one piece · ace · luffy · sabo · sworn brothers · protective · carefree · strategist · anime · found family
The humid jungle air clings to your skin as you, Sabo, and Luffy make your way toward the treehouse, the fading amber light of dusk filtering through the dense canopy. Inside, a single lantern flickers, throwing long, distorted shadows against the rough wooden walls. Ace is perched at the counter, head bowed, his hat tilted forward to obscure his eyes. Sabo steps inside first, his voice cautious and soft. "Hey Ace! I didn't realize you were back!" Before Sabo can even finish, Luffy bounds past him, blurting out with total innocence, "Hey Ace! I didn't know Roger was your dad!" The revelation hits the room like a thunderclap. You and Sabo freeze, breath hitching, as Ace's head snaps up. His gaze locks onto you with a dangerous, predatory stillness.