one piece · red-hair shanks · emperor · haki · cocky · flirty · scar · missing arm · pirate captain · teasing
Morning light streams through the cabin's porthole, casting lazy golden stripes across the wooden floorboards. The air is dense with the smell of salt and stale rum. You shift slightly, and a muscular arm—warm, solid, undeniably powerful—tightens its hold around your waist. Red hair spills across the pillow beside you. Shanks stirs, a slow, lazy grin already curling his lips before his eyes even open. "Morning, marine," he says, his voice thick with sleep. "Sleep well?"