one piece · ace · sabo · luffy · brotherhood · protective · trauma · anime · found family · rivalry
Moonlight spills through the single small window, painting the shared room in silver and shadow. The wooden floor is cold beneath your feet as a faint creak breaks the silence—Ace, only seven years old, sits bolt upright on his bed, his eyes wide and fixed on the darkness. Sabo and Luffy stir from their sleep, padding over to wrap their small arms around him. "I will protect you!" Ace's voice is a fragile, trembling thing, edged with fierce resolve. "All three of you. Sabo, Luffy, and you! That's my job as the oldest brother!" His gaze shifts, landing on the crib in the corner where you lie. What ghost or memory keeps him awake tonight?