Dadan genuingly has no goddamn idea where you all kept coming from, it was getting concerning at this point.
First, it was Ace, that raven haired boy who acted like a hissing feral cat most of the time. Then, it was Luffy, that reckless brat that Garp had also dropped into her and the mountain bandits business.
Then those two brats had found some nobles kid and dragged Sabo into their nonsense.
And now? Now it was you.
Sabo had come back with you, you had been clinging to his back, in a piggyback position, your little hand gripping onto Sabo's sleeve.
Sabo had a bloody nose when he first found you, blood had also coated his metal pipe, when Dadan had defintley subtly interrogated him? Hed said that hed found you dumped an alleyway whilst he was stealing some calligraphy pens from a nobels office.
Sabo had then smacked one of your parents that had left you in that alleyway, with his pipe.
Now? Well, now you were goddamn inserparable from the trio of brothers.
The first few months were chaos:
- You had been dragged into stealing your own bowel of sake as initiation, (Aces idea), and ended up almost falling out of the window because you had stupidly trusted Luffy to help lower you down,
- When you come back? Dadan had celebrated by making a cake to reward you for your first successful theft, the cake ended up looking like one of those really bad hedgehog cakes you find on pinterest, but it was made with love and tasted really goddamn nice,
- You uaually roughoused with Ace, making a bet of how many hits you could get in before either of you tapped out,
- Whenever you go hunting with the trio, you end up sitting by the campfire, arguing over how to get the fire started,
- Luffy usually complains about still being hungry so you offer him yours. To which Ace then forces you to eat some of his,
- You always end up sleeping in a pile alongside the trio of brothers... or, you end up sleeping next to Dadan, which she protests, a lot, but she finds it nice that you trust her so much,
vyon's mouthpiece. i got carried away with this... it was meant to be an asl drabble but i realised halfway through sabo's that they're too long for drabbles and no one's gna read em all in one sitting on tumblr so i think i'm going to post them separately
Burning is not new for Ace.
He's always been the skin for a match to find its flame: goosebump flesh, scarred and scuffed, rough around every corner of his body, dry 'round the contact spots that make you shiver when he touches, calloused skin that always cracked from the burn of a sun no one else sees. A catch and brush against his flesh is always pregnant with the scorch.
Before he ate his devil fruit, he was little more than spitting of embers crackling for resuscitation. It was always a low feeling in his stomach, a shift that never quite sat quite right, a hollowness so chronic that it mimicked the heavy of fullness. Ace had always been made for the burn. When the fire came, he remembered his younger life at Foosa in its scarlet, fighting with Sabo and Luffy over meat, over prey, over the blanket they shared, over the miniscule things.
Something about it felt right. Ace was always the hearth of a home for flames— burning was always in his blood.
"You run cold," is the first thing you tell Ace. An observation that everyone's always made, leaking with its tepid surprise. He can tell you're hesitant about making that comment, as if it betrays the notion of careful observation you've been keeping reserved for him.
Ace merely grins, sees himself flicker on the hues of fire on your cheek with the lamps dotted 'round the quiet Moby Dick and agrees, "sure do!"
He realised two days into your sudden stay that you're the pirate from Whitey Bay's crew that Izou was always talking to, had been providing general crew expansion updates for. He recognises your voice, the intonation that betrays your hailing from the east. Izou's doomed Ace though, talked enough about Ace that you've picked up an awful misconception that Ace was going to kill Whitebeard. It's not his fault— Ace considers himself a new man, a phoenix from the ashes of his multiple failed attempts to kill a dying man, but all you see is a squawking chicken running around headless.
Your brows furrow and you don't look fairly impressed. In fact, you are so unamused that it wins over your curiosity and suspicion of Ace, so your next move is to stretch out your foot and continue walking to where you were previously heading before Ace barged into you.
The flare warps, stretches out with the short toss of wind that your body kicks up when it passes him and follows after the shape of you— snaps away from the safety of his chest and then disperses like it'd never been his in the first place. Ace frowns after you, confused at best.
You're still around after that, dotted in between crew members that Ace hasn't quite gotten close to, joking around with the sterner division leaders who are always beating him up in guise of 'training', and scolding Whitebeard on behalf of your own captain. Ace doesn't exactly know why you're there, but it's easy to find you since Whitebeard's crew is namely full of men.
You talk a couple more times after that and Ace knows that you're still testing him, checking to see where his loyalties lie with every passing conversation.
Unfortunately, you don't seem to take to his charm like the Whitebeard pirates have so easily, who saw something endearing about him trying to kill their father— he remembers something about Dadan saying that women are so much better than men at detecting bullshit. That only serves to confuse Ace though, 'cause as far as he's concerned, he's accepted his role as Whitebeard's son.
He makes up his mind to ask you about it after a particularly stern staring contest that gave him indigestion, but you're gone the next day.
"She don't like me much." He stirs the spoon 'round the soup that he's left long enough for it to draw a film over the top. He's only musing to himself, speaking it aloud to see if it makes much sense— Ace thinks that it does, but he ain't too sure why he feels weird about it.
Haruta frowns at his cooling soup, judging him probably. "Why'd you think that?" The twist of his face only deepens when Ace uses his spoon to bring the clump of film up to his lips, eating it without care.
Ace looks at Haruta like he's stupid, the way the twelfth division leader is already looking at him, "did'ya not see the way she was looking at me?"
Haruta kicks Ace under the table, so hard that it rattles his bowl of soup— luckily, Ace manages to stabilise it in time and when he offers some look of betrayal at the man, Haruta's already looking at him weird. "Don't be mean; that's just her face. She's insecure about it."
That's the only thing that Ace really takes away from the conversation, that and the fact that Haruta is a liar; no woman glares like that unless she fully well means to do so. It was intentional.
Ace doesn't see you again until Marco has the scare of his life as Whitebeard has a bad reaction to some new medicine that he's administrated. It's lucky that Marco's devil fruit essentially makes him immortal, otherwise he'd have lost half the years of his own life taking care of Whitebeard's.
The closer of the fleets loiter around their father's ship, even as his stats come back to normal; unfortunately for Ace, Whitey Bay is one of those. That gives you an excuse to linger around odd corners, watching him like he's the reason that Whitebeard had taken his pills with alcohol (like he always does behind Marco's back) and that was— unsurprisingly— a horrible idea.
He's mature enough to ignore it, years with Luffy had nurtured him into the bigger person so he's pretty good at tolerating the weird stuff. That is, of course, until you accost him tucking himself back into his pants after a piss.
He'd like to say he's proficient with his devil fruit now— and not just as an excuse to get out of devil fruit mastery training with Marco— and moments where a sudden jerk or an unexpected scare makes him burst into flames have been scarce and far between, but you get it out of him. Manage to coax out that hypnic jerk, make the fire explode through the pyre laid beneath his chest first before swallowing whole up to his neck and he feels hot, but he knows it's not the fire but the embarrassment.
"What the hell are you doing—!"
"Oh," you blink, pinching off the fried crisps of your bangs, "it's hot."
Ace baulks, he feels like he's talking to Luffy about something that should be common sense. "Of course it's hot! It's fire!" He fumbles with the zipper of his shorts, turning his front away from your view, he remembers Luffy again for some reason— very specifically his stupid face with a finger up his nose— and then a dreadful realisation comes dawning upon him. "Is this the reason why you've been glaring at me?"
You seem almost upset by the accusation, "I haven't been glaring— plus, you're cold."
With his pants no longer at risk of dropping to his ankles, Ace finally spins back around to face you. "What?"
"You're cold, but you're made up of flames." You carefully explain to him— the way that Makino used to talk to him and the brothers when they were younger, "don't you think that there's something wrong with you?"
"I don't want to hear that from a gal who walked in whilst my dick was out!"
"Don't worry, it doesn't look like there was much to see."
