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What now? Youâre back on the ship along with Maddie and everyone seems less hostile to you, even the first mate. At the same time theyâre more aware of the fact you betrayed their trust and tried to escape; despite the reason. In the end you put the both of you in more danger than you were in on this ship, though you canât say you still fully trust them. Still, what can you do? Shanks took a bullet for you. Sure it was only on his hand but thatâs the only one he has, and from what youâve heard itâll take a while to heal. He has to hide that from any enemies while getting enough treatment that there isnât damage.
âOh.â Bonk Punch notices you and switches his weapon to a harder spot to reach. Theyâve also been doing this. Putting their weapon away where you wonât see it or even not having it with them all the time; youâve noticed at least two of the commanders keep weapons with them at a time. Thatâs reasonable, itâd be more worrying if they got into danger and some other pirate group got their hands on you instead. Anyway, all you can do is hope that this isn't actually a trick in the end.
âAre you still sure I can keep Gryphon on me all the time?â Shanks asks you once again.
âYeah.â You stopped keeping track of how many times heâs asked. Something has to be done about this. âShanks I know youâre strong but your hand is messed up right now. If something happens and you have to fight I want you to be able to end it as fast as possible.â He pauses for a moment before chuckling.
âYouâre worried about me?â To be objective, the injury isnât actually that bad in comparison to other ones heâs gotten; that part was true. Itâs more the location thatâs the worrying part.
â...Yeah.â You still havenât asked him why he became distant with you, youâre somewhat scared of the answer. You donât want the distance to widen again.
âYouâre staring.â He points out and you look away with a sigh.
âI am. I got distracted.â
âBy my pretty eyes?â He teases.
âA bit.â
âOh.â Youâre more willing to speak your mind again, though. âThanks.â He got sheepish, cute. You want to kiss him, youâve been forced to accept that now. It still doesnât necessarily mean youâre going to lunge at him but you do wonder how he got such a reputation when heâs like this with a compliment. You get the government and marines not knowing but heâs respected in other places. Maybe the marines would lower his bounty if they saw him like this.
âWhat would you do if your bounty got lowered?â Shanks falters, immediately sweating from stress.
âDid you hear something about that?â He doesnât like it.
âIt really is a sense of pride, then.â
âYou were just curious?â You nod and he looks away from you with a sigh of relief. Seriously, how did he get a cool reputation? Is it the intimidating scar? Perhaps heâs cool enough that it negates it. Or his size. ..Size. Your eyes trail down to his open shirt, then quickly go back to his face when he turns his head back to you. âIâm curious about you too.â
âI told you basic stuff about me, as for more.. thereâs not really anything special I go through in the marines. Just wake up, eat, train, eat, get deployed, go back to the base, eat, look at our progress, sleep. Sometimes we get better meals and even alcohol, but thatâs usually a bad sign.â
âFigures.â He rests the side of his head against yours. âWe eat anything special here it means we got something good. Eat your fill. As much as you want.â
â..What if I eat too much or too little?â
âAs long as youâre satisfied by the end I donât see it mattering. If you want to eat less youâll have to tell Lucky, though. He might be a bit sad but heâll get it. As for seconds or thirds he can do that too, the only thing Iâd worry about is if you can eat before the other guys inhale it all.â He laughs. âJustâuhâget enough to not collapse, alright?â
âYou have to eat more protein, man; you know that we have to to be able to train.â
The perfectly balanced meals, packed with calories to move. It can be good but thereâs only so many times you can be forced to eat the same types of food and exact portions before it gets to be too much.
âI heard one of the guys in our squad asked for no meat.â
âSeriously? Heâs gonna end up falling behind.â
Though maybe you were the only one who cared about that stuff. You hope the woman you knocked out is okay, she traded your meat for some of her other food once without saying anything.
â(N/n)?â You snap out of your thoughts. âDid I mess up?â
âNo, itâs just not interesting. Iâd been with that captain for a while so..â Maybe you can dig inside your mind for more funny stories, not everything was bleak, but you donât really want to. âBesides, I donât need as many calories as I do there. I canât work it off here.â
âDo you want to train?â
âI donât want to provoke anyone.â Itâs possible they see you training and think youâre trying to get stronger to harm them. Youâd rather not push your luck after finally getting some favor.
Itâs unnatural to care this much. To feel this much. To connect this much. You feel like youâre getting more emotional the more you stay here. Is it trauma from being here? Or something else entirely? At this point youâll end up useless when you go back, theyâll have you running laps until your feet bleed.
Hm.
Was it just your leader that did that?
