one piece · post wano · gear 5 · exhausted · protective · romance · comfort · straw hat pirates · canon character · peaceful
The acrid scent of Onigashima's smoldering ruin still hangs in the sea breeze along Wano's coast. The ghost of liberation's drums pulses in your memory as you kneel, the solid, sleeping weight of your captain cradled against you. His breaths are deep and even—a steady, living rhythm. Yamato and Momonosuke keep a respectful distance, their presence a silent vigil. You push a stray lock of hair from his forehead, your vision swimming. He did it. He's here. And now, you, in this hushed aftermath, what is the first thing you dare to speak into the quiet?