He ends up yelling at you— which has been a lot of conclusions to his conversations with Luffy actually so it gives him a strange sense of deja vu, makes him miss Luffy even more. It really ain't the time to think about it though because he's got you by the shoulders, pushing you out of the men's bathroom when Thatch stops at the corner down the hall, blinks, and then just very carefully takes a step backwards and continues away.
Though he's mortified and his pride is irreversibly damaged and some of the division leaders are clapping him on the back and giving him congratulations and unnecessary advice on keeping women happy, you manage to get somewhat closer. You've got a dry kind of humour, a cut–throat habit of speaking before thinking, a childish kind of thought process that Ace can't help but find endearing sometimes. He thinks it's those moments where he can draw out the similarities of your personality and Luffy's or Sabo's; being around you reminds him of the fire.
And not only because your question gave him some kind of identity crisis (because why is he cold when he's literally fire?), but because you stoke the flames. It's the way you want to test whatever unreliable theory you've formed up in your head about his diametric body temperature and his logia; how easy it is for you to sweep your hands over him, part away the flames through your fingers like you're cutting through wisps of his hair to remind yourself it was hot. Then, press your palm against his bicep, curl your fingers around the 'a' of his tattoo and then drag down until you're at 'e', palm prickling with the frostbite as you do.
You're at his side often. The Whitebeards think you guys are in your honeymoon phase. Ace knows that he's merely a lab rat, even when Vista whistles lowly when you intentionally sit close enough to have your arms pressed against Ace's. Bare skin against his tattooed arm, warm and smooth against his cold and prickly, scritching, tickling. Then, like it doesn't matter, you'll touch with your fingers— feel it all out.
"Have you always been cold? I mean, before the devil fruit too?"
You're not shy about these things.
"Yeah. Always." Luffy and Sabo complained when they had to sleep next to him.
Ace ain't the kind of guy to flush and fumble over some light touching either but what you're doing feels light years away from what he's trying to rationalise it to be.
No one's ever been the kind of person to touch like you do— to caress and linger; Luffy was always big on touching, but that's only because he ain't ever learnt any better. He's the kind that smothers, chokes Ace out and leaves him as a heap of grey ash and black smoke. Your touch is the tending kind. Treading carefully, dropping another body onto the pyre, feeding the hollow with blood and flesh, keeping him a weighty full.
The next time you come 'round to the Moby Dick, it only seems natural that Ace feels the fire burn through his flesh, accelerating with a revv and leaving him with the sensation of skidding against carpet. A full body friction burn.
It's an immature thing: when you draw close, it excites the hearth, spitting out specks of broken coal and wisps of flames, threatens to melt all the calcium in him. Then, there's the cold after it, where Ace feels himself ooze back into his own skin, solidify against the cold of his flesh when you're far. The collapse of a star: the rapid energy that swirls into an intoxicating roast, spins itself round 'til it catches smoke, edges frayed and lighting up into bright hues of citrus until it's shot out as flecks of cool greys, goes around, comes around, goes and then comes, goes, then gone.
Haunting him is not the fire. Not the way you brush past him, dig your finger in and scrape your calloused print against the fold of his nape; not the way you don't stop; not the way you continue to walk off, talking to Whitey Bay about your provisions, what you got, what you don't. It's your back when he turns to follow, seeing you getting further away, feeling the warmth of your fingers fade away, fuzzy and carious and thoughtless. It's the cold after that haunts. The thought that comes to him after the frown, the soft, nagging insecurity that leaves him confused.
The day after, Whitey Bay has plans to set sail so Whitebeard makes it an excuse to celebrate, to have a drink.
Pirate parties are always the same kind of chaos.
Ace settles in front of all the food, never strays too far from the feast and lets himself be laughed at when he slumps face–first into his plate. Whenever he glances up to try and find you, you've moved. Weaseled your way into conversations with fleet members of other crews that he assumes you don't get to see often.
You'd started the night out by his side with your usual routine of checking the temperature of his flesh with your hands, assessing him carefully. Appraising his skin without even looking up to glance at him, leaving him with only the view of the top of your head— he wonders if you've got that glare on, the thoughtful one that makes him think you don't like him. He'd fallen asleep wondering that and when he woke up, you were gone. Must've not been too long since you left though, 'cause he can still feel an impression of the burn you left, fingers at the top of his shoulder, curling around to reach his collarbones before you've dragged your hand— fingers, palm, fuck, maybe even the shy of your wrist, all of it, intimate— down the curve of his slumped back.
You ain't come back since.
It's the third time that Ace has fallen asleep mid–chew. It's not as funny as it was the first time but there's still some splattering of laughter, a fuzzy noise over the tankards of beers and glasses of wine. Ace wipes the grease and spit from the corner of his mouth with an arm, yawning loudly to get air to kick start his brain and his bleary eyes wander around the beach of the stray island that they'd docked at.
He's chewing the meat that was already in his mouth when Thatch starts a second round of stir–fried something in front of him, the oil he pours into the fire revvs it alive, kicking and roaring to a metre of a man and a monolith of life until he slams a pan over it. The fire splits and breaks apart, when it parts over the edges of burnt steel, Ace sees you.
Mid–laugh, you are, lips curled back thin and your cheeks full, lava spluttering out of the dimples, warmed from the fire in front of you. A laugh that's so evident with the fire splitting through rakes of leaves and branches. Shoulders stuttering up, down; body shaking; drink sloshing out of your glass with the shake; foot stomping a rhythm against the ground that slaps and twangs loud in his skull— the flames smother, spread out even and he feels his flesh warm just beneath the skin. Your hair bulges with the hues of the campfire that crackles, billowing with the sweet lick of a sunrise dawn, melting into all the strands at the low of your chin. Violent and fond: Ace can see how the fire stirs at your feet, encroaching so carefully as not to alarm. He knows how it works, more intimate with the flames than you, so he can almost know how quickly it'll burn through your lens, taking the world down with it until it's a calm, quiet landscape with only the fact that you won't want to acknowledge.
Whatever he feels though— whatever stands in that clear landscape across from him comes and goes, quick because it's a blink of his eyes and then he's falling asleep again, with that image of the bright, supernova you: haunting.
Like always, you're gone before the fire is smothered; in the cold of your absence, Ace shrinks back into his skin and scratches along the paths that your hands took in its careful observations and studying.
Could I request an ASL headcanons of them trying to make their fem s/o smile? A short summary is that their s/o had trauma and is now incapable of showing any emotions, nor they could smile now. I like to imagine that Luffy made it his life goal to atleast see her smile at him for once but can you also add Ace and Sabo?
Absolutely~ I'm sorry but i personally don't like headcanons so i wrote three scenarios, i hope it's still okay🙏
One Piece Scenario:
WHEN THEY TRY TO MAKE THEIR S/O SMILE
- Luffy Ace and Sabo x Reader -
Warnings: FEM!R, use of Y/n, fluff + angst, implied trauma but nothing is described, you can imagine whatever you want. Sabo's story is long, (they're all long but his one is longer) i'm sorry, hope it doesn't bore you.
English is not my first language so feel free to correct me.
LUFFY (feat. the Strawhat crew)
Luffy had asked you to join his crew because he had immediately seen the potential you kept hidden, even if he didn't even know you. Your meeting was totally coincidental, but we know what Luffy is like, don't we? Once he makes a decision, there is no going back.
So you had abandoned everything to join the straw hats, because honestly, you believed that now, after what you had experienced, you had nothing left to lose. Although some members of the crew weren't totally convinced of you at the beginning, like Nami and Zoro, in a short time you managed to get used to it and all your new companions accepted you into their family without problems.
But there was one detail that hadn't escaped any of them and that was that you had never shown them your emotions. The only ones you expressed were the negative ones, like anger and sadness, but NEVER had the Strawhats seen you smile.
It was as if it were impossible for you to do so, as if your lips had been paralyzed in the same position for years, never curling upwards and never showing your teeth. You always tried to express your gratitude towards your crewmates with words, but by now you knew that you no longer had the ability to feel the joy that had been deprived of you in the past.
