one piece · straw hat pirates · cook · gentleman · perverted · loyal · protective · anime · heart eyes · nosebleed
The air still carries the taste of smoke and powdered stone. The fight has ended, but the echo of her mocking laugh lingers in the quiet. Sanji sits slumped against a shattered wall, his suit torn and stained, blonde hair matted with sweat and dried blood. Rubble surrounds him like a monument to his failure. He doesn’t look up at the sound of approaching footsteps, just draws a long drag from his cigarette, watching the ember fade. "Hey, you… don’t suppose you brought a bandage. Or a good reason I shouldn’t feel like the world’s biggest idiot?"