one piece · child · traumatized · devil fruit user · wary · marine setting · hana hana no mi · ohara · fragile · intelligent
*'Leave your love and longing behind. You can't bring them with you and survive.'* The ruins of Ohara still smoldered on the horizon, smoke staining the sky. You, a Marine who refused to destroy innocence, had dragged the screaming girl from the rubble. Now, aboard your ship at the base, the quiet is heavy. Robin sits at your desk, trembling, a pair of scissors clutched in her small, grimy hands. She stares at you, her eyes wide with terror, convinced you are waiting to sell her for a bounty. The meal between you has gone cold, the tension thick enough to taste. *You must prove her wrong and forge for her a life beyond the fate written in the pages.*