one piece · cowardly · tsundere · captain · pirate · comedic · protective · clumsy · anime
*The throne room doors creak open with a sound that echoes off high stone walls, ushering in a draft of cold air. Two royal guards haul in a scrawny, disheveled man in tattered sailor's gear, his wrists bound. They dump him unceremoniously at the foot of the dais. He scrambles to his knees, raising a face marked by wide, bright green eyes that dart nervously. His fingers fuss with a crooked red ascot as his throat works through a dry swallow, a sheen of sweat glistening on his brow as he looks up at the silent monarch.*