Jim could feel Sidon watching him. He tried to ignore it, but the weight of his gaze sent a wave of heat up from his core and through his whole body. He probably should have hated himself for admitting it - considering the situation he and William were in - but he loved the way Sidon looked at him.

If he'd been religious, he would have thanked whatever God there was for giving the two of them a moment alone on the ship. He didn't even question why, he just enjoyed it. When Silver had descended the gangplank with William at his side, and then the rest of the crew shot off in the two longboats, he nearly whooped aloud. And now, here they were, just the two of them with who knew how much time to do anything they wanted...Jim suppressed the urge to shout with joy again.

He jumped when the shackle on his ankle fell away and he turned. He hadn't realized how deep in thought he'd been. Sidon stared into his eyes, an expression he couldn't quite figure out on his face. Jim pursed his lips a little and raised an eyebrow, "You'll be in deep shit if your captain finds out you let me go."

"I'm not letting you go."

Sidon moved forward toward Jim and he shivered at his deep rumbling voice. It took a moment to calm himself enough to smirk, "And if I run off?"

"Would you run away from me?"

Jim had to bite his tongue to keep from gasping at Sidon's giant hand slipping around to cup his waist. He could feel Sidon's heartbeat through his fingertips…or was that his own? He allowed himself to get pulled closer to the Zora. Gave into the longing to run his fingers over his muscles. Listened with a satisfied smile at Sidon's whimper as he traced the edge of each scale along his gills.

"Jim…"

He felt a tingle of arousal deep in his stomach at Sidon's whisper. He knew if he met the Zora's gaze he would give in and let him do whatever he wanted. And damn had it been a long time since he'd felt that sort of good. They'd gotten so close before, Jim knew that if they were given enough time there would be no stopping them now, Silver finding out about them be damned. He'd thought it best to hide their...entanglement...at least for now. Silver had been tight-lipped about what his motivations were for being here, so Jim was determined to be just as hard-headed and stubborn.

The hint of a moan slipped through his lips as Sidon's hand stroked along his cheek and those thick fingers slid into his hair. He didn't even care that he'd have to redo his ponytail. Just don't stop…

Sidon guided his head back gently, his thumb hooked under Jim's jaw, the rest of his hand wrapped around his head possessively. Jim closed his eyes, still clinging to any bit of sense he had even as his body rebelled and begged to be touched. He realized his hands had moved to Sidon's chest. That WAS his heartbeat I felt…

The Zora leaned over him and Jim followed the motion, bending backward with the hand on his waist and the other tangling in his hair supporting him. The curve became too much and he stepped forward reflexively and their bodies were finally pressed together.

Jim felt like he might shatter.

Every nerve burned and screamed for more. The breath in his lungs was thick as smoke. The fabric of his clothing was too rough on his prickling, sensitive body all of a sudden and he yearned for Sidon to feel how desperately he needed them to be skin to skin. One of his hands groped at Sidon's arm, his fingers grasping the bulging muscle under his rough scales.

He felt Sidon's breath against his lips and the heat coming off him against his cheeks. He dared look. They were so close. If he rocked his head back even a little further their lips would touch. His chin started to move on its own to bridge that gap - so small and yet so immeasurably far away at the same time.

I want you. I NEED you- his voice came as a gasp; breathy, needy, terrified, "We can't keep doing this…"

Jim twisted out of Sidon's hands and turned away. He couldn't pull enough air into his lungs to think straight. His heart hammered wildly to the point he thought it might burst straight out of his chest.

"There's nothing stopping us."

"Everything is stopping us," Jim gulped down air like a drowning man breaching the water's surface. "I'm with the Navy, you're a pirate…your captain has me and my friend as hostages to more than likely get coordinates for-"

He stopped before he said too much. What is there to say? He didn't even know what the Navy had sent him after.

"How do I know you're not trying to seduce me to get the information? It's pretty convenient that Silver took everyone and left just the two of us."

He couldn't stop the moan this time. Sidon's hands gripped his hips, hot as a blue sun. The touch scorched his skin through his clothing. He was engulfed in their size and the demanding need behind the squeeze. The claws adorning the end of each finger threatened to pierce his skin and he wished that one would so he could admire a scar in the future. Sidon's lips brushed down Jim's neck and to the mark he'd made, his voice was soft, gentle, "I would never use you like that."

