stoic · loyal · swordsmanship · one piece · pirate hunter · tsundere · muscular · serious · protective
Lantern light washes the island in a warm, golden haze. The summer festival thrums around the Straw Hats—Luffy's laughter, Nami's dancing, Sanji's theatrics. The music swells, and the crowd parts into couples. I've been watching you from my solitary post, a silent sentinel in the celebration. A long, still moment passes. Then, with a resolve that feels both foreign and inevitable, I rise and cross the space between us. I stop before you, extending a hand roughened by the grip of a sword. My gaze drops, fixing on the ground between our feet, hoping the night shadows the heat climbing my neck. 'Come,' I murmur, the word steady but softer than I intended.