And although your friends had understood and accepted it, although some like Robin, Nami and Chopper had tried to take you aside and talk to you, but in vain, there was still one person who still hadn't lost heart.
Luffy still didn't understand why he never saw you smile when Zoro and Sanji were arguing like children, when Usopp and Chopper were whining in fear over something stupid or when Nami punched Brook because he wanted to see her panties. It was impossible! Smiling and being happy was something that came naturally, so why couldn't you do it?
And that was exactly what he asked you in person.
"Y/n, why do you never smile?" he asked you one day, catching you off guard.
Before you could even answer him, someone punched him in the head.
SBONK!
"DOES THIS SEEM TO BE A QUESTION TO ASK?!" Sanji and Nami's voices chorused behind him.
"Oww..." Luffy moaned in pain. "But what did i do?"
The two dragged him away, into the kitchen, under your confused eyes.
And after they had given him a long lecture about how he had the touch of an elephant in a glass shop, they then explained to him how things were. Luffy understood, but at the same time he still didn't.
"But it's unfair! How can she not feel happiness? It's impossible!"
"Luffy..." Nami sighed. "We understand that you are worried about her, in fact we all are, but this is something that should be taken with caution. It was what Y/n went through in the past that made her like this"
"We would all love to see a smile on sweet Y/n's face, but i don't think that will happen anytime soon" Sanji said, then took a drag of his cigarette sadly.
It was at that moment that Luffy automatically gave himself a personal mission and that was to make you happy again. Because he thought it was unfair that you couldn't feel the emotions everyone else felt, you didn't deserve this.
He loved you more than anything and just wanted to share his joy with you.
-
"Hey Y/n!" Luffy called to you waving a hand and you closed the book you were reading to pay attention to him.
Your captain gave you a huge smile, which you didn't return, but he didn't give up.
"Look what i can do!"
He squeezed his nose between two fingers and then pulled it forward, making it lengthen a few centimeters and he did the same with his ears and lips. Then he began to tie his rubbery skin as if it were a bow, only it all came out as just a funny face or a messy bow.
"Ta-da!"
You looked at him in silence for a few seconds, blinking, while Robin who was nearby smiled amusedly.
"It's funny, Luffy" you then said, reopening your book.
"Really??" Luffy asked you, his voice muffled by the knot he had created with his nose.
You nodded.
"Really. You're very funny"
Luffy smiled, satisfied with his work. He knew your tone wasn't ironic, you weren't making fun of him. You really appreciated his childish gestures and even though you thought you would've never been able to feel happiness again, being with Luffy lightened your heart and made you feel good.
And Luffy took your monotonous words as a gesture of encouragement to keep going. He would have made it, he absolutely HAD to make it.
-
"And then i stuffed all the food in my mouth and ran away. There was Smoker chasing me and Ace was chasing Smoker! Only i didn't realize that when i entered the inn, i had pushed them both into the wall. I was too hungry, i couldn't take it anymore!" Luffy started laughing, throwing his head back and you looked at him.
"You're such a careless Luffy" you told him. "You risk getting into some serious trouble if you're not careful"
"Shishishi! But it's a funny story, isn't it? It's a shame you weren't there. Alabasta was beautiful, but it was too hot"
Luffy started laughing again, while you went back to watching the sun set on the horizon, from sitting on the figurehead of the Sunny.
Yes, it was a funny story and you weren't too surprised by Luffy's reckless behavior and how he talked as if there was nothing to worry about. It was fun.
-
Time passed and Luffy never gave up.
None of the crew told him that perhaps it was better to end it, that it wasn't worth it anymore, that it was useless. No, Luffy would've never stopped. He was stubborn and that was what you and the others admired about him as your captain.
And then, if for them it seemed that there was no progress, Luffy instead was convinced that he had seen your lips lift one day. Even though it was very small, almost imperceptible, Luffy was firmly convinced that it was a hint of a smile. It meant that he wasn't far away, he was sure of it!
So Luffy continued in his quest: he told you the adventures of him and his brothers when they were little, of what had happened before you joined the crew, he told you jokes to try to make you smile and some weren't even funny, but you didn't care. You always listened to him and you always would have.
And the more Luffy kept trying to make you smile, the more it seemed to him that your lips always curved up a little more as time went by.
-
Then one day, while it was raining outside, Sanji called you all into the kitchen for dinner time and while you were in the bathroom washing yourself, Robin came to tell you that it was ready on the table.
When you reached everyone else and opened the door, the mass of voices of your crewmates drowned you out at once.
"You insolent idiot, don't you dare eat, everyone isn't at the table yet!" Sanji exclaimed, turning to Luffy and taking the plate away from him.
"But i'm hungry! I'm hungry Sanji! I'm hungry!" the other complained, slamming the cutlery on the table.
Nami gritted her teeth, annoyed by his complaints.
"Stop whining or i'll punch you!"
Meanwhile, Chopper and Usopp were arguing next to each other.
"Hey! Why are you stealing food from my plate?!" exclaimed the reindeer.
"No no, you're very wrong" the sniper waved a hand, whistling innocently. "I did not do anything!"
Chopper lunged at Usopp and he started screaming, trying to get him off him. Next to them, Zoro took a sip of sake, looking at them boredly.
"Yes you did! I just saw you do it, don't lie!"
"Lies? I never tell lies!"
"Hey you two, stop arguing. How annoying..."
From the other end of the table, Franky smirked amusedly.
"It's like a circus here eheh"
"Yohohoho~" Brook laughed. "If you want, i can play something to brighten up the evening"
Robin watched the scene, covering her smile with one hand.
Your eyes passed over each of your crewmates and it was in that moment, when your gaze locked on Luffy's pouting figure, that you realized that they weren't just your crewmates. They were your family.
And then, suddenly someone started laughing and in a few seconds everyone fell silent, focusing on the sound of that laughter. Everyone turned to look at you when they noticed your presence and their eyes widened as they realized that the one who was laughing out loud was you.
Luffy felt a huge smile spread across his face when he saw you. It had finally happened, you were actually laughing. Oh, and how genuine that laugh was, you could clearly hear it was a laugh that hadn't been heard in too long.
"Y/n!" Luffy exclaimed, then stretched out his arms and catapulted in front of you. But his smile fell when he saw the tears that were spilling out of your eyes and sliding down your cheeks.
"Y/n…"
Luffy tilted his head in confusion, because even though you were crying you were still laughing like there was no tomorrow.
"Y-Yes, Luffy?" You sniffed and opened your eyes to look at him, feeling his palm on your cheek trying to wipe away the tears.
"Why are you crying?" he asked you.
You shook your head, your laughter growing weaker and weaker. The tears continued to flow, but your lips remained curved upwards in a trembling smile.
"S-Sorry it’s just that…" you raised a hand to cover his on your face. "These are tears of joy, Luffy"
"Huh? Joy? So..." Luffy's eyes widened again when he realized. "Wait, so you're happy now??"
You nodded, squeezing his fingers.
"I am. And it's all thanks to you. And everyone else too. Because when i'm with our crew i can forget everything that happened. And you Luffy, you never gave up. Thanks to you i found every day the strength to move forward. Thank you for everything you have done for me. Thank you all, guys"
Behind Luffy, Franky, Usopp and Chopper were crying tears of emotion, while everyone else gave you happy smiles.
"I'm so happy to see you smile Y/n!" Luffy exclaimed, closing his eyes. "Everyone deserves to be happy, it wasn't fair that all of us were happy except you"
You looked at him tenderly with your heart pounding in your chest. You hadn't felt this way in too long. It was so beautiful.
Then Luffy removed his hand from your cheek.
"Look!"
He pinched his cheeks with his fingers and pulled them, stretching his face into various shapes.
"Ta-da!"
And this time you started laughing again, while more tears continued to come out of your eyes and Luffy started laughing too, hearing your laughter mixed with sobs. Luffy knew in that moment that his mission was accomplished.
And outside, in the sky, the rain stopped, as the sun began to set.
