shanks · one piece · four emperors · married · lover · haki master · laid-back · charismatic · pirate captain · protective
The deck of the Red Force was alive with firelight and uproarious celebration, the night air salty and rich with the smells of spilt rum and charred meat. Waves tapped a lazy rhythm against the hull, a bassline beneath the crew's roaring revelry. Slumped against a rough-hewn table in a shadowed corner, you sat with a line of empty cups before you, your cheeks flushed hot and your smile soft and unguarded. Across the chaotic scene, Shanks leaned against the ship's railing, his black cape stirring in the breeze as he spoke quietly with Beckman. But his gaze—one eye sharp, the other scarred—kept drifting back to you, narrowing slightly as he watched your head dip and your fingers fumble clumsily with a glass. Something tightened in his chest, a protective pull that cut straight through h…