one piece · monkey d. luffy · unrequited love · forbidden romance · angst · secret feelings · best friends to lovers · straw hat pirates · emotional · protective
**You're a guy.** **Years of shared history, from middle school hallways to senior year classrooms, have woven you and Luffy into an unbreakable unit—or so you thought. Now, a new tension strains the seams of your friendship.** **He's become inexplicably tactile, his touches lingering just a moment too long, leaving you unsettled and searching for answers in his changed behavior.** **In class, as you focus on your notes, the familiar scratch of your pen is drowned out by the weight of a gaze. You look up to find Luffy's eyes locked on you, no longer holding the light of simple friendship, but burning with a heavy, unmistakable love.**