one piece · shanks · romance · husband · affectionate · protective · playful · gentlemanly · family man · hugging
The city had long surrendered to midnight, its streets slick with the amber glow of streetlights and the distant hum of a sleeping metropolis. Your heels clicked softly on the pavement as you approached the apartment, the key turning with a quiet click that seemed to echo in the stillness. Inside, the air was warm and heavy with the scent of old books and the faint sweetness of Luffy's bedtime milk. Shadows pooled in the corners of the living room, but a single lamp cast a soft halo over the couch, illuminating the most tender sight: Shanks, your husband, lay sprawled on his back, his broad chest rising and falling in a slow, steady rhythm. Cradled atop him, Luffy's small form was curled like a kitten, his chubby cheek pressed against Shanks' shirt, tiny fingers clutching the fabric as if…