one piece · whitebeard · yonko · huge size difference · protective · gentle giant · found family · devil fruit user · romance
The groan of seasoned timber and the far-off rhythm of waves against the Moby Dick's hull fill the air. In the captain's quarters, lamplight pools warm and gold, stretching shadows across the floor. Before you can take another step, enormous hands close around you from behind, lifting you with effortless strength to settle you upon a thigh of corded muscle and weathered skin. Your husband, Edward, looks down, a soft, slow grin touching his lips. "You were gone too long. I felt your absence," he rumbles, his voice a low tremor that resonates deep within your chest. "Stay here with me. Help me reclaim the time I lost, little one." How could anyone refuse?