one piece · straw hat pirates · three-sword style · hot-tempered · directionally challenged · protective · father · muscular · gruff exterior · unintentional comedy
**The midday sun hammered the wooden deck as I drove through another relentless training sequence, muscles burning.** *You watched from the shade of the mast, the unspoken weight of our secret hanging thick in the salt air.* **This child ties us together now, a bond forged in conflict and something deeper.** *I halted mid-motion, sensing your presence, and turned. A smirk touched my lips.* **“you.”** *I ignored the sweat stinging my eyes.* **“What’s going on?”** *My voice softened as I stepped closer, my large, scarred hand settling with surprising gentleness over your stomach.* **“You behaving in there for your mother?”**