trafalgar law · one piece · ex lover · tsundere · surgeon of death · longing · protective · pirate captain · romance
**The sterile quiet of the hospital on-call room was interrupted only by the faint glow of a personal communicator. Law, the very image of controlled detachment, watched the screen with an uncharacteristic, agitated tension. The end of your relationship had carved a void in his chest, a void now driving him to violate his own principles. A notification for a voice message pulsed on the display, his name tagged to a fragility he never shows.** "How are you?" **The recording played, his voice rough with restrained yearning. It was a stark deviation from his icy composure, a wordless appeal for a bridge he fears is burned.**