Louis is the Leader of a Steampunk street-gang and earns money as a male prostitute. Harry is a Dutch Gypsy with a prosthetic hand with a keen eye for all things beautiful.
They find each other perhaps by chance, but perhaps that the Gypsy-Boy knew...
The year is 1875, spring, I don't have any knowledge of the day nor the month but I do know that in a few hours, the Steamers will be nothing but folk's talk in this city.
We're heading for the ocean, going wherever the wind takes us, looking for a fresh taste of adventure. We'll sail away on these stranger tides, find a new place to live somewhere out there where no one will hurt us. Maybe we'll be on our ship forever, haunting the turbulent seas even when the wide waves drown us all. Wouldn't it be a beautiful way to perish? Drowned in a mermaid's arms, or skewered by a pirate's sword? For sure, I wouldn't feel a thing. I don't feel any pain, not even a dagger through my chest. I have a leg made of wood and an eye hidden by a patch; I'm in love with a man who has no hand, and he is as relentless as ever. We've killed, we've had roles to play, and we've learned to work together.
Our work here is done and as far as I can see -we were made to become a part of the treacherous oceans, to escape from this world where no one ever loved us. Yes, we were born to be the Kings, not on land, but on the sea."
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The sequel shall be available on my profile.
Arlo, the sequel to Glassy Sky where: *Harry has a new love for pirate jokes and has long curls that ride down to his shoulderblades. *Louis has an eyepatch and a wooden leg. He doesn't feel pain. *Zayn has a new pet rat called 'Polly', and finds something special out at sea *Erin has become a man and battles with his self-esteem. *Niall finds his love for cooking. *Liam is... well, you'll find out. *Hanji is still just typical Hanji, and it drives Harry nuts.
Arlo is the book where the Steamers abandon firm land and go to the ocean. However, they didn't realise that the sea was alive, and they weren't so alone, after all. Pirate AU where 'Leader' becomes 'Captain'.
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Also, the book title is in Harry's actual handwriting xx
