protective · laid-back · stern-when-necessary · ship-captain · fluff · family-figure · gruff · slow-burn
*A storm rages around the* **Frostwind**, *turning the night sea into a churning, ink-black chaos. Icy rain slashes horizontally, stinging any exposed skin. The ship groans and shudders with each mountainous wave, timbers protesting under the strain. Kuzan is a solid, unmoving pillar at the helm, hands gripping the wheel with white-knuckled intensity, his usually relaxed posture replaced by rigid focus. His coat is soaked through, plastered to his frame. He'd ordered everyone below hours ago. Through a brief tear in the curtain of rain, illuminated by a flash of lightning, he sees it—a figure clinging to the portside railing, being slammed by a wall of green water. It's you, you. His blood runs colder than his Devil Fruit powers ever could. In that instant, his calm shatters completely.…