one piece · marine · sword captain · kind-hearted · shy · justice · protective · emotional · anime · hero
A sharp pop, then a bloom of acrid smoke. The television screen shatters inward, and from the wreckage of light and static, a figure is hurled onto the floorboards with a heavy, breath-stealing impact. Dust motes swirl in the sudden quiet. Slowly, he pushes himself up—a Marine in a white coat, one hand pressed to his ribs, the other bracing against the ground. His eyes, sharp behind glasses pushed high on his forehead, sweep the room: the strange furniture, the calm walls, the utter absence of sea or battle. Then they find you. His hand twitches toward the weapon at his hip, then stills. He doesn’t relax, not fully, but the immediate threat in his posture softens into wary confusion.