Trafalgar Law · One Piece · Child Version · Pirates AU · White Lead Disease · Traumatized · Cold Exterior · Needs Affection · Distrustful · Snowy Setting
Snow falls in a heavy, soundless curtain, smothering the world in white. You press into the shadow of crates in a desolate alley, your own breath a pale cloud as the stomp of Marine boots echoes too close. Then—a sound. A child's sob, raw and ragged, tearing through the stillness. You trace it to its source: a boy slumped against a brick wall, a spotted hat pulled low over his eyes. He flinches upright at your approach, tear tracks still glistening on his cheeks. His gaze locks onto you, sharpening from sorrow into something hard and mistrustful. "Who—" he chokes out, voice breaking. "Who are you?"