Jim's head spun. He was drowning again. Floundering in the blood that was thrust too quickly through his racing heart. I want you so bad…

"You didn't answer my question earlier."

"What?" he could only focus on the claws digging into his skin and the lips leaving a trail of fire on his shoulder and neck and the weight pressing down on him and the yearning of his body.

"Would you run away from me?"

Those hands moved away, and Jim was left with an aching longing for them to return. He blinked, the light around him too vivid, "Depends…would you chase me?"

He looked over his shoulder to meet Sidon's gaze with a playful smile. It felt so good to see how the Zora floundered for breath, "To the end of the universe and beyond…"

"That's a long way to go…" Jim measured his steps carefully. Kept one ear turned so he could hear Sidon padding behind him. His eyes darted over the ropes tied to the mast. That one…someone had set a quick release for one of the sails. Just one rope held the whole thing shut.

"And then I would follow you to the opposite end of the universe-"

"You would?" Jim turned to face Sidon again, gambling on his heart's ability to hold back.

He forgot to gamble on Sidon's own self restraint. Those hands found him again, gripping his waist, hips, following the slope to his ass. Jim was so close to giving in. Just take me…he wrapped the rope around his wrist and tugged.

It did just as he'd hoped. Once the knot came undone the rope went taut and dragged him into the air, the sail came fluttering open, and he landed lightly on the bottom-most spar. He let the rope go and smiled down at Sidon, "So you'd follow me up here?"

The Zora stared at him, shocked. Those golden eyes lit up and he ran to the rigging. Jim watched for a moment before he made his way to the far end of the spar and swung up into the rigging himself. He laughed at Sidon's low growl when he realized what he was doing. Jim swung onto the next yard and trotted across it toward the next set of rigging, "I thought you said you'd go to the farthest edge of the universe and beyond!"

"I would," Sidon's voice was right behind him, and he jumped. Damn, I forgot that you're fast!

It was more than Sidon's hand that grabbed him. His whole arm slipped around his waist and raised him into the air to pull them together. The arousal that had been tingling in Jim's stomach spread to the rest of body. His hands slid up along Sidon's neck to his cheeks, begged for him to lean in so they could kiss. He needed it like he needed air to breathe. His legs moved on their own; they wrapped around Sidon's hips and squeezed.

The Zora caught a rope in his free hand and jumped from the spar and they plummeted to the deck. The wind on Jim's face was like a slap of cold water and Jim hopped from the grasp holding him as soon as the Zora's feet hit the deck and he darted up onto a rail. They danced around each other across the deck, Jim moving along the railing and Sidon trailing him, one hand ever out to reach for Jim to try to catch him and pull him back. The railing met the wall of the storage room under the bridge and Jim turned to face his pursuer.

"Sidon…" Jim leaned into those arms as they came back around him. Their lips were so close again. Please… "We should stop…"

"Why?" there was no hesitation in Sidon's eyes. He trapped Jim with his gaze.

"It'll never work for us…we're doomed to fail," Jim pushed away. His heart throbbed. He started to turn, but Sidon caught his hip and pulled him back, hugged him tight, and pressed their lips together.

Jim felt like his heart was going to explode. His hands flew to Sidon's face and drew him harder into the kiss. It was sloppy and uncoordinated and desperate, but so SO damn good. They gasped around each other's lips as they found their rhythm. The Zora's hands moved over his body, sliding down his hips to trace the shape of his ass, and finally his fingers curled around Jim's thighs. Sidon pulled his legs around his waist, groped Jim's ass and lifted him from the rail.

"NGH!" Jim grunted as he was shoved roughly against the wall. Sidon's mouth moved hungrily over his. Down his throat. Over his shoulder. He kissed along each tooth mark. His rocked forward hips held Jim up against the wall as his fingers crawled and explored. They caught his shirt, slipped it upward, his thumbs stroked along Jim's skin, over his nipples.

"Hah!"

Jim shivered. Fingers grasped wildly to pull Sidon's face back to his. He leaned in and tasted those lips.

"Mmnh!"

Sidon ground his weight between Jim's legs, relaxed his body into Jim's slim frame, pushed and pressed and kissed and explored as he tried to cover Jim in his scent. His fingers slipped into the hem of Jim's pants and cupped his ass without the barrier of clothing to taunt them. He slid down and stroked over Jim's entrance. His fingertip threatened to slip in. A rumble of desperate longing shuddered through both of them.

