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

the Cheshire cat? more like the Cheshire boy

((HAPPY NEW YEAR! I'm sorry this took so long I had no clue how to continue so i threw in Aldwyn to help me out, he is Cheshire as the title kind of gives it away. I will be adding OCs in here there will be the other kirkland brother's mentioned i have briefely referanced 2p canada with 2p fem france in the past I do have a lot of ideas for the future the issue is getting to them without constant time skips))

(Name) smiled before rolling her eyes "warning I am no easy catch~" she walked to the door and opened it, "well let's turn in for the-" she stopped as she noticed a small figure hiding behind barrels. The figure was a little boy with wide sky blue eyes and messy golden hair, obviously not one of the cabin boys from the ship. She looked to Oliver and gestured for him to come over and pointed to the little boy who was shaking like a leaf.

Oliver walked over and sighed as the little boy ran to him and hugged him crying from fear. "Oh Aldwyn what are you doing here? Did my brother forget you?" he asked the child who nodded and sniffled as the crew noticed and yelled that the boy was a stowaway.

Oliver sneered at the crew getting them to be quiet before saying "no, this is Aldwyn he is one of the kids under the care of my brother... Arthur probably didn't notice him sneak onto the ship earlier... he is only five! So don't harass him!"

The little boy wiped his eyes to hide the tears, he was grateful that Oliver was sticking up for him. Aldwyn opened his mouth and said "they chased me b-behind the barrels and wanted to skin me like a cat... M-Mister K-Kirkland..." his tiny voice stuttered and he avoided eye contact, he fiddled with his oversized shirt as he inched to (name) feeling safer around her than around the other crew members since she hadn't yelled at him.

The crew tried to argue but backed down when (name) sent a cold glare at them for making the child cry. She picked Aldwyn up with surprising ease as she noticed he was fairly underweight for someone his age. A smile played on her lips when the boy hid his face in her shoulder. 'poor dear probably had such a rough time before Arthur took him in... the way he acts and how skinny he is he must have been treated just awful' she thought to herself before feeling Oliver's hand on her shoulder and saw him gesture her to carry the boy into the cabin again.

She walked into the cabin and gently placed the boy on the bed as she heard Oliver shut the door and sigh. "Aldwyn was a street rat that tried to steal Arthur's coin pouch back in Cheshire... he was left to rot on the streets after being deemed unadoptable by the local orphanage. Arthur caught him and decided to make use of the little thief but the boy isn't as confident or as cocky as most thieves... he is fairly shy and meek, only around strangers and the biggest change is around his little crush" Oliver chuckled

"She is just my friend!" Aldwyn squeaked as a blush formed on his cheeks "plus the puritans keep hurting her and calling her a demon! It's not her fault for being a-" Oliver swiftly put his hand over the boy's mouth and scolded "no talking about her condition..." Aldwyn let out a cute whine as he crossed his arms

"he seems to like you though judging on how fast he just opened up" Oliver replied as he took his hand away from Aldwyn's mouth. "that's because she is nice!" Aldwyn replied causing Oliver to blink in confusion at how the boy could tell (name) was a woman.

"h-how could you te-" Oliver started only to be cut off by Aldwyn giggling "because guys hold children out like we are some kind of gross creature while ladies hug us and treat us like we are precious!" the little boy smiled so wide his freckled nose scrunched and his mouth showed he was missing his front teeth.

"once again you show me more of why Arthur keeps you around you smart alec" Oliver chuckled and ruffled the boy's hair. "seems like we need to head to Massachusetts after we restock the ship next, Sarah must be missing you terribly!"

"we get to see Sarah!" the blond boy gasped happily as his eyes lit up showing the kind of excitement one would expect a child to have when told their best friend got to sleep over.