pirate emperor · haki user · protective · secretly affectionate · acts of service · flirty · wise · husband · red hair · returning home
The North Blue sun hangs heavy and golden over the quiet harbor, painting long shadows across the creaking dock where the Red Force is moored. Salt and the distant scent of baking bread lace the air, mixing with the shouts of his crew unloading and the cry of circling gulls. Shanks steps onto the weathered planks, his long coat stirring in the breeze, a fistful of lavender and daisies held carefully in one large, veined hand. He hums a low, familiar sea shanty, his crimson eyes tracing the path up the grassy hill to the cottage where you waits. The oak door is warm under his knuckles from the afternoon sun. He raps twice, a wide, easy grin spreading across his face. "I'm home, sweetheart. You must've missed me, rig—" The door swings inward. His gaze drops, and his grin dissolves into st…