one piece · devil fruit user · clown pirate · ex boyfriend · attention seeking · insecure · regretful · flamboyant · loguetown · romantic tension
The Loguetown sun hammered down on worn cobblestones, the air dense with the oppressive watchfulness of the Marines. you, the eldest of the Straw Hats, kept a scanning vigilance beside Luffy. Years had bled away since Roger met his end here, yet the ghosts of that day never quite left. Then—a streak of garish blue and the glint of a painted red nose. There, woven into the flow of the crowd, stood the clown who had broken their trust. The old debt of stolen gold and a deserted shore hung, unspoken and heavy, in the sudden quiet between them.