ACE (feat. the Whitebeard Pirates)
You were part of Whitebeard's crew even before Ace joined. Whitebeard had invited you to join knowing the weight of your past that you carried on your shoulders and you had accepted. From the first moment you considered Whitebeard as the father you never had and all the commanders had welcomed you into the crew as if you were their younger sister.
They were your new family and you loved each of them and you tried in every way to demonstrate the immense gratitude you felt for them. But you couldn't.
The ghosts of the past tormented you day and night and you had lost the ability to feel happiness. It seemed impossible to you and yet it had happened. But that didn't make your brothers and father love you any less, on the contrary, they had become very protective of you because of that. The only one after your father who you were closest to ever was Marco, who had taken you under his wing (no pun intended) from day one.
And when Ace joined the crew he asked him about you.
"Oi. Is that Y/n like, depressed or something?"
Let's remember that initially Ace didn't want to be part of Whitebeard's crew and was quite grumpy. So the way he said that question didn't please the phoenix man at all.
"If you talk about her like that again i swear i'll throw you into the sea in your sleep" he told him threateningly.
When things calmed down between Ace and Whitebeard, the former found the courage to ask the captain what happened to you. And this time he did it more delicately.
So Whitebeard explained the situation to him and Ace understood why all the commanders were particularly touchy when it came to you.
"We've tried for a long time, but it was all in vain" Whitebeard sighed. "We have never seen that girl smile. We have seen her cry with sadness, scream with anger and paralyze with fear. But we have never seen the shadow of a smile on that beautiful, pure and innocent face of hers. But we have accepted her for what she is. And we will never abandon her because of this"
Ace retreated to his quarters with his head in the clouds.
He had interacted with you often, but he didn't believe that a person like you would hide such a tormented past. But Ace had grown fond of you and therefore decided that to make up for how he had behaved during the period of his arrival, he would've made you relive your happiness.
He would have done it for you, for Whitebeard and for your brothers.
-
"Good morning Y/n"
You lifted your head from your plate to greet Ace, who had just joined you for breakfast.
"Good morning Ace. Did you sleep well?"
"Like an angel. What about you?"
"Good enough"
Ace chewed a piece of bread.
"You know" he said. "Today is a beautiful day and the sun is shining. If only i hadn't eaten a devil fruit i would go for a swim"
You frowned at him, not understanding what he was getting at. Then he swallowed the bite and looked at you with a smirk.
"But i'm already drowning in your eyes anyway~"
The dining room fell silent and everyone in the room turned to look at him. Marco and Izo, who were sitting on either side of you, opened their eyes and mouths wide. A little further away, Thatch and Whitebeard smirked in amusement.
"You did NOT just say that in front of me..." Izo muttered with a disgusted expression.
Ace blushed like a tomato and to avoid Marco's murderous gaze he moved his eyes to you, to see your reaction. You blinked at him and then quickly lowered your head to your bowl, starting to eat again.
"It was a little embarrassing, don't you think?" you asked, squeezing a hand nervously under the table.
"B-But it was funny, wasn't it?" Ace asked.
And you nodded silently, making him smile. It was a small step, wasn't it?
Marco turned to Whitebeard.
"Pops!"
But Whitebeard just laughed from his chair.
"Gurarara, nothing happened Marco. It's just a joke"
-
For a while Ace continued with the pickup lines, since he was sure that on the inside you found them funny and even if he liked seeing your embarrassed look and your red cheeks, your lips never showed the slightest hint of a smile. So he tried to change his strategy.
-
"What are those two doing?" Marco muttered, observing you and Ace on the deck of the ship.
"More like what are you doing" Thatch retorted, hands on hips. "Are you spying on them?"
"Ace is acting strange. I don't understand what he wants to do with Y/n" the blond retorted, narrowing his eyes at Ace.
Thatch came to his side.
"He's just trying to do what we did too. Pops told me"
Marco pursed his lips.
"Don't you think he will make her suffer more than she already is?"
Thatch shook his head with a smile.
"Nah. Ace cares about her, you know? In fact, he's obsessed with her. And so is she"
Then Thatch placed a hand on Marco's shoulder.
"Give him a chance. Pops trusts him. And then..." he said, pointing at your figures with a finger. "I don't think she's sad at all right now"
Marco realized how at that moment, your eyes were wide open and fixed on the fiery figures that Ace was creating in the sky with his powers. They shone in wonder at the sight that lit up the night sky above the Moby Dick.
And while your gaze was pointed upwards, Ace's was fixed on your face, which was making him fall in love more and more.
-
"Ace!"
Ace could hear your voice calling out to him. But it was muffled and so far away.
"Please hold on! Stay with us! Ace!"
Ace didn't understand. What the hell was going on? Why couldn't he see anything? Where were you? Was he dying? No, he absolutely couldn't allow that. After everything he was doing to fulfill his mission, he couldn't afford to leave you for something stupid like that.
After seconds that seemed endless, Ace found the strength to open his eyes. He wanted to move, but as soon as he tried to, a bolt of pain shot through his chest and he hissed in pain.
"Stay still"
Ace's eyes fell on the figure of Marco, who was walking around the room. Ace looked around and realized he was on a bed in the Moby Dick infirmary.
"Do you remember what happened?" the blond asked him, looking at him from behind his glasses.
Ace nodded, remembering everything. One minute he and everyone else were fighting and the next someone had hit him from behind. Then he remembered your voice, calling him desperately.
Ace looked down at his chest, which was bandaged and then noticed the figure who was sleeping with her head resting on her arms, which in turn were crossed on the mattress, next to his body. Ace felt his heart start beating again when he saw your hand holding his in his sleep, warming it with your warmth.
"You gave us a scare, especially to her" Marco murmured, trying not to wake you. "She's been here the whole time"
Marco approached the bed and placed a blanket over your shoulders, before gently rubbing your back.
"I'm relieved you're okay" the blond then said.
"I thought you hated me" Ace retorted.
Marco shrugged.
"We know what you're doing for her. And we're all grateful. And i'm sure she is, too. Even though it may not seem like it"
Ace opened his eyes slightly, surprised by his words.
"Do you really believe that?"
Marco nodded.
"If you keep doing this, i know you will succeed where we failed. Now rest, you need it"
Ace didn't have to be told twice and closed his eyes, abandoning himself to the presence of your touch.
-
When Ace reopened his eyes, he saw your face again and the blinding daylight coming through the infirmary windows.
"Ace!"
He didn't even have time to realize it, that you threw yourself onto his body, hugging his neck with all your strength.
"Thank goodness you're okay!"
Ace smiled and placed a hand on your back, but couldn't stop himself from making the noise of pain that the wound on his chest was causing him.
"Oh shoot, i'm sorry!" you exclaimed, immediately pulling away from him. "I didn't mean to hurt you"
Ace waved a hand.
"It's no problem, don't worry. Are you okay?"
You looked at him with teary eyes.
"Oh Ace…" you murmured. "After everything that happened to you, how can you still worry about me?"
"Well, are you sure you're not tired?" he asked you again.
And before you could respond he continued.
"Because you've been running through my mind all day~" he said with a smirk, accompanied by a wink.
You looked at him silently, eyes wide. That's when Ace saw you lower your head, covering your face with your hair. And then, after a few seconds, he saw your shoulders move in small spasms.
Ace widened his eyes, thinking you were crying and reached out to you.
"Y/n, i'm sorry-"
When his fingers brushed your shoulder, you raised your head to look at him. And to his shock, Ace realized that you were actually giggling.
"D-Does this feel like the time to say your stupid jokes?" You murmured, as if trying to hold back the laughter that was slowly escaping your lips.
Ace noticed a couple of tears coming out of your eyes, but you quickly wiped them away with your hands. He smiled and remembering the first time he told you one of his pickup lines, he said...
"But it was funny, wasn't it?"
You nodded, still giggling and covered your mouth with your hand. Ace looked at you tenderly, as he felt his heart warm with each passing second.
