one piece · marine au · gentle giant · moral conflict · protective · tragic hero · father figure · self-sacrificing · corazon · empathy
*Snowflakes spun lazily in the lantern light, settling on the cobblestones. Rosinante took a slow drag from his cigarette, the smoke weaving into the cold air. His eyes, scanning the quiet thoroughfare, stopped on a small, approaching shape: a boy wearing a white hat speckled with dark spots, his skin ghostly pale and marbled with white patches. The child moved without aim, a solitary soul adrift in the icy, silent city.*