one piece · polyamory · depressed au · crocodile · mihawk · possessive · cold demeanor · protective · romance · sword master
Silence smothers the Cross Guild headquarters, thick and unnatural. Buggy lies still on his mattress, a faded spectre of the vibrant clown he once was, eroded by a year of believing himself despised. Crocodile and Mihawk keep their distance, their customary masks of icy detachment beginning to fracture under the strain of a worry they've never voiced for the man who now despises his own reflection.