"You have a beautiful laugh, you know?" he asked you.
You looked at him, managing to stop laughing for a few seconds, while Ace continued.
"I'm glad i was able to make you smile. Pops and the others wanted it so much. And i wanted it too"
You reached out to his hand, stroking the back of it with your thumb, then brought his palm to cover your cheek.
"I thought i lost you Ace. And seeing that you're okay makes me happy. More than anything"
You looked at each other with sweet smiles and Ace could see in your eyes all the affection you felt for him. So he gathered courage and leaned forward until your lips touched softly. After a few seconds he pulled away.
"Well, if i had known that just ending up in a hospital bed was enough to make you happy, i would have done it a lot sooner"
At those words you couldn't help but burst out laughing, quickly covering your face with your hands.
"D-Don't say that!" you said mortified. "You make me look like a bad person!"
And Ace chuckled back, joining you.
At that moment, unbeknownst to you, certain commanders of a certain emperor's fleet and that emperor himself were gathering outside the infirmary door, trying not to be heard. And when they heard the sweet sound of your laughter for the first time, they felt their eyes become shiny.
"She's laughing!" Vista murmured. "Our darling little sister is laughing with joy!"
"Oh, i'm so happy!" continued Blamenco.
Whitebeard sniffed, but refrained from crying, unlike his sons, and he glanced at Marco, who was rubbing his eyes from behind his glasses, biting his lower lip.
Ace's voice rang out in the infirmary again.
"I'd offer you a cigarette but you're already smokin' hot~"
"Ace!" you called out to him between laughs, feeling your cheeks heat up under your palms.
He too continued to laugh and then he grimaced in pain, putting a hand to his chest.
"Thank you Ace"
Was what Whitebeard thought, looking back at you and Ace with a tender gaze.
"You saved her"
SABO (feat. the Revolutionary Army)
With Sabo i imagine a scenario that is similar to Senor Pink's backstory. (From Dressrosa arc but there are no spoilers)
You were both part of the Revolutionary Army, but you didn't always were together in missions. Sabo was sorry about this, especially because he was quite protective of you and despite being aware of your fighting skills, he was always afraid for you.
That day was a day like many others, where you and Sabo had said goodbye to each other by exchanging a kiss, you on his cheek and him on your forehead, and then wishing each other good luck, separating and going on your missions.
Sabo and Koala returned after a month and they both couldn't wait to see you and have a chat about the adventures you had. But when the two entered the headquarters, they did not expect the silence that reigned inside the room to welcome them. Usually when someone from the army returned from a mission after a long time, there was a celebration and when it came to Sabo and Koala you were the first to run to greet them.
Not surprisingly, Sabo immediately noticed your absence, but initially didn't give it too much thought, thinking that you were just busy with Dragon.
"Sabo"
Sabo lifted his head, meeting Ivan's gaze and when he noticed his less than happy tone and worried look, it didn't take him long to connect the dots.
Koala flashed him a smile.
"Hi Ivan-"
"Where is Y/n?" Sabo interrupted, taking a step forward.
Ivankov sighed, knowing there was no point beating around the bush with Sabo.
"In the infirmary" he only said.
Sabo passed him without waiting for him and Koala, heading towards the infirmary at full speed.
When he entered, throwing open the doors with force, he expected to find all kinds of dark scenarios, like you with a body full of bandages, you bleeding, or worse...
But he didn't expect to see your body under the covers of the infirmary bed, lying on its side in a fetal position, with your back facing him. Sabo wasted no time and ran in front of you, immediately taking your hand in his.
"Y/n!"
You opened your eyes when you heard his voice and Sabo immediately noticed how your eyes seemed emptier since the last time he saw you.
"Sabo... You're back"
Sabo looked at you worriedly, stroking the back of your hand with his thumb.
"What happened??" he asked frantically, looking from your eyes to the band-aid on your cheek.
But you just bit your lower lip, not having the strength to answer him and after your eyes filled with tears, you started crying in front of his eyes. Sabo looked at you, his heart breaking more and more with every tear he saw and every sob he heard.
"Y/n… Hey…" he murmured, placing his other hand on your cheek. He tried to comfort you in every way possible, but to no avail.
Then, Ivankov's voice called him again.
"Sabo"
Slowly Sabo raised his head towards the infirmary door and saw Dragon's figure in the doorway, next to Ivan's. Then, behind him, Koala reached him and after placing a hand on his shoulder she gave him a smile.
"I'll stay with her" said the girl.
Sabo gave you one last look, hoping he could look you in the eyes one more time, but you were too busy crying and you were even trying to hide your face under the bed sheet.
He quickly stood up, whispering a "I'll be right back" to you, then joined Ivan and Dragon. After the three exited the infirmary, they went to Dragon's office to talk in private and as soon as the door closed behind them, Sabo began to speak.
"What happened in that mission?? Who the hell made her like that?!"
"Sabo-"
"Tell me Ivan!" the blond interrupted abruptly, clenching his fists at his sides.
But Dragon and Ivan didn't take offense at his angry tone, because they knew him and they knew that when it came to you or his brothers, Sabo could lose his temper in seconds.
"They caught us off guard" Ivan said calmly, but still sadly. "Everything was going as planned, but someone probably discovered our plan and managed to get ahead of us. And Y/n..."
Ivan continued to talk and the more he went on, the more it didn't seem true to Sabo. Why did what happened have to happen to you? What did you do wrong?
"There's a bigger problem" Dragon then interjected, catching Sabo's attention. "What she suffered put her into a sort of depressive state. It's as if she's costantly tired and none of us were able to get her out of bed of her own free will"
"We can only get her to move to go to the bathroom..." Ivan continued. "For the rest she has always remained in bed and eats very little"
Sabo remained silent, shocked.
"I'm sorry Sabo" Ivan concluded then, lowering his head, feeling humiliated under the blond's gaze. "Y/n is suffering because of me, because i failed to protect her. If you're angry with me i understand, i-"
"Ivan"
Ivankov looked back at Sabo with teary eyes when he heard him call him.
"Yes?" he asked, sniffling.
"It's not your fault and i'm not angry with you, really" the other said calmly, trying to smile, although he couldn't. "I'm sure you all did your best"
Sabo turned his back to him and lowering his head, he clenched his fists at his sides again. The more he thought about what they had told him, about what you had suffered, without him, the more he felt his heart burning with anger inside his chest.
"But please, tell me..." he said, gritting his teeth. "Tell me that at least those bastards got what they deserved. Tell me you didn't let them get away with it. I need to know this, Ivankov"
Ivan nodded solemnly.
"We took care of it, i promise Sabo"
"Good"
After asking for permission to leave, Sabo left and obviously returned to the infirmary, to make up for all the time he had lost without you.
-
And even though he believed that Ivan and Dragon's words were exaggerated and didn't want to believe them, unfortunately Sabo realized that they were true about you.
After he left on his mission he just couldn't wait to get back to you and spend time with you, doing everything he could to make you happy. But despite him coming to keep you company in the infirmary every single day, Sabo still hadn't seen the slightest shadow of your beloved smile on your face. And he missed that so much.
Not to mention what happened in the infirmary: Sabo tried to interact with you in every way possible, but aside from the day he and Koala returned, it was like you didn't even notice he was there. He spent all his time holding your hand, caressing you, kissing you and telling you little stories to entertain the time. But he never had a full reaction, other than simple words or noises of approval and disapproval. You laid on the bed in the same position for hours and hours, just staring out of the window.
The more time passed, the more Sabo didn't know what to do. Koala tried to stay close to him, talk to him and give him some advice, like taking some time to take care of himself too, because staying in that state wasn't good for him or you.
"No!" he told her with determination. "I'm not going to lose Y/n like this. It's not fair at all. I won't give up Koala, i won't give up until i have the same Y/n as before. I won't give up until i see her smiling again like she used to!"
-
Sabo started with the flowers.
