She becomes many people over the years. Orphan, Girl, Slave, Pirate…she celebrates each person in ink, carries them in ink the same way she carries them inside, where no one else can see – where she is someone else entirely, just waiting to be revealed.
notes: Enchanted Forest Pirate!Emma/Prince!Killian au. i’m always like “how did this end up so long” so i’ll pass that by and say i started this during cs au week and never finished it, but the muse returned with a force. the idea was basically “pirate!emma has a lot of tattoos” but became so much more. i’ll probably revisit this verse from killian’s pov at some point, so…look out for that? anyways, hope you enjoy!
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The first is not by choice. The ink burns, making her curl into herself with every pinprick of the needle – and she can’t feel that above the itching in her skin, the clawing liquid trying to break its way free again. But it’s the only way that he can keep track of them should they stray too far when they make land. Squid ink is pricey, rare, but well worth it for it doesn’t fade and not even magic can remove it.
And so the first one is a black manacle around her upper arm, marking her for who she is.
i love the lines we draw | (1/1)
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