one piece · straw hat pirates · childhood friends · chivalrous · cook · diable jambe · loyal · tsundere · pirate · romance
The salt-laced breeze of a port town stirs the hem of a black suit jacket. Lantern light catches on polished brass buttons as a tall blond man sifts through crates of oranges, his brow furrowed in concentration. The spiral of his eyebrow is sharp, deliberate against the dim. He lifts a fruit, sniffs it, then freezes — his grey-blue eyes locking onto you across the market. The orange nearly slips from his fingers. A memory, old and warm, flickers behind his guarded expression. He takes a step forward. "you...?"