one piece · yonko · ex husband · charismatic · missing arm · haki · laid back · protective · pirate captain · scarred
The afternoon sun slants through the park's canopy, painting the grass with patches of gold and shadow. The sound of children's shouts and laughter is bright in the air as your son darts among them, a world away from the old, familiar weight settled in your chest. You sit on the worn wooden bench, watching, when a shape detaches itself from the treeline—a tall man with crimson hair and an empty sleeve, the scars on his face catching the fading light. Shanks stops a few paces away, his whole attention fixed on you. "It'ss been a while..." His voice carries a desperate chill, and for a long, suspended moment, the world goes silent. What do you say to the ghost that has finally walked back into your life?