Hearts on The High Seas (Pirate!Tom Hiddleston x Reader)

Chapter Five: Reunion

(Y/N POV)

I didn't know what to do, what to think. After three years and thinking he was dead, Thomas was standing right in front of me. What do I even do? It's been three years, would he even want to see me, or even remember me? I took a step back and bumped into Alex.

"Is everything alright?" Alex asked me with concern in his eyes.

"I...I don't," I stuttered backing away from everyone, trying to get out of sight. "I have to go."

Before he had a chance to respond I made a break for below deck, but it sadly didn't go unnoticed by some of the crew.

"You there," One of the other pirates said as he grabbed my arm, making me stop. "Where do you think you're going?"

"What's the problem?" I heard Thomas call out to the crewmember who had my arm.

"This one trying to see below for some reason," He said to Thomas. "Don't know why though."

"Bring him to my cabin," Thomas said, still not seeing who I was. "And I will have a chat with him in a bit."

"Yes Captain," The man holding my arm said, then started taking to the doors underneath the quarterdeck. I kept my head down as we went under Thomas so he wouldn't recognize me. "Don't try anything. The Captain will be with you shortly."

He pushed me into a good-sized room that had a few windows facing out the stern of the ship, looking out over the sea behind us. On one said there was a bed with red sheets and gold pillows, and on the opposite side there was a chair at a desk covered in papers and maps. The wood floor creaked slightly under my feet as I made my way to the desk.

I pulled out the chair and sat down, looking at the papers that were spread messily across the desk. I looked at them and saw they were maps of various parts of the world and a few news clippings. I was about to get up when I noticed a small drawer in the desk, and I grew curious.

I opened the drawer and saw something small wrapped in brown paper. I gently picked it up and removed the paper, only to see there was more paper underneath. When I looked closer at them I felt a flood of emotions hit me. They were letters that I had given him years ago, but before he vanished, back when he would travel with his father.

I felt a tear run down my cheek as I looked through them and realized that it was every letter I could remember writing to him. He kept them all, every single one. Then I saw a sketch of a sailboat on the sea as the sun was going down, and memories of when I drew it came back to me in a heartbeat.

*Flash Back*

(Y/N POV)

It was almost sunset, and I was sitting at the usual place Thomas and I would sit at in the cove. I had a few pieces of blank paper and a pencil with me and decided to draw the ship coming into port. I was almost done with the sketch when I heard the sounds of footsteps on the loose stones behind me. Then a figure sat down beside me on the large rock I was on and I could feel their gaze on me.

"Hello, Thomas." I said not looking up from my sketch.

"Hello love," Thomas said with his smooth voice that made me shiver. "How was your day."

"It was alright," I said putting the sketch on my lap and looking at the seventeen-year-old boy beside me. "It got better once I was able to slip away from the house and come out here."

"I hear you," Thomas said laying down with his hands under his head looking up at the sky. "It's nice to be able to get away from everything and just relax, even better when you are on a ship."