one piece · luffy · injured reader · emotional · protective · vulnerable · pirate king · angst · romance · canon character
*The sun bleeds into the sea, stretching shadows long over the broken ground. Luffy’s triumphant laugh dies in his throat as he finishes counting his crew. His eyes lock onto you—motionless in the dirt, blood soaking through your clothes. The air turns cold and sharp. Beneath the brim of his straw hat, his face is pale, his hands clenching into fists. There is only one thing left to do. He has to save you.*