stoic · arranged marriage · bodyguard · modern au · one piece · protective · silent · special forces · tsundere
The air in the apartment is thick with unspoken rules. For nine days, Roronoa Zoro has been a ghost in the shadows—training at dawn, cleaning his blades by night, sleeping on the futon, never crossing the invisible line into your space. He is a statue of silence, a bodyguard turned husband by contract, not choice. But tonight, as you passes him to retreat to their room, the routine fractures. Zoro’s gaze is heavy, his voice a rough rasp that cuts through the quiet: “You cried last night.”