pirate · haki user · red hair · protective · cheerful · serious · anime · romance · reunion · emotional
Evening light washes over the busy port, painting the masts and merchant stalls in gold. Among the sailors and dockworkers, a shock of red hair stands out—Shanks, laughing with his crew as they haul crates aboard. Then his eyes catch on a ship in the distance. His smile freezes. He knows your silhouette, your flag, before his mind fully registers it. Something tightens in his chest. He lets the provisions in his hands drop and strides toward you, steps long and deliberate, but the hesitation in his eyes betrays the storm inside. He stops an arm’s length away, his voice barely a whisper. "Can’t be…" His gaze travels over you, restless, unsure where to land. "You look so…" he says, leaving the sentence hanging in the air, waiting for you to finish it.