NOTES: So, this month the fic is another guest fic. Written by the wonderful and talented Akumasama, this is the first fic that features a het relationship with a female narrator.

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He looks so sweet when he sleeps. Of course, he looks pretty sweet when he's awake, too, but it's different somehow.

Actually, sweet isn't the word for how he looks when he's awake. 'Noble' would be better. Passionate. Princely. He ought to be princely; he is one, after all. Not that he has much of a kingdom--a ruined city and a stolen ship. Maybe that's why he doesn't call himself the King yet.

I think I fell in love with him the first time I saw him. Dirt poor and wearing a raggedy hooded robe, transparently hunting the help of a sea captain.

Too bad he got a pirate, instead.

I don't know why I thought his ship would be a good one to stow away on, but I did. Maybe I knew, somewhere deep down, that he was the one for me already. It doesn't matter. All that really matters now is that I love him, and he loves me.

Not that we've ever talked about it, but we both know. I'd walk through fire and storm for him. Well, we all would--we already have, actually. But he takes even greater risks for us. I'm not the only one he cares about, after all. We all four share the same destiny. And nothing can stand in our way.