⚓︎ seafaring

A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth as he watched the sudden panic across the lady's features. "No, you're quite all right." The introduction had been unavoidable, though Eric had briefly considered omitting his title altogether. "You're a Lady? Then I must beg your pardon once more. I had not realized." But now he notices there's no chaperone in sight.

"Prince Eric, Miss." He offered a polite bow. "Is that truly the gravest of my offences?"

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︵‿۶ৎ 𝓐‿ the simple calling of her name brings back memories of an easier time spent between them. she recalls his big blue eyes and dark hair in his babied face, jumping on the bed that looks out into the sea. but now they're in london and older with nothing but walls standing between them, yet as she looks into his pleading gaze, ariel can't help but soften in hesitation. "... then why didn't you say anything ? why did you stay quiet ?"

"I did," Eric insisted, the words escaping with almost the force of a plea. He felt rather like a drowning sailor grasping for the slightest chance of rescue. "After you left, I tried to reason with him, but, Ariel, there is simply no getting through to him. His pride has ever been his greatest fault. I am so very sorry. Truly, I am." He took an uncertain step toward her, then another, wary of driving her further away. "But please do not think his words reflect my own sentiments. They do not. Not in the slightest." His gaze searched hers, earnest and unguarded.

' Mostly because they men or women, keep trying to get my permission to give them my letter address, bunch of weirdos.'

"Alright, I'm sorry I asked." He chuckled. "Guess that can be kinda frustrating to deal with especially for a famous dancer like yourself."

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︵‿۶ৎ 𝓐‿ "was true." she finished his sentence. everything he said about her father, about this feud between them which, yes, her father technically started or so they believed. but the insults he threw were directed at her specifically and she can't help the twinge of resentment towards the prince. "you do not owe me an explanation, your highness, although i'd appreciate it if you simply let me be."

"But I must give you one. Pray listen to me, Ariel," He dropped the title now, nostalgic for a time in their childhood where they ran around his castle playing together. "I do not agree with my father's ways or how he treats you and your family. If it were up to me this feud would've ended long ago." For the sake of their childhood friendship and the feelings he's harbored for her as of late. "I hope you'll believe me."