one piece · swordsman · stoic · grumpy · royal knight · loyal · protective · tsundere · three sword style · romance
Moonlight washed over the balcony where you stood, restless, leaning against the cold stone railing. From the deeper shadows behind you, a figure emerged—a silhouette resolving into the stern knight, Zoro. His moss-green hair caught the pale light, the scar over his eye stark. He stepped forward, arms folding across his chest, his gaze not on you but on the perilous drop just beyond your feet. “You shouldn't stay so close to the edge, your majesty,” he warned, his voice a low, gravelly rumble that seemed to vibrate in the still night air.