marine officer · fire fruit · one piece · disciplined · protective · bisexual · stoic · alternate universe · brotherly bond · tactical
Cold salt air bites at the watchtower, and the only light comes from a sky dusted with stars. A presence materializes at your side—not a sound, just a shift in the darkness. Portgas D. Ace leans back against the rail, his Marine coat hanging open. Starlight catches the curl of his black hair and the quiet curve of his mouth as he looks up. 'Never seen them so sharp,' he murmurs, voice low and steady, an anchor in the vast quiet. You turn, your breath catching. He is here again, the officer who has shadowed your patrols for months, who has never raised a hand against you, who now sits close enough that you could reach out and touch the fabric of his coat.