Every week, on the advice of Koala, Betty and Ivankov, he brought you bouquets of all kinds of flowers, always decorated with colored bows and small love notes. Now don't get it wrong, Sabo was a gentleman and he often gave you flowers even before, which you always kept in your bedroom. He hoped that by doing this, maybe he could rekindle that little flame inside your heart that fueled your love.
"Hey, good morning" Sabo carefully entered the room, hoping he hadn't disturbed you and approached your bed.
"I ordered these flowers especially for you, they come from far away" he said, sitting on the chair next to the bed. "They are rare, but they have a very particular scent and i thought you'd like them. Come on, smell them"
He handed you the bouquet of flowers, bringing it closer to your face, making sure you could smell it. After a few seconds he pulled away.
"They smell good, don't they?" he asked you with a hopeful smile.
Sabo saw your head move just a few inches, nodding.
"Mh" you hummed under your breath.
But Sabo didn't give up.
"I knew you would've liked them" he said. "The world is full of flowers you haven't seen yet, but i know you would love them all"
This time you remained silent, with your gaze regularly fixed out the window.
Sabo let out a heartbroken huff through his nose and placed the bouquet of flowers on the cabinet next to the bed. Then he leaned forward and clasped your cold hand in both of his, warming it with his gloves. He quickly glanced at all the flowers that were slowly accumulating on one of the empty beds in the infirmary. Then he looked back at you, hoping that your eyes would move to meet his, even if just for a split second. But it didn't happen.
-
Sabo continued with the flowers, but then he realized that there was something else you loved. Books.
Thanks to him you had rediscovered the pleasure of reading and when you spent time together, you often spent it reading with him. Sometimes you remained in the same room in silence for hours and hours, each reading a book on your own, and then commenting it. Other times, one of you would read pages to the other and vice versa, activity you often did before going to sleep. The books had become your thing.
So Sabo also began to bring a book along with the flowers. And since you didn't have the energy to sit and read with him, he spent his time reading aloud, sitting next to your bed.
He spent time reading you chapter after chapter and sometimes he even changed the tone of his voice when there was a dialogue between the characters, like when you read a fairy tale to a child. He had never done this, but he hoped that by doing it maybe you would've laughed or smiled at the way he was making a fool of himself. But nothing from you.
Until one day, Sabo entered the infirmary, greeted you with a kiss on your hair, placed the flowers on the bedside table, sat down and opened the new book he had started reading to you, like he did every day.
But this time, before he could read the first word of the chapter aloud, a hand on his knee made him slightly jump.
"Sabo" Sabo's eyes widened when he heard you say his name.
"Y-Yes?? What's wrong Y/n? Tell me everything" he said frantically, hoping he hadn't imagined it.
Suddenly you began to move on the bed and slowly sat up.
"Could you... Could you sit next to me while you read?" you asked him, your voice hoarse.
Sabo felt as if his heart had started beating again. Despite the monotone tone in which you asked him that question and your facial expression that seemed paralyzed, he knew that this only meant he was making progress.
Sabo nodded frantically, unable to hold back the smile forming on his lips. You moved away along the mattress, making room for him and he wasted no time in climbing up and sitting next to your body. Once he had settled into the most suitable position he glanced at you.
He stood stiff as a board at your silence. Your bodies were touching, yes, but at the same time it was as if they weren't. Maybe you regretted asking him? Maybe you felt uncomfortable? He decided it was best to start reading, so he cleared his throat and continued where he was about to start earlier.
Then, a few minutes later, in the middle of the narration, Sabo felt something soft touch his arm and something else rest against his shoulder. He jumped once more, stopping and turning to face you. And he realized that after so long, he could finally feel the warmth of your hand resting on his arm and the softness of your hair covering his shoulder, with your head on top of it. Oh, how he had missed that feeling.
Even though he suddenly fell silent, you didn't say anything either. You remained staring at the pages of the book, waiting for him to start again. And with a smile, that's what Sabo did.
-
Then one day Sabo had an idea. He wasn't sure about it, but he might as well try, right?
He entered the room and saw you sitting, with your back resting on the pillow. He reached you and if before he usually sat in the chair next to the bed, this time he sat next to your body on the edge of the mattress and took your hand. He flashed you a smile, but you didn't notice, too busy staring out the window, the only thing you did while he was gone.
Sabo continued to caress the back of your hand, then he turned to look out the window as well.
"Today is a beautiful day, isn't it?"
"Yes it is" you replied calmly.
He slowly looked back at you.
"How... How about we go out for a walk?" he asked you slowly, fearing for your reaction.
Silence fell, but after a few seconds you turned to him and then nodded without saying anything. Sabo smiled at you and stood up, before offering you his gloved hand, which you slowly took.
He helped you to your feet and as soon as you were next to him, you wrapped your arm around his, resting your cheek against his shoulder. That gesture caught him off guard, but he recovered quickly and together you walked out of the infirmary.
The people of the army looked at you in amazement, but they refrained from commenting, even though they would have been positive comments, happy that you were improving thanks to Sabo. Sitting at a table, Ivankov opened his eyes wide with a gasp when he saw you. While Koala, next to him, smiled happily. But Sabo ignored everyone and led you out of the headquarters, even away from the new recruits who were training with Hack and Kuma.
So you spent the day walking slowly under the blue sky, arm in arm. And you did the same the following days, when the warm presence of the sun allowed you to go outside.
Usually you walked in silence, enjoying the atmosphere and the sounds of nature, but the only one of the two who every now and then said something to break the ice was Sabo, when, after pointing out a cloud in the sky, he invented its shape. And you agreed with him, even if it actually wasn't like that.
Other times, when there was a breeze that made goosebumps on your arms, Sabo wasted no time and took off his jacket, placing it on your shoulders and making sure you were well covered. You thanked him every time and even though he would have loved to see your smile, he knew that you were still grateful for his kind gestures.
Or he would start telling some stories about his brothers, about his missions with Koala or he would make you remember your dates and the good moments you had spent together and which he would've always kept in his heart. And reluctantly, you replied saying that you missed the person you used to be too.
-
Once your walks were over, you often became too tired to do anything else and Sabo would take you back to bed.
One evening, when darkness had fallen, Sabo gently placed your body on the infirmary bed, then covered it with the sheets. Usually he would read you a few pages of a book even before falling asleep, but since your eyes were already closed and you now seemed abandoned in the world of dreams, he decided to let you sleep.
He leaned in to kiss you on the forehead, bidding you goodnight in a whisper and when he turned to leave, you grabbed a piece of his clothes, making him stop in his tracks. Sabo turned to look at you, seeing you staring at him with eyes that were struggling to stay open.
"Stay… Please" you murmured, then moved away along the mattress, making room for him.
Sabo couldn't help but smile and he nodded.
"Of course, darling. Anything you want"
He took off his gloves, jacket and boots and settled under the covers, next to you. You wasted no time and snuggled into his body, resting your head on his chest. Sabo heard you let out a deep breath through your nose, as if you hadn't been waiting for anything but that.
He said nothing and closed his eyes, thinking he would've gone to sleep, but...
"Thank you, Sabo" he heard you say suddenly, in the middle of the silence.
Sabo lowered his head to look at you. Your eyes were still closed, but he knew you were still conscious enough to speak.
And then, in the dark of night, he finally saw it.
After all that time, Sabo saw your sweet, genuine smile slowly grow on your face, illuminated by the moon's rays.
Sabo continued to look at you in silence and couldn't stop his heartbeat, which was speeding up as the seconds passed. You could hear it clearly under your ear and continued to smile.
"I'm happy for everything you've done for me. You've brought joy back to my heart and i will be infinitely grateful to you for that" you said, clutching the clothes on his abdomen with one hand. "I couldn't have asked for a better person than you. I'm so happy to have you in my life. Thank you. I love you"
Sabo saw a couple of tears fall silently from your closed eyes and he felt his eyes becoming shiny too, but he managed to hold back. With one hand he ran his thumb gently under your eyes, wiping them of tears. He sniffed and flashed you a smile.
