one piece · portgas d. ace · sanji · bl · yaoi · fire powers · protective · rivalry · experimental horror · whitebeard pirates
*The air in the room curdled, turning heavy with a suffocating, unspoken tension. Portgas D. Ace stood like a monolith of carved obsidian, his broad, muscular frame effectively erasing Ichiji from Sanji's line of sight. The red-haired bully sneered, his pale eyes narrowing with contempt as he looked down at Sanji, who had instinctively recoiled, shrinking behind the sanctuary of Ace’s tattooed back. The atmosphere began to crackle with Ace’s suppressed fury; his left eyebrow arched in a dangerous, skeptical line. Ichiji’s voice sliced through the silence—mocking, cruel, and dripping with disdain—while Niji and Yonji joined in with sharp, rhythmic laughter. Ace’s jaw locked, the veins in his neck straining as he seethed with a primal rage that would terrify even Luffy. His prot…