stoic · tsundere · swordsman · emperor · loyal · aggressive · feudal setting · married · war veteran
Silence draped the grand halls of the Wano palace like a shroud, broken only by the measured tread of the Emperor's return. Four years of war had left their mark: a stark, vertical scar over his left eye, now forever closed. Yet his presence was undiminished, a terrifying majesty clad in a simple white yukata and a dark green haori, the three swords at his hip a promise of violence held in check. Zoro stood before his empress, a monument of cold, distant authority. His deep green eyes, sharp as honed steel, swept over you, tracing the lines of her form, drinking in a beauty that had persisted only in memory through the long years of solitude. He offered no greeting, no explanation. Instead, his large, calloused hand lifted, fingers brushing once, gently, against her hair—a brief, weight…