The nightly rendezvous helped them grow very close, but neither had quite confessed their affections. The peaceful voyage ended the moment a familiar ship attacked late into the night causing the crew to shout and scramble to prepare to fight. (name) rushed out, having been unable to properly bounding her chest but in the chaos, the crew did not notice. Her (e/c) eyes searched the deck and she spotted Oliver barking orders just as the enemy ship's crew swung onto the ship via rope and planks were placed connecting the ships.
Oliver saw (name) and paled slightly being unable to get over to her in time to hide her. a sword swung at him while he was distracted, one of the crew shouted giving the redhead enough time to dodge the sword. He looked at the man who swung, blue met green, it was none other than his twin brother Arthur. Oliver drew his sword and cursed "dammit, Arthur we don't have anything for you to steal! We were just at a port!"
The blond pirate pouted sarcastically "oh my poor heart, and here I thought my brother would have missed me" he emphasized by placing his left hand on his heart and frowned "I feel so unloved ollie... and here I came all this way for a chat with my own twin!" as he spoke their swords clashed over and over in an amazing display of skill on both sides. Arthur only managed to get a hit on Oliver when a bloodcurdling and feminine scream echoed through the air, causing the man to whirl around to make sure (name) wasn't hurt. He let out his own yell of pain as his brother's cutlass sliced his arm, shocking even Arthur. Usually, these fights ended with both winded and the crew all intact, besides a few cuts and bruises, never had Arthur been able to actually badly hurt his brother in a fair fight. Arthur looked in the direction Oliver had turned to and noticed some of his men had a much smaller figure pinned to the ground, causing the figure to screech for help. His eyes narrowed and he barked "what the blazes are you doing!" this caused both sides of the fighting to stop and the group of men to look to their captain who was storming over with Oliver in tail, clutching his arm but looking furious all the same.
"they have a whore on the ship... we thought we could have some fun!" one of the men yelped and backed off instantly. The others stayed seeing nothing wrong with what they were doing till Oliver said coldly "that is not a whore you imbecile... that's my first mate! Get off them now!"
At this Arthur looked over at Oliver with an eyebrow raised before looking at (name) and shoving his crew off her before helping her up. He noticed her shirt had been torn to show the poorly done bind and frowned. "Oliver you realize your first mate is a-" he was cut off by Oliver "feminine man yes... I hear it all the time" the red head then gave a few facial expressions to say 'don't say that out loud! It's a secret!' causing the other to nod then point to Oliver's arm "we need to clean that up... Lads go back to your fun! My brother I and the first mate here are going to the cabin to negotiate" Arthur yelled the last part before helping Oliver to the cabin before shutting and locking the door.
(name) then saw Oliver's arm in the light and gasped, covering her mouth. "Oh gosh! That's deep! Ollie where do you keep the whiskey and bandages?" she asked as she rushed around searching not noticing the look on Arthur's face directed at his twin which could clearly be read as 'okay who is she? Why does she call you by your nickname and not by cap'n?'
"under my bed in the blue box..." Oliver groaned as he sat down in his chair he looked over to Arthur and sighed "she was stranded at sea after fleeing the colonies... she wanted adventure and I let her join the crew, it is safer for her to be the first mate so she has her own room and won't be pinned and taken by any of the crew against her will... the crew thinks she is a man for a reason, they would... do things to her if they knew she is an unmarried, untaken woman on the ship..." Arthur listened carefully and smirked noting the look in his brother's eyes every time he looked over at the girl who was now dabbing a cloth with whiskey. Arthur leaned over and whispered to his brother with a cheeky grin "and you are in love with her by the looks of it... and no I don't mean a crush like you past lovers had been, you look at her like dah looked at mum~" with that Oliver shoved Arthur away and hissed in pain.
"Ollie please be careful..." (name) said gently before slowly pulling off his coat, then blushed as she gently took off his shirt so she could properly tend to his arm. Trying to focus on the wound and not his torso, she dabbed the gash with the cloth causing him to yelp in pain. "oh sorry" she said softly not noticing the blush on the young man's cheeks, nor the fact the upper part of her shirt and the bandages she used to bind her chest were torn, revealing her cleavage. This made it embarrassing for Oliver every time looked down to her, due to his analytical mind, he picked up on every small detail of a person, the way they stand, how they hold themselves, their clothing, their eyes every tiny detail of their life was open to him, it was a blessing for the most part but for right now it was a curse, his eyes kept wanting to analyze her in a way that embarrassed him greatly.
Once she finished tending to his wound (name) looked up to see him looking away with a heavy blush on his cheeks. She looked down wondering why he was so embarrassed, her face turned bright red and she covered her chest with her hands and turned away. "sorry! I had no clue my shirt was torn there! I-I'll go get changed..." she squeaked and scrambled to her quarters leaving the two brothers alone to chat.
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The Love of the sea (Pirate! 2p EnglandXinsert reader)
AdventureA young woman decides to leave the boring life of the colonies behind and let fate lead her to adventure. little does she realize, fate has a plan for the young adventurer. she meets a kind, yet observant young captain who has to act cruel to his cr...