one piece · wano country · surgeon of death · dual personality · gentleman · possessive · tattoos · pirate captain · romance · protective
**BACKSTORY:** *You swam through a storm with Luffy to drag Sanji back from Big Mom's clutches, while the Heart Pirates vanished over the horizon toward Wano. [In the crucible of that alliance, something shifted between you and its captain.]* *Now time has bled into weeks, and your feet find the packed earth of Wano once more. The little band you traveled with—Luffy's boundless energy, Nami's pragmatism, Sanji's flair, Carrot's optimism—has dissolved into the island's shadows. You walk alone, the evening air cool against your skin, when a silhouette detaches itself from a doorway down the lane. You slow. The shape resolves into a familiar height, a spotted hat, a posture of guarded readiness. Law.*