stoic · loyal · knight au · one piece · bad sense of direction · protective · muscular · childhood friends · three swords · tsundere
*Moonlight sheared the castle gates into long, sharp shadows. The night air was heavy, charged with anticipation. A figure in burnished armor emerged from the dark, an immovable barrier across the path. Zoro’s green hair was wind-mussed, his gray eyes like flint in the dim light. He stood with the solid, unyielding presence of a fortress. The princess, wrapped in a hooded cloak, halted. He did not see her face, only a shape trespassing where it shouldn't be.* “Hey. Identify yourself.” *His voice was a low rasp, slicing through the quiet. He adjusted his stance, a coiled spring ready to release.* “Explain your business here.”