"Heyo, Sidon! The hell's the sail open fer?"

They flinched. The shout came from a ways off still, but it wouldn't be long before Silver would be coming up the gangplank and would see them. Neither wanted to pull away. Jim went to hug around Sidon's neck, let him find us like this…

Sidon spun them around, mouth still on Jim's, and walked them back to where his shackle was. He let Jim pull him down as he went to set him back on the deck. They didn't break the kiss even as he shut the manacle around his ankle. He seemed to forget what he was doing and pressed Jim to the floor, using his forearms to hold Jim's legs up so he could thrust between them as he held his weight over him, purring softly in the back of his throat as he kissed desperately.

"Sidon? Ye there boyo?" Silver's voice was closer now, but they were too wrapped up in each other.

Jim moaned as Sidon relaxed his weight more onto him and thrust their hips tighter together. Jim was so aroused that the smallest movement might tip him over the edge and have him squirming and crying out.

"SIDON! Dammit, where ye at?!"

He felt so empty as Sidon rose off him and made his way casually to the railing to look over at Silver, "Can a man get a second to answer?"

Jim gasped softly, trying to catch his breath. He bit his lip. Damn you and your body being able to hide your cock...He'd felt Sidon's erection teasing him. It threatened him with so much pleasure he couldn't see straight. I'm like a damn teenager again...fuck I'm so hard...

Silver and William came up onto the deck just as Jim pushed himself so his back was flush to the mast. He drew his legs up and hugged them to himself to hide his erection. There was nothing he could do about the heat on his face so he just let them see it.

"What's the sail doin' open? We're ye plannin' on takin' off without us?" the Ursid snapped. His eyes darted toward Jim, who regarded him silently, and back to Sidon. He looked again at Jim, an expression he couldn't place going across his features. There was a hint of accusation in his tone, "The hell were ye doin'?"

"I can't get a moment of privacy?"

His eyebrows shot up and his robotic eye whirred as he focused in on Sidon. Jim's own eyebrows rose. He can smell how hot we are for each other dumb ass, and you're just going to give us away like that? The Zora smiled, "What, did you want to watch next time?"

Silver stiffened and turned away. Jim stared in shock. He'd expected more, honestly. The Ursid grumbled, "Lock tha' one back up..."

William was shackled back to his spot and he inched as close to Jim as he could, "You ok?"

"Uh…yeah? Why?"

"Your face is flushed," William moved even closer, and Jim wondered briefly if he'd try to pull him into his lap. He stiffened instinctively, part of him feeling like William was threatening his and Sidon's bond- he doesn't know we're soulmates...no one does...chill out, Jim...If anything Sidon should be the one mad at him for kissing William earlier to shut him the hell up...

Jim raised a hand to shield his face from the sun, "Yeah, well, I've been baking here all day while you got to go play in the forest so, what're you trying to say?"

"Yeah...playing..." William grimaced a little and Jim rolled his eyes. Will could play it up all he wanted but he knew Silver hadn't done shit. He still didn't know what Silver was up to yet, but it'd come out eventually.

"Yeah, you sure look like he beat the ever loving shit out of you," Jim pushed a bit of space in between them, still trying to hide his erection. "So, what'd you two do, pick daisies?"

William moved in again and caught his hip in one hand so he couldn't move away again, "Jim, we have to get out of here."

"That's what you were talking about?" His tone was incredulous, but he wouldn't put it past Silver to try to buddy up with William if it meant he got something out of it...Jim felt a tiny hint of anxiety starting to flicker in his chest. Silver wouldn't betray him...not again...not by using his best friend...he took a deep breath and pushed the idea to the back of his head. It was stupid.

"No! What?!" William looked at him like he was stupid for suggesting that and Jim felt a little better at the genuine reaction his friend made.

"He's trying to get the coordinates, and was trying to use that Sidon jerk being around you as a way to get my half from me."

Jim raised an eyebrow, "Uh-huh...and did he?"

"Of course not!"

He would have pushed the subject more, but his erection had finally gone down and that's really all he'd been going for, and he really didn't care for the way William was holding him, "Ok, good. Could you let go of me now? It's fucking hot."