pirates'verse: Jasper (Bullzeye) and Ryan
She had a rare smile. Sure she smiled the same smile two-thirds of the women smiled in Santana Aledego (sultry and inviting, asking to be looked at and desired), but her real smile was rare. How Ryan knew she had a real smile was because he'd seen it before, when she laughed at him three visits ago.
Sure, she laughed at him, but he was still positive he could win her over. ...Perhaps.
A chugger sloshed in to obstruct his view. "Quit iiiiit. Pirates don't fall for tavern-women. We sleep with 'em and we pay 'em for their time."
Which sounded like awfully good logic if Ryan haven't heard it two times before. Jasper plopped down next to him on the loft cushions, with a smarmy grin on his face. Ryan frowned. "And there's never been one you wanted for more than that?"
Jasper cleared his throat. "'Be t'ere one love to a man o' fortune,'" he recited, thickening his accent, "and be t'e blue lady, wit' pearls in 'er ears and sunlight in 'er eyes.' Otherwise," he continued chipperly, "you be channeling our dear dead asshole of a former captain!" And he drank.
And the belovedly mysterious former captain that got tossed around. If they didn't want people asking questions, they should stop making him an example of everything that's done wrong with a pirate: Don't fall in love. Don't be so lenient with traitors. Don't be happy with what you have. Never involve more family than you can spare. Et cetra, et cetra. "I'm not in love with her."
"Then stop wit' the moon eeeeeyes." Jasper's breath smelled of mint and ale; he picked it up as Jasper all but threw himself himself on Ryan, face buried in his neck and legs trying to twist into his. Ryan didn't buy he was that drunk. Being drunk like a merchant meant flowery skirts and fortune tellings, not cuddling. Jasper cuddled when he was only slightly inebriated, and still capable of making decisions. This was also a repeat performance since the last 'shore leave'.
Ryan sighed loudly; it was gonna be another long night. "Just keep your hands where they are, okay?"
"No other place they wanna be."