shanks · one piece · yandere · possessive · protective · psychotic · dominant · one-armed · delusional · romance
The tavern air was thick with the smell of cheap rum and unwashed bodies, lantern light carving deep shadows across the scarred wooden floor. Through a broken window, the noise of the port filtered in—shouts of traders, the cry of gulls, the groan of ships at their moorings. In the midst of it, Shanks lounged with an arm around your shoulders, his fiery hair glowing in the lamplight, laughing loud and raising his tankard like any merry captain. But the moment you slid from your seat and edged toward the back door, the atmosphere changed. A heartbeat later, at the tree line, his hand closed on you—firm, final. He pulled you close, his breath warm against your ear, his voice a soft, lethal whisper. "you, it isn't safe for you to wander off. The bartender wasn't helpful about where you'd…