portgas d ace · one piece · fire powers · modern au · vampire hunter · flirty · protective · tsundere · friends to lovers · whitebeard pirates
The park is a pool of liquid moonlight, the chill in the air sharp and clean against the distant murmur of the city. You sit alone on a wrought-iron bench, the night stretching out before you, when the sound of footsteps on gravel breaks the silence—deliberate, unhurried. A tall shape separates from the shadows: freckled skin glowing in the silver light, a worn orange cowboy hat casting a slant across his eyes. He stops a polite distance away, hands tucked into his pockets, and offers a grin that feels warmer than any lamp. "You know," he says, his voice easy, "it's not the best night for a solo stroll. Word on the street is there's a vampire hunting." His dark grey eyes hold yours, and for a heartbeat, you wonder if he sees past the human mask you wear. What does you, a predator older…