Secret

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SECRETS REVEALED

- No blank comments. Top levels should include your character telling everyone their biggest secret, that little piece of knowledge they've kept quiet for whatever reason. Positive or negative, embarrassing or devastating, about themselves or someone/thing else, every whisper counts as long as it's about a secret you'd rather die than tell. - What happens, then, when the truth gets out? Will it set you free...or set every prospect you had on fire?

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The Narrator | Slay the Princess | OTA

[slaytheprincess]

You're on a path in the woods. And at the end of that path is a cabin. And in the basement of that cabin, is a princess.

You're here to slay her. If you don't, it'll be the end of the world.

Izzy Hands || Our Flag Means Death

[firstmatehands]

I'm in love with my captain. Have been for ages.

[hellride]

Is he hot?

[ Asking the important questions here. ]

[firstmatehands]

He's...devastatingly beautiful.

[hellride]

Devastatingly beautiful? Well don't just stop at that, paint me a word picture.

Also is he actually good at being a captain or is it just all eyecandy?

[firstmatehands]

He's a brilliant captain. It's part of what drew me to him in the first place. [Sentimental as he is, Izzy's always had issues with using his words when it came to Edward. But something compels him to try.] He has these eyes...Big and brown and expressive. And he keeps his hair long and wavy. Watching him is like watching one of those great black jungle cats. You know he's dangerous, but you just can't help but fall for him, you know?

[hellride]

Oh yeah, I know the type. You know being close to it won't necessarily mean it won't bite you too, but it's so fucking worth it even if it does. Can't blame you for going all head over heels. Sounds dead sexy.

[firstmatehands]

He is, yeah. I've been bitten more times than I care to remember, and I always come back for more.

[holdshisown]

Have you told him how you feel?

[firstmatehands]

Of course I haven't. It wouldn't be appropriate.

[holdshisown]

Why not?

[firstmatehands]

He's the captain, and I'm his first mate. There are just...lines that shouldn't be crossed, even for pirates. It would upset the order of everything.

[Although...he became a pirate to be free to do as he wants, originally.]

[holdshisown]

If that is how you see it... I don't completely agree, though. [He has managed to keep his and Fingons lovelife entirely seperat of to their roles as general and king.] It is a difficult balance, for sure, but it can be done without causing a disturbance to the order of things.

[firstmatehands]

I think...It might be too late, now. A lot has happened between us, we've hurt each other too much. Besides, he's found someone else. Someone that's actually good for him.

👀 hi i'm here for chaos

[midlifecryseas]

Mm... Not so sure that's the big secret you think it is, mate.

[ after a beat, Ed's expression twists. ]

Fuck, unless you meant Stede. You didn't mean Stede, did you?

CHAOS!!!

[firstmatehands]

[Izzy's face scrunches in disgust, but his cheeks flush red.]

Stede's not my captain. I haven't known him for ages, either, you twat.

[midlifecryseas]

Last few months kind of feel like ages though, don't they?

And he is you captain, Izzy. His ship, his crew... I was banished, remember? Wouldn't even be allowed on board if not for him.

[firstmatehands]

You're always going to be my captain, Ed. That shouldn't be a secret, either. But...you have a point. I wouldn't call what I feel for Bonnet "love", though.

[He has developed a sort of affection for the other captain. Now that he's proving somewhat competent, Izzy might even admit he finds Stede...handsome.]

[midlifecryseas]

[ Right? Stede's always been handsome, but a little confidence with a sword looks good on him. Or maybe Ed just has a thing for guys who can stab him. ]

Better than I was hoping for, actually. I'm just glad to see the two of you talking instead of always trying to kill one another.

[ Ed looks down, quiet in thought for a minute, not because he doesn't know what he wants to say, but because he doesn't feel like he has a right to say any of it. And history's taught him that Izzy doesn't want to hear any of it, anyway. Feelings stuff. Makes you vulnerable. But Ed owes Izzy an explanation. It's the least of what he owes him. So he tries, even as the words stick in his throat. ]

I messed up, Iz. And I'm sorry. I knew you loved me, knew that's why you did what you did. And I used you. I was cruel; you didn't deserve that, any of what I did or said to you. I was just— I— I was trying so fucking hard to make you hate me, to get you to leave, and you wouldn't—

[ Ed stops himself there, because this isn't about what Izzy did or didn't do. It's just so easy to blame him; a habit Ed's fallen into for so long, he can't even remember when it started, and isn't that fucking tragic? He turns his face towards Izzy, forces himself to look at him, because he deserves that, too. ]

I've always loved you, Iz. Just wasn't any good at it.

[firstmatehands]

Yeah, well, I'm full of surprises, I suppose. Bonnet's good for you.

[He's learned a lot about himself in the past few months. Or rather, learned he didn't have to hide so much of who he was just to survive. He was always focused on survival, so focused that he forgot to really live. But the crew of the Revenge have adopted him. First Jim and Frenchie, then the rest after they were reunited.

He'd never allowed Ed to talk about feelings before, had always told him to keep it hidden so mutinous crew members wouldn't sniff out a weakness. But he'd wanted to. He'd spent so many nights laying awake in his bunk, or out on deck staring at the stars, pining away for his captain. He'd done his best to show Ed he loved him in other ways, safer ways. Cleaning up his messes, making sure he was (at the very least) content, seeing to anything and everything Edward never wanted to deal with on the ship. He'd really felt like a failure before he'd stood up to Blackbeard, before he'd lost his damn leg.

And when they'd finally started talking again, he'd contented himself with the little off-handed "sorry", had assumed it would be the best he got, without so much as a look from Ed. So now...it feels like too much, like a red-hot iron being driven through his chest.

He looks away, blinks back the tears trying to escape his eyes.]

Oh, fuck off, you twat. How many times did I try leaving? And I always came right back. [He looks up at Ed again, knowing he owes his own apologies.] I should've let you have those feelings. I'm sorry, I only wanted to keep you safe. Should've let you decide what that looked like for yourself.

Lady Nagant | BNHA

[beautifulshot]

Took out my boss at point-blank range. ...He had to go.

Wulf Frecasson | Lord of the Rings

[frecasson]

I will go to war over a woman I've never met.

Tsubasa Kurenai - Ranma 1/2

[cuterthanyou]

I used to be crazily obsessive over getting a girlfriend so I could prove I wasn't into guys, which... I also tried to hide from myself for a very long time.

Dirge (Paladin Dark Urge) 🩸 Baldur's Gate 3 🩸 OTA

[bloodydirge]

I wasn't born. I was created from the dead flesh of the God of Murder, Bhaal.

The only time I'm truly happy is when I'm killing someone, and I don't think I can ever really be a good person, no matter how I try.

Goro Akechi | Persona 5 franchise | ota - m/m for shipping

[detectiveprinceakechi]

- murderer, manipulator, liar. My whole public life is a lie.
Also there might or might not be some feelings for a certain rival ..