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How could you ever tell when youâre just picked up and placed where needed. You never had the chance to look anywhere but where youâre told.
..You really do need to do something physical instead of being alone with your thoughts. Youâre not even alone right now and youâre still lost in your head. The problem is that they havenât let you do chores yet because you arenât fully healed, apparently some wounds worsened again after getting tossed around; even if you feel fine. Well not fine but you could still move around.
âYou try walking âround the training hall without suspicion, Hongo would even praise you for it since you need to stretch your legs. Just donât go lifting anything heavy.â You get up.
âThanks, um. R-Sha-â Youâve been thinking about a nickname for him since heâs given you one but you havenât been able to give him one. Red sounds too close to Red Hair and Shanksy sounds too baby-like.
â?â He makes a teasing smile. âDonât tell me you forgot my name already.â
âIâm trying to give you a nickname. Since youâve given me one.â Something about him thatâs noticeable, and something that youâve insinuated before so itâs normal. Think. Something thatâs been mentioned before⊠You look into his eyes. He looks amused, crinkled up. âPretty.. pretty eyes.â
âHuh?â Okay. Too affectionate. You turn around quickly.
âMyBadOkaySeeYouLater.â You try not to trip on your way out.
You make it to the training hall heaving. Oh myy gods ohhhhhhh why did you settle with that? Oouuff ohh the cringeee. The cringe the cringe youâre taking actual mental damage from how bad it is. Just bite your tongue just bite it off, maybe you can pretend it was by accident from blood loss even if you arenât bleeding. How are you going to go from hating him and trying to escape to suddenly complimenting him!? Whatâs wrong with you!?
Shanks sits there in shock. His hand goes to his eyes.
âPretty.. eyes.â Youâre supposed to dislike him, heâs supposed to not get attached to you. He gently runs his finger against his scar, then under his eyelid. âPretty eyes.â His face flushes. âAha ahah. Shit.â Heâs so happy. Heâs so happy you think theyâre pretty.
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You sit on the floor of the training hall panting. Your stress and embarrassment made you push yourself to forget what you did and now youâre sweating with legs like a jellyfish; youâre gonna be sore. It canât compare to the psychic damage youâve taken, though. How are you supposed to face him after what you said? After all the stuff you said about feeling horrible and how you never feel safe on the ship now youâre.. youâre flirting with him? No, no not flirting. Calling someone pretty eyes as a nickname is not flirting. Itâs just flattering.
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Yeah who are you kidding it was flirting, intentional or not. Cringe. Maybe you could make the brain damage excuse somehow.
The door to the training room opens and you and Lime Juice both freeze. He looks like he doesnât know if he should leave immediately or stay as still as possible to not scare you like youâre a deer. You get up, wobbly like a newborn deer.
âYou were working out?â Uh oh.
âJust walking. I did it for too long and too fast.â You donât want to fall like this. He pauses for a moment before getting an idea. The blonde walks over to one of the metal bars, picking them up and pointing it at you.
âI can help you get out.â You stare at the bar. Does he want you to grab it? You grab onto it and it can take your weight easily as long as you donât put the pressure on your bad arm. It still hurts though. âSorry.â Looks like he noticed.
âGetting tossed around messed me up. Most of this is just from the walking, though.â
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âI havenât been normal for a long time.â Limejuice starts. âI forgot what it feels like, and even back then I always felt like I had some options in front of me. Iâve gotten so used to being the way I am now that I ended up treating you like a thing instead of someone. Maybe Iâve been doing that to other people for a while now.â A confession. âIâm not even the strongest person on the ship but Iâm looking down on others subconsciously. The others feel about the same but they donât know how to vocalize it. Iâm the only one whoâs worked up the courage to tell you instead of awkwardly assuming actions are enough.â Being sentimental isnât exactly ânormalâ for men. âYou got the courage to yell your feelings at us before you thought you were gonna die so Iâll do the same. Minus the about to die part.â He clears his throat. âDonât tell anyone I told you this, especially not Beck.â
â..Alright.â Itâs kinda weird to be getting all this new information dumped on you but if theyâre going to try to see you as a person youâll try to see them as more than strong beings, even if for their survival and yours youâll never be able to see everyone as a person. For the sake of keeping power without overbearing guilt, for the sake of accepting yourself without despair; neither them nor you are in a position where you can look at every person, but youâll try to look at the people in front of you. âUsing this bar is hurting me. Can you just hold me up and take me to my room?â Limejuice visibly brightens and puts it down where it was before gently slinging you over his shoulder easily. You meant more with your arm around his shoulders but this works. Youâre lazy right now.
