Gerald Poole and Pirates: Part IV
Final installment. A distinctly queer adventure full of internal conflict ensues when a gentleman and a sailor are captured by pirates.
A little bit of adventure, romance, and queerness in the 18th century Mediterranean!
An adaptation of my TweetFic, Gerald Poole & the Pirates.
Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV
Content warnings: consent issues throughout and sexual threats, violence, period-typical racism and homophobia, ableism, self-esteem and identity issues.
They traded some ways east of Tripoli, and it didn’t occur to Gerald really, seriously, that neither of them had tried to escape until they were already sailing north again. He thought about asking Wicks about it, ask why he hadn’t even suggested it, assuming he had thought of it where Gerald hadn’t, but the matter wasn’t currently foremost in Gerald’s mind.
“You could come with me,” he said, and Wicks glanced at him.
“What?”
It was late in the evening, and Gerald was sitting up and not reading his book, his legs entangled with Wicks’ on the bed. Wicks’ legs were very warm.
