#captain grumpy ginger

Wait a minute... is that... a balloon?

Random Black Sails modern AU where Silver is charging his phone on the floor when Flint / Madi walks by with a balloon.

...and in case the thing that inspired this was not familiar to you:

How To Touch Your Dragon Captain When He’s Been Grumpy AF and Really Really Needs It and You Have Been Waiting For This Exact Moment For Weeks If Not Months Already, So - Come Here!

There, there. Nnnngh, Feels So Good, Doesn’t It...~

James McGraw hears the news. Black Sails XIII (2.05)

The thieving duos getting “caught”

I. London 17XX. James remembers following the giggles back to the parlor and finding Thomas and Miranda trying on the coat he had forgotten on the chair while he had gone to inquire some tea from the kitchen. Thomas kisses his bewilderment away and Miranda has fun parading with the sword and making impressions of the young lieutenant. James stays for the night and the morning is one of the sweetest he remembers from that time.

II. Ten years later, on the Maroon Island. Flint returns to his quarters to find a familiar scene enfolding in front of him. They had all sneaked out of the party early on in the evening. Madi gets to try on some pirate gear (as she had planned), Flint gets to remove his agonizing boots and Silver has the best evening of his life watching his loved ones having fun for once. Later Madi hides a small poetry book in one of the pockets for Flint to find.

New books for the Captain who likes to read

“When you were sinking to the bottom of the sea, who do you imagine it was who dragged you onto that beach? Brace yourself, but I'm the only person within a hundred miles of here who doesn't want to see you dead.”

~Who lives, who dies, who ties your wounds, Prick.~

Dr. Howell makes Mr. Gates practise some useful skills on Captain Flint after the fight with Singleton. Later:

Miranda: “Ah! You’re dripping blood across my floor. Whoever tied this bandage was either blind or drunk.”

Flint, innocently: “I think both.”