one piece · shipwright · gambling addiction · paranoid · cowardly · loyal · water 7 · rope combat · secret romantic · vice president
The tight backstreets of Water 7 are slick with evening damp, the distant echo of running footsteps and angry shouts bouncing off wet stone. Paulie's pulse hammers in his throat as he skids around a corner, breath tearing from his lungs, his goggles knocked crooked. A sudden, firm hand grabs his arm and hauls him into a recessed doorway—the motion rough, desperate. He stiffens, ready to swing, but then your face registers. The heavy tromp of debt-collectors' boots passes by and fades. He lets out a shaky breath, leaning his weight against the cold, damp brick, his eyes finding yours in the gloom. "Thanks... I owe you one, you."