The Love of the sea (Pirate! 2p EnglandXinsert reader)

let the flirts begin

(two parts on two days! procrastination at it's finist... i should be working on collage papers..)

After she left Oliver looked at his brother who gave a small wolf whistle. The strawberry blond frowned and shook his head, "stop being a womanizer... you keep toying with girls and if they have kids you run the opposite direction... the only kid you actually took in was Sarah! And that was because she was born with the gift, and her mother died having her..." he ran his hand through his hair and leaned back till he heard his brother scoff.

"you're one to talk... all your lovers either mutiny, die or leave you! The only one you had for a while was Frankie and you doubted she cared and left her..." Arthur replied, "neither of us have luck when it comes to love so I take the safe route and avoid getting attached... humans don't live long anyway! And you know why I took Sarah in... she is like us..." He crossed his arms and leaned against the wall. "by the way this visit wasn't just the usual hello, I found out an interesting little tidbit... I was harassing the French up in their colonies and noticed Frankie was carrying some child, strawberry hair violet eyes, looks a lot like you..." he said nonchalantly "while on land after the raid I chatted with her, I guess he is a colony and named Matthieu. Cute kid, a big mama's boy, though..."

Oliver frowned and crossed his arms, wincing slightly from his injury. "Arthur just because some kid looks like me, doesn't mean he's mine... and it is in the past..." he sighed as (name) came back in and raised an eyebrow questioningly. Oliver shrugged, "Arthur just say some kid with an ex of mine and thought he should point it out... but my ex was using me and probably was fooling around and had a baby or something..."

(name) nodded and noticed the sad look in the young man's eyes as he spoke of his ex. She nodded and smiled a bit "hey it is in the past right? You just have to keep looking forward and you will eventually find someone who will be right for you! It just takes time." She gave a thumbs up and smiled, even more, when Oliver gave a real smile. She then noticed Arthur eyeing her up and down with a coy smirk. A frown formed on her lips and she crossed her arms, "could you stop looking at me like a wolf does a lamb?"

A chuckle rumbled from the blond who looked quite amused, "you have quite the personality miss... hiding such a nice figure and calling a man out when he observes you... seems like Ollie has quite the catch here," a grin formed as the girl started to blush at the comment. "Oh, seems you like him too? Well then I will leave you two be to sort things out, it was nice to meet you miss!" Arthur waved before stepping out of the cabin and ordering his men back to his ship.

Oliver blushed and cleared his throat "I'm sorry about Arthur... he is an arrogant arse who loves to tease me... and probably nothing like the fearsome captain people claim he is... he loves to meddle and-" he was cut off by the young woman asking "what did he mean that I liked you too?" the question caught Oliver off guard causing him to stumble over his words as he replied, "well, uh, he meant, erm, ah..."

"judging by that I assume he meant attracted to..." (name) chuckled "I might be but we need to get to know each other a bit more." she then winked at him with a coy grin causing the young man to turn even redder. She found if both adorable and something she could have fun with, knowing he was in fact attracted to her meant she could toy with him a bit.

Oliver blushed nodded agreeing with her, he only knew her for less than a month after all. He was glad she was choosing to let their relationship develop more before attempting a romance, all the others just jumped at the chance. Which may have been the reason all of his past relationships were doomed to fail. The only exception was Frankie, whom he had known since childhood. He shook the thought out of his mind and smiled, "I agree it's a bit too soon to jump the gun. And little flirts here and there won't cut it." He then flashed a flirty smile "it seems the fun has just begun poppet... I love a good challenge, and winning your heart may be just the thing I need!" he got up and whispered in a flirtatious manner "good luck~"