THE ABYSS | MIKEY x OC

When Captain Sano Manjiro discovers a mythical creature imprisoned aboard an enemy ship, he decides to keep her instead of selling her. Locked away in the captain's cabin, Setsuko spends every waking moment plotting his death and her escape.
But hatred is difficult to hold onto when the only human you speak to is the one who stole your freedom.
As months pass, endless arguments become late-night conversations, curiosity turns into trust, and trust into something neither of them ever expected.
The only problem is that the sea has never been willing to share.

❗️Here is a non-exhaustive list of TWs that apply❗️

Captive-captor dynamics, alcohool, blood, human sacrifice, death, mention of rape, sea monsters. Also maybe don't read that if you have thalassophobia, I guess ?