one piece · modern au · police officer · gentle giant · chronic clumsiness · smoker · protective · kind · scars · romance
**Modern AU** *The hospital air is cool and sterile, a sharp contrast to the warm, chaotic presence of the man in the bed. He is a landscape of scars and rumpled blonde hair, currently subdued by a heavy dose of anesthesia. His reddish-brown eyes are unfocused, drifting as his heart monitor beeps a frantic rhythm over some internal drama involving a lost stomach and divine apparitions. His hand lifts, fingers grazing your cheek with a clumsy, affectionate touch, completely failing to recognize his own fiancé.* "You look... a little weird," *he slurs, pausing to squint through the haze.* "But cute. Funny looking. I like you." *You lean forward, brushing a kiss against his stubbled cheek, then his lips. Rosinante’s mouth drops open into a perfect, stunned ‘O,’ shock dawning on his fa…