He puts you down at the door of the storage room. It was actually really embarrassing to be looked at by others while you two were on your way here but if you close your eyes and pretend no one is looking it feels a lot better. Youâve done too much cringe today, youâll just take the rest of the psychic damage to make it back to your room without physical pain. They replaced your futon with a more comfortable one, too.
Plus, itâs soon.
The day that youâll land at Maddieâs island. The one after the island youâll land in a day from now.
It's kind of strange to think about whatâs going to happen now. Youâve gotten fairly used to a routine here even though it was recently messed up. If you were in your base youâd just get a cast thrown on you and do leg workouts until your arm was just good enough not to break. If you messed up, youâd do more, if you messed up more than that youâd get your paycheck deducted. If you messed up even more than that⊠the captain could do whatever he wanted. Youâve gotten to that point once before but you donât remember what happened there. For a moment you fear what heâll do to you but.. heâs dead. Shanks had confirmed it. The captain that had been ordering you around for so long is dead, doing whatever he wants with you. It feels anticlimactic. You didnât even see his death. You donât even know if youâll have a new one or be fired, you donât know, you donât know anything. Youâve gotten too used to being ordered around that youâve lost the ability to think for yourself.
Wake up, eat, train, work, eat, check your progress, eat, sleep.
Wake up, eat, train, work, eat, check your progress, eat, sleep.
Wake up, eat, train, work, eat, check your progress, eat, sleep.
Wake up feeling dull, eat whatâs given to you, train until you feel like youâre about to pass out, follow any orders, eat whatâs given to you, measure your body and muscle mass, eat whatâs given to you, sleep feeling dull.
Wake up feeling dull, eat whatâs given to you, train until you feel like youâre about to pass out, follow any orders, eat whatâs given to you, measure your body and muscle mass, eat whatâs given to you, sleep feeling dull.
Wake up feeling dull, eat whatâs given to you, train until you feel like youâre about to pass out, follow any orders, eat whatâs given to you, measure your body and muscle mass, eat whatâs given to you, sleep feeling dull.
Wake up not knowing who you are, eat even if youâre sick of it, train until your body begs you to stop then continue, disassociate while doing whatever is said, have trouble eating from how weak your body feels, look in the mirror unsure if the measurements are correct or enough, stare at the ceiling until you pass out.
Your coworkers were able to smile sometimes, joke around, go out with you; but do you even remember what happens there? Did you ever laugh with them or were you the only one not in line. When they laughed, were they ever truly happy? Or was it all just an attempt to find something that makes you feel like a real person.
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Youâre thinking too much again. This is just going to make it harder to re-adapt once youâre back, you donât know if your new leader will be the same or worse; you donât have the choice to pick which one.
This place made you feel normal, in a way. If you compared yourself to the abnormal people here you got to say that you were the normal one, but you arenât actually a civilian. Youâre abnormal like them, just not abnormal enough to mean something. Neither normal nor special. You wonder if the civilians ever feel like this, if the orders you followed ever made them feel like how this ship made you feel. Did anything youâve made or done ever explicitly or inadvertently harmed someone, and if inadvertent is it your fault?
Red hair pops into your mind.
Maybe this is being too selfish but it would be nice if you had a leader like Shanks, even just a little bit. Working out til your body was weak just reminded you of work but this time you get to rest.
You shuffle the blankets up to your shoulders. Warm and comfy. Even with your increasingly disassociating mind it would be nice to have him next to you right now.
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You carefully get up and go to eat. On your way there you spot the left hand.
âI was going to bring this so you could eat in your room.â He explains. These must be the actions Limejuice was talking about. He isnât explaining himself, just holding it out to you; but you can assume itâs an attempt to have you eat in peace. The problem is, though you would like to eat in peace, youâre running out of time to be on this ship. Now that theyâre somewhat amicable towards you you want to take advantage of that before youâre gone.
âI can eat with the others.â He looks shocked. âYou guys trusted me and brought me back, so Iâm gonna try to trust you. I might as well since I wonât have anything like this when Iâm back home.â Home.
âOkay then. Câmon.â He didnât fight it or ask questions like you thought he might. These pirates have different personalities.
You walk inside where everyone is eating and it goes silent. Okay you regret this but you donât think you can turn and leave now. You look around where to sit, no one expected you to come so they didnât make a seat for you. Shanks stands up and grabs a chair, putting it next to him before patting it. You awkwardly go over to sit down.
