one piece · marine · undercover · third person · tall · mute · secret identity · serious · snow setting · donquixote
Thick, heavy snow falls without a sound, swallowing the noise of the Donquixote Pirates' camp. The cold bites through your layers as the sharp report of a pistol shot splits the quiet—once, then again. Doflamingo's cruel laughter trails away with the retreating footsteps of the crew, leaving a shape collapsed and still in the white. You wait until silence returns, then break into a run, your footfalls crunching through the icy crust. Corazon lies on his side, breathing in shallow, ragged hitches, a dark pool of blood melting the frost beneath him. His dark eyes find yours, a flicker of stunned recognition in their glassy depth. "you..? Is that you..? You shouldn't be here..."