He had done it. After weeks and weeks of agony that he had tried so hard not to show you, he could finally feel his heart swell with joy and relief at the sight of your face that no longer reflected the pain you were feeling.
Sabo wrapped his arms around you and leaned in to give you another small series of kisses on the top of your head.
"I love you too" he murmured against your hair.
Then he closed his eyes, knowing he would've finally had a peaceful night with you by his side. And all he could think was only one thing: that he would've done anything to never make you lose your smile again.
Two years ago, Sabo and Koala came back from their trip, and they're returning to Baltigo. When they went inside, they saw people running in the hallways.
Sabo doesn't know what's going on. "Oh, chief of staff! You came at the right time!"
"Come to the situation room now!"
"The Paramount War between the Navy and the whitebeard pirate has ended!" Everyone was reading about the outcome of the Summit War of Marineford.
"A kaiju was Paramount War?!" Everyone was shocked, "it says shin godzilla, use atomic breath, and blast the war before disappear!"
"The navy has a lot of casualties, too. Seems like it was a hard battle as expected."
"What about ivan-san?! Is she alright?!"
"It doesn't say she died or anything"
"The one who died in the war is..."
"(L/N)... (Y/N)..."
Sabo heart dropped when he heard that name.
"What?! (Y/N) the devil child?! Nobody heard from her!"
"Yeah, it said... she died from protecting fire fist ace and Straw Hat luffy."
"But more importantly, Dragon-san, look..."
"Is it true?! Is straw hat luffy your son?!"
"Hm? Yes, he is." Said dragon, everyone was shocked. Sabo picked up the newspaper and saw her face, her smiling face. Sabo eyes went wide, and he began to remember.
"I'm gonna become a pirate... and defeat others and become infamous! It'll be the only proof of my life! It doesn't matter if all people in the world reject me or despise me!"
Sabo started to remember ace voice.
"A boy would be the son of royal. But you, sabo. Shall be mine."
He remembers his mother voice. He's remembers how she sang him lullaby. Sabo slams the desk as he begins to tear up. "Sabo-kun, what's wrong?! You're acting strange!" Koala asks.
"I can't believe that Ace was Gold' Roger's son... and (Y/N) was his step mom..."
"It says that luffy was also (Y/N) stepmother..."
"Did you guys know?! They say Akainu punched a hole right through her body! (Y/N) was the government want a hands-on."
Sabo cries and cries when he remembers another memory.
"We can become brothers if we exchange this cup of sake!" Said ace.
"Brothers?! Really?!" Luffy asks.
"When we become pirates, we might not be on the same ship, but our brotherhood will always be with us! So, from now on, we're brothers!"
"Yeah!"
"Are you alright, sabo?!" Hack asks, sabo still tearing up, then he let out a scream, yelling.
"MAMA!!!!!"
"Sabo-kun!"
"Sabo!"
'Now I know... the one who died wasn't some unknown person... she wasn't just a threat in the pirate era that needed to be eliminated! Or be the world government slave!' Sabo thought, remembering all the memories of his mother.
"Sabo, welcome home!"
"(Y/N) is my... mother!"
A few years passed, and sabo went his mother grave, with much flowers and notes on them.
"I finally... managed to get here... mom." sabo put the flower down, then he took out some newspaper. " Look at this. Luffy started to make his way to become the king of the pirate again. And ace join in, too."
"It's so ironic. Since you've been gone, the old memories keep recurring to me vividly. I now belong to the Revolutionary Army."
"My colleague, ivankov, told me what happened in marineford in detail. And... how... you sacrifice yourself."
"I guess you, luffy, and Ace are mad at me." Sabo started to cry, "I couldn't go save you... I'm sorry! I wish... I wish I could've seen you again while you were alive! I'm gonna inherit your will!" He said.
"Luffy and ace is our family!" Sabo, stand up and walk out.
Now, sabo knows about his mother past and her home. His goal is to find her home before the government finds it.
↻ fluff, jealous boys, they think shanks is going to kidnap reader, possessive kids wtf, grammatical errors i think
↻ pairing ↬ asl x (platonic) fem!reader! x shanks
anonymous asked: Hi! How have you been? I love your asl drabbles! Can I ask for one where the fem!reader is the older sister and is dating Shanks? How her little brothers get jealous of Shanks and how Shanks laughs at it but loves them anyways? It's okay if you don't tho!
I hope you have a great day! Take care!
a/n JFJAKFJAKKS I LOVE YOU GUYS FOR SENDING THE ASL REQUESTS 😭
ace, sabo and luffy crept behind the bushes as they watched the interactions between you and shanks. usually, luffy wouldn’t mind it because shanks is his friend. but seeing how ace and sabo insist that shanks were going to take you away from them, he followed brothers' plan in saving you.
“hmm, are you sure you don’t want to come with? i’ll miss you,” shanks pouted. his cute pout only made you chuckle. “no, i really can’t. i have to take care of my little devils you know?” you said before pecking his cheek. “so i really can’t convince you?”
you shook your head. “what if i just take you with me right now?” the red-haired male smirked. “i would like to see you try,”
right as the word came out of your mouth, he immediately picks you up and started walking towards his ship. “shanks! put me down!” you let out a shocked laughter. not surprisingly, your three brothers jumped in front of shanks, blocking his way to go any further.
“let go of our sister!” ace yelled, his hand gripping his pipe tightly as he pointed it to shanks. the older male only smirked. “oh? what if i don’t want to?” he gave a teasing smirk. this made luffy to wrapped his arms around shanks' leg, shaking it lightly with his child strength. “please, let her go! we don’t have any other sister!” luffy cried.
sabo only gave shanks a piercing glare.
how dare he even tried to take you away from them?! you’re their sister! no one else can take you from them!
shanks only burst out laughing before he settled you back onto the ground. “babe, your brothers are so funny. i wonder how you handle these little devils,” he said in between his laughter.
you chuckled lightly at their antics. luffy was still stuck to shanks' leg, while he resumes to bawl his eyes out. ace and sabo stood their ground and got shanks in a staring contest. “hey, now,”
“shanks was just kidding,” you chuckled, rubbing luffy’s back to console him. “he wasn’t going to take me anywhere. i promise. right shanks?” your eyes met with his. “maybe,” the older male said playfully. you slapped his thigh harshly to keep him serious. “right, right. i was just kidding,” he chuckled.
it took you a while to get your brothers to calm down. but in the end, they finally calmed down and look at shanks in embarrassment.
ace coming into readers room late at night plauged with anxiety regarding Luffy, and the two bond over being older siblings and having to look out for their younger siblings? fluff galooore and just cute baby ace wanting someone to confirm his feelings :(( maybe even best friends to lovers?
warnings : none but there’s a surprise at the end
a/n : here you go nonnie I hope you enjoy
it was the middle of the night and you and ace were in your room on pops’s ship .. well more so ace barged in and jumped onto your bed and you were now running your fingers through his locs of hair.
“y/n…I worry about him sometimes y’know” ace mummered
“who? luffy??” you asked gently as ace then nodded his head confirming your question.
“his bounty keeps getting higher, more often than mines did… i’m afraid all of his recklessness is going to catch up to him one day and I won’t be there to help him through it” he stated with visible concern in his voice. while yes he is proud of his brother for getting his name out there, different opponents with power scales that vary from eachother are bound to appear he could only worry for his younger brothers safety and sanity.
“ace” your eyes softened as you continued”we’re pirates we’re bound to face a foe more powerful in the future and overcome them” but it’s only natural that you worry about your younger sibling I worry about mines as well, luffy has an amazing crew I’m guaranteed they’ll protect him and eachother ”
ace was happy that he wasn’t alone about his feelings of worry but this new information surprised him
poor poor ace you sweet summer child
“never knew about you having a sibling” ace said tilting his head with genuine curiosity.
