She was a smart girl, he was a captain down on his luck, can they be together without any problems? Find out in this story!
A/N: Hi guys, been a while since I posted a fan fiction, I figured I'd preface this by saying that; YES there will be sex scenes in the later chapters, and a lengthy backstory for Nate. The pairing today is one of my favorites, Nate x Jeanette. If you have a problem with that, don't read this. But if you don't, well you're in for some White Star fun! This is Seeking Love: The White Star Way. (contains 18+ themes) Enjoy!
Scene: RMS Titanic, April 14th, 2017, 11:40 PM.
She sails the waves again after a full restoration.
Nate turned to his loyal crew, who had helped during Titanic's lengthy restoration to bring her back to seaworthy condition. He said in a commanding, yet soft tone to them "Half ahead, don't want to screw this one up." As the crewmember replied "Yes sir."
The telegraph bells rang as the engine room acknowledged the order.
He turned Titanic to the shipping lane for NY, after leaving Southampton 5 days prior.
He noticed a stricken ship in the distance, that was most likely sinking. He notified the crew, saying "Prepare the motorboats, there's a sinking ship in the distance. All stop!"
The crew replied "Aye sir, preparing motorboats and stopping engines."
Telegraph bells rang as he pressed the button to drop both of Titanic's big forward anchors.
Their chains making a loud noise as they're dropped to stop the ship. As the great liner slowed to a stop, about 2 miles from the sinking ship in the distance, he had gotten into a motorboat and said to the descendant of Robert Hitchens, one of Titanic's crew "Keep an eye on deck, don't want any rogue passengers trying to hijack the ship." He replied "Aye sir."
As he sailed towards the stricken liner, it was a modern cruise ship.
"Didn't take that long for a modern cruise ship to fail, didn't it?" As he helped survivors into the 7 motorboats that were stationed to help.
The cruise ship slipped beneath the waves after everyone, sans it's captain, was off and boarded onto Titanic via the D Deck reception doors.
There was one survivor that he had noticed. She had two sisters, Brittany and Eleanor. Her name was Jeanette. She had just turned 21 and was studying psychology.
He approached her as he was taking names.
"Name please." he said as he grabbed out his clipboard and pen.
"Jeanette Miller." She replied with a shaky voice.
She was shaken up about her cruise ship sinking on the last day of the cruise. He replied.
"So, a modern cruise ship decided to sink? Never thought I'd see the day of all the years I've been at sea. I'm only 18, turning 19 in May of 2017, but I've seen more shit on the sea than any other captain I've ever spoken to."
She paused for a bit, but then replied; yet again with a shaky voice.
"Y-yeah… Wait… Isn't this the Titanic? The ship that foundered over 105 years ago?" She looked around as she waited for his answer.
He answered. "Yes. I pulled her wreck up in April of 2012 and with the help of some modern technology, I've restored her to former glory. Interior included."
She was amazed. They took a tour of every deck of the ship later that day.
After touring each deck, she was shown crew spaces
. "And that brings us to the bridge, the control center of the ship. She has three helms. Two on here, and one at the stern for advanced docking maneuvers." She was amazed. She stood at the navigation bridge's helm, and put a paw on it.
"I can't believe this was what sealed the fate of her, 105 years ago today." She said, looking to him.
"Yeah, I know. Crazy to think I'd be piloting her, 105 years after her tragic disaster. So, your first class room is on B Deck, around B-52."
She perked up.
"Isn't that the beautiful Straus suite?" He nodded.
"Yes. Only the best for a smart girl like you are. Best you get some rest. We'll arrive in NY by the 20th."
She smiled "Alright, I will. Nice meeting you, Nate."
She smiled and walked off to her first class suite down the Grand Staircase, noting all the details
. The ship's anchors rose and she was off into the night again. Sailing proud with 2,200 souls on board, out of the original 500 or so passengers that originally booked at Southampton.
New York would be in sight by Tuesday night.
A/N: So, a sinking ship got rescued by a (formerly) doomed vessel and Jeanette survived said sinking. What a way to start this off, eh? Leave a comment below if you'd like, Chap. 2 is coming shortly after this.
Nate out!