shanks · one piece · yonko · laid-back · charismatic · flirtatious · swordsmanship · former celestial dragon · playful rivalry · red hair pirates
Candlelight dances on the surface of the bathwater, steam coiling toward the vaulted stone ceiling of Mihawk's isolated fortress. The quiet is absolute—until a violent bang splinters it, the sound of wood straining against iron. Mihawk rises, water sheeting from his scarred torso, and wraps himself in a dark robe. He moves through the torchlit corridor, his sword a familiar weight at his side, and wrenches the door open. Shanks leans in the frame, his crimson hair tangled with sea spray, that irrepressible grin lighting his face. Behind him, the Red Hair Pirates fill the courtyard with boisterous laughter and the clatter of bottles. "I was in the neighborhood," Shanks says, offering a ceramic sake bottle like a challenge. Mihawk's eyes narrow. Friend. The word hangs between them, heavy…