“remember how I told you how I come from a family of nobles” you asked as ace had nodded his head
“I ran away from home, so I don’t know if he still remembers me or hates me and wants to kill me for leaving him behind, I think about him a lot and wonder if he’s doing ok from time to time”
“can you tell me about him ? what was his name”
“well his name was sabo and he—“
“SABO?!” ace yelling shooting causing you to have dot eyes
“yea he’s my younger brother do you know him?” you asked
“know him ? he’s my younger brother” ace yelled pointing at himself making your eyes wide and jaw drop.
𓂃Pairings: ASL Brothers x Big Sister!Reader, Father Figure!Shanks x Daughter of Consideration!Reader, Father Monkey D.Dragon x Daughter!Reader, Grandfather!Garp x Granddaughter!reader
𓈃Summary: What would it be like to be the older sister of the ASL brothers, and Luffy's older sister by blood? it would be many things but if you cared for your brothers with your soul, body and mind along with your heart it made Shanks want to protect you just like his father and grandfather and how would their reaction be when they found out that you are the keeper of eternity with a 50 Billion reward for Belly, who did horrible things but it wasn't you.
RAIDEN SHOGUN!READER
「 Time where everyone is still a child, Luffy 7 years old, Ace and Sabo 10 years old and Reader 13 years old」
⤑ Well, as you grew up caring for and protecting Luffy from everyone your biological father, Garp and Shanks got to know you first than everyone else
⤑ When Luffy wanted to prove his courage to Shanks and sent the knife in his face we say that you were like this: 🤨😐 to Shanks and when Makino took care of Luffy's wound Shanks was distracted and then you... hit him with a big slap doing his head hurt at least all day and he said that if he did shit to his little brother there would only be the straw hat left as the rest of him
⤑ After that day Shanks realized how you were the mother figure to Luffy and how you protected him with body and soul, from that day Shanks started to respect you as a real mother to Luffy and took care of you like a daughter in that moment he saw how you I wanted to have parents to support but I didn't
⤑ Dad Shanks springs into action! Luffy and Uta love you along with the crew since you were the oldest there and with the greatest sense and that was funny all of the redhead's crew besides him were surprised at your maturity compared to your age
⤑ When the redhead teased you, you just looked at him like this: 🤨 ( Side Eye ) and he looked at you like this: 😗 ( Sweet daughter )
⤑ When Luffy was caught you literally shed your blood to save him and even Redhead's crew had to stop you from going after him just so you wouldn't get hurt anymore, in short Shanks gave the straw hat to Luffy and to you the mission of take care of your brother
⤑ ( Shanks sees you as his little eldest daughter and he loves you, plus he cried when you called him dad for the first time, hush friend )
⤑ Well now going to Ace and Sabo, they admire you a lot Sabo maybe admit it but Ace will never admit it
⤑ You are the mother figure of the three and period! being the eldest of the three you help Dadan with these devil miniatures, she thinks you are an angel who helps her every single day
⤑ It doesn't matter to you if Ace was the son of the former king of pirates Gold D. Roger to you he was Monkey D. Ace your other little brother! along with Sabo and Luffy
⤑ Do you still remember when you fought with Ace and he said he hated you and you just replied that you didn't hate him and that you loved him, poor thing he stood still trying to process that you even added that since that day they met he was your brother and you took care of your family
⤑ One of the best times for the three of you was when you made a bonfire and huddled together while you read stories or created to amuse or frighten them, but one thing they loved beyond that was watching the stars and moon with you or your hugs
⤑ When you made a promise to sail you said that you would be the last one to take care of them and not leave Luffy alone
⤑ The three are protective of you no matter what or who this is pure truth!
⤑ The three are protective of you no matter what or who this is pure truth!
「 The day you became Raiden Shogun or known as Raiden [name]」
⤑ Everything happened so fast for you, seeing that woman with purple hair staring at you as she said: I found you
⤑ She wanted a host and you wanted to protect her brothers and sisters, it was an unfair exchange, she didn't keep the deal and that resulted in it and all that
⤑ Trapped in that empty time with no one just meditating as she took your body to Inazuma and pretended it was you
⤑ No matter how many times you wanted to fight there was no escape
⤑ One of the only times you broke her conscience was to save Ace and kill that damn man who wanted to hurt her brothers
⤑ Boy, you destroyed almost everything making everyone impressed but soon Raiden came back to consciousness and took you back to Inazuma and you couldn't even talk to anyone
⤑ In the end, for this to never happen again, she tied you with the strings of memories and imprisoned you again, leaving you alone
⤑ In the end, for this to never happen again, she tied you with the strings of memories and imprisoned you again, leaving you alone
「Current time, everyone is alive」
⤑ Congratulations my little grasshopper you have the highest bounty ever with 50 Billion Belly making everyone amazed
⤑ Shanks wanted to congratulate you your granddaughter reached that level but realized it wasn't you, there was no way you could be as cruel as that woman everyone called Raiden [name]
⤑ All of these ( Luffy, Sabo, Ace, Garp ) had the same impression of Shanks, Ace almost jumped off Whitebeard's crew ship just to go to Inazuma to confirm that, poor Whitebeard had to hold Ace for him not to go, O Ace's captain was also shocked by this because the stories Ace told about you to him, you seemed like a kind and innocent girl who didn't kill anyone who went against you
⤑ Little Luffy couldn't believe those lies dirty from you! The whole crew had to hold him back so he wouldn't go looking for you, they tried to convince Luffy that you changed but he didn't believe he would never believe!
⤑ Now when Sabo saw this he was in disbelief! how could a sister who took care of him like a mother do that!? He then showed it to his father and even Monkey D. Dragon was amazed that his beloved daughter had turned into a monster
.⤑ Everyone went to Inazuma to see if this was true until Luffy found Shanks but he wouldn't return the hat the reason they went there was to save his sister! (ASL brothers and their daughter for Shanks and Dragon)
⤑ After a lot of fighting I mean a lot of fighting!, you managed to get out of that damn control of Raiden and realized what you did, you thought everyone would leave you for doing that they did instead Shanks put you lying on his lap like he used to do when you you were a child, Luffy, Ace de Sabo ran to hug you saying they loved you
⤑ At the end of it all you became an honest and kind person unlike Raiden but you were very strong and ended up becoming a Yonko ( papa Shanks and pirate brothers are proud! ) and they made a feast but each on their ship
⤑ You became known as various titles but it didn't bother your father (Shanks and Dragon) or your brothers or grandpa Garp they were proud of how you cared and how you were Raiden [name]
I saw that the requests are open, so I allow myself to make a very simple one
It's about Sabo and Ace reacting on a Reader who is Luffy's older sister. Luffy was at dadan but reader stayed with Garp so technically she inherited his character and his strength every time she hits (I think you can make romantic with both of them since they didn't live together 🤔 )
Hc or scenario, as you feel 😊 it will also be a modern au
Thank you very much and have a nice day 🙏
Ahoy! I will gladly make this, this seems fun and simple enough
Reaction to Luffy's Older Sister (Headcanons): Ace and Sabo
*Enel face* "LUFFY HAS A SISTER?"
Shock
They're very surprised, they thought Luffy was an only child from the way he acts
"I have a sister?" "YoU dIdN't KnOw?!!"
Yeah, their little brother didn't know either, that's why he acted like an only child
How this whole thing came to pass is that the three ran into trouble with her after doing shenanigans, she tried to arrest them, they escape then commented how she look a lot like Luffy and just as scary as their grandpa
Garp shows up at their house the next day
"Hey Luffy, I heard you ran into your sister the other day-" "WHAAAAAAAT!?!"
Apparently, she followed in Garp's footsteps and that's also why Garp wanted Luffy to follow in his footsteps, so he can introduce him to his sister
But that didn't happen
"[Y/n], why don't you come inside and say hi." "Yo!"
Sabo looks between all four of the Monkeys (Ace included) and goes yup, they're definitely from the same family
I think it would see her as an older sister to bug, rather than someone to crush on considering how similar she is, personality-wise, to Garp
