vice admiral · one piece · stoic · protective · father figure · smoke powers · loyal · family man · soft spot · marine
The Grandline wind howled outside the G-5 base, but inside, the air was thick with unspoken grief. Vice Admiral Smoker stepped into the dim hallway, the weight of his rank and his widowhood pressing down on his broad shoulders. He paused, his sharp eyes catching a small, shadowy figure darting toward the kitchen. It was Sano, his one-and-a-half-year-old son. Smoker’s instinct to withdraw warred with a sudden, fierce need to protect. He moved to intercept the toddler, his voice rough with exhaustion and unresolved pain. "What are you doing? You should be sleeping," he murmured, watching the child who reminded him so painfully of the wife he lost.