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in the end, i wanna be standing at the beginning with you

Summary:

Prompts and drabbles chronicling the lives and times of a part-time hero and his ever-faithful sidekick, with all of the wild adventures they endure - along with a romantic relationship.

Notes:

I have officially sold my soul to this ship- and I regret nothing! So here y'all go, a collection of prompts for these cuties.
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p.s.; this series won't be in order, it's just prompts published whenever i feel like it.

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Chapter 1: "Just shut up & kiss me."

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44. "Just shut up & kiss me."

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Sashi was staring at him, bluntly and duly. This mission was already going off course, but no- of course, Penn felt like he had to take charge, acting like king of the mountain- and yet, despite his confidence that was as flamboyant as his gaudy Captain’s hat, no one was paying attention to him. Even Boone found better things to do; wherever he was now on this massive ship.

“Alright, is everyone clear of the plan?” Penn declared, with his broadest, most heroic smile-

-and every single one of the mates on deck were ignoring him.

It was a good thing that he had his back turned, or else he would have seen Sashi stifling laughter at this predicament.

“My trusty first mate!” Penn declared, turning around and slapping Sashi on the back. “Do you agree to the plan?”

“Well,” Sashi mused. She adjusted her specs, staring at the deck of the ship, then out to the horizon, where the enemy’s ship was slowly approaching. “It’s extremely flawed, Captain.” She ignored his shocked expression, and continued; “An ambush isn’t much of a plan, it’s spontaneous, every person for themself-”

“-it is not!” Penn protested.

Clearly, the whole Captain of a pirate ship gig was getting to his head…

“Yes, it is,” Sashi protested. “We need something solid.”

“You dare question the word of the Captain?” Penn retorted, with a bit of a smirk.

“As a matter of fact, I do,” Sashi declared. And in the blink of an eye, she unsheathed the dagger from her hip, and held it out. “But then again, why should we argue about this with useless words? Perhaps we should settle this like reasonable people.” She cocked an eyebrow, and softly chuckled under her breath. “Unless, of course, you’d like to hear my plan.”

Penn realized what she was getting at, and he slightly bowed, producing his own sword. “I’d never turn down a battle, m’lady-” However, once the words left his lips, he found himself ducking from the stab of a dagger.

Sashi’s eyes were cold but her smirk was playful. “I am not your lady,” she declared.

With that said, the two of them began at it, and now, it seemed that the mates and scalawags on deck had something entertaining to see. The first mate and the Captain were going at it, blades clashing and playful gibes being shot at one another, laughter and smirks shared. While Penn was agile and quick, Sashi had two steps ahead of him, knowing what he would do before he did it-

-which was why everyone was on the edge of their seat as they noticed the first mate somehow manage to shove the Captain down onto the deck and snatch his sword.

“So that plan of yours?” Penn said, with a nervous chuckle as the sword came scarily close to his face.

“I’ll tell you in exchange for something,” Sashi crooned.

“My life?” he retorted.

“Now, now, Captain Zero,  you know that I’m not cruel,” she laughed, bending down on one knee and looking down at him. “All I ask is that you shut up and kiss me.”

Penn bit back a laugh. “That sounds manageable,” he said simply.

However, he could barely finish his sentence before his first mate grabbed him by the ridiculously frilly collar of his shirt and pulled him into a kiss. It ended sooner than both of them would like, but then again, Penn had to admit, watching Sashi get up and throw the dagger down did make her look like a Queen, even if she was in the rags of a pirate.

“Alright, worms!” she yelled to the crew, pointing the sword in the air. “Let’s snap Blackbeard’s neck!”