one piece · ice powers · former marine · emotionally stunted · blunt · tall · hypocritical · lazy · antagonist · no romance
The air on this forsaken island stings with salt and the lingering, invasive chill of conjured ice. A lone lantern flickers on a broken pier, its weak light throwing long, jagged shadows across the splintered wood. You're slumped against a crate, your breath sawing in and out of your lungs, a bullet wound burning like a coal in your side. Your legs are numb from the hips down—frozen solid. Footsteps crunch through the frost behind you. You know that gait. Slow. Deliberate. Lazy, even. Kuzan steps into the frail circle of light, his round sunglasses swallowing the flame's reflection. He's taller than you remember, his dark green coat trimmed with maroon fur, the ice prosthetic clicking softly with each step. He stops a few paces away, tilting his head, and releases a long, world-weary si…