âThanks.â
âYou made the effort to come over. Least I could do, yeah?â You notice that his hand is still bandaged. Itâs not fully your fault that it happened, his first mate shot the gun, but if you didnât get paranoid and try to leave or were quick enough to dodge it on your own he wouldnât have gotten hurt. He sees you looking at it and wiggles his fingers before grabbing his spoon and eating a bite; as if to show you heâs okay. He isn't incapacitated at least. You're worse off than he is right now.
Once youâre done eating you go back into your room, shutting the door behind you. Thereâs a shadow in here. You panic and turn on the light expecting someone like the first mate but itâs Maddie. Her. Sheâs sitting on the ground next to your futon with a full plate and tears in her eyes.
She was waiting for you.
âMaddie? You were he-â
You donât get the chance to finish as she gets up and runs past you, small sobs echoing in your ears.
What!? All it took was a few smiles and you bounce right back, huh? For shame. I didn't clarify exactly happened in that room for several reasons but since this is meant to be you, insert what you'd like. whatever stressed you out enough that a bad boss or superior or anyone did.
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got an mp3 player and spent so long setting it up and i realize the mp3s i got arent at 320kpbs so they have crackling in the background. Its hard to hear but i can tell, i can hear it. So now I need to get wav files and then make THOSE mp3 files so that it keeps the quality. I wish I couldnt tell this difference but it bother me so much i cant handle it.
âAre you okay, Mariney?â Maddie asks as you stretch your body in the medical room.
âIâm a lot better. See?â You do a spin and the little girl does a spin in response, looking proud when you smile at her. âWeâre going to be docking again soon, arenât we?â
âMhm, I heard Shanks and Beckman talking about it.â Thereâs one last thing to do before you go. You sit on the bed.
âCan you sit next to me, Maddie?â She tilts her head in confusion, but sits. âWhen we dock at the next island I want you to help me spend the money I got as a reward for saving Tacky.â
âOoo, why?â Her eyes twinkle. You donât have a proper excuse.
â..Because you deserve it?â
âTrue. I havenât been having my allowance since Iâm away from home.â It worked.
âYou get allowance?â
âYah.â She nods. âI get 120 berries a week. 4 weeks is 500 berries a month. My mom said I could have it all at one time a month but I told her I want 120 a week because Iâm like a grown up so I do every week so I donât spend it all.â Her math is wrong but you have a feeling thereâs a reason her mom didnât correct her multiplication. When she gets home this can be a lesson on why you need to pay attention during math class. The hundreds are too complicated at her age. When she gets home. When she ages.
âSo, I got a lot. The thing I want you to see is another type of ship. Youâre going to need to know these if you want better success, okay?â She nods, determined. âGood. Itâll be a storage ship. We can buy food and snacks on our way there, okay? Do you have a backpack?â She nods again, more excited. âGood. Good.â You clench your jaw to hide any emotion.
âUm..â She fidgets nervously. âAre they going to let you go?â
âMaybe. If not, we can sneak out. Weâll get them something on the way back to make up for it.â That placates her and she goes back to being excited.
âCan I get something for Mama and Papa too?â Talking about being mad for sneaking out reminded her of her predicament.
âSure, but we can ask them what they want when youâre back.â Itâs best she doesnât spend money on anything extra right now, money is important.
âOkay!â How are you going to manage to sneak out, though..? You told her youâd sneak out but this ship is full to the brim with people proficient in observation haki, and observation in general.
You head out onto the deck nervously, trying your best to look completely normal and not like youâre about to try to escape from one of the strongest people in the world.
âHey.â Your heart jumps out of your chest like a rubber band and recoils back into place. Itâs the pirate you saved. âYou can walk?â
âYes.â Normalâish. Thankfully the crewmate thinks youâre just scared of him. He pulls something out of his pocket and holds it out to you. Itâs a necklace. Itâs pretty. The necklace is real braided leather, two interconnecting circles as a pendant with a pretty gem inside held carefully inside by another round piece of metal hugged around it. âI made this for you.â
â..You made this?â What delicate work, even the leather looks high quality.
âI know it isnât worth my life but I worked pretty hard on it. Tried not to make it too heavy so it doesnât hurt your neck.â Okay you arenât that weak, but to be fair your body is still not at full strength. You hold out your hand and he carefully places it inside. Are you supposed to wear this? It feels disrespectful to be wearing something a criminal made around your neck. âYou donât have to wear it if you donât want to, you can even sell it if you donât want it. Itâs yours now.â He says that but you can tell he doesnât want you to sell it. You put it away for now.
âThank you. Itâs really nice, I like it.â You might not be able to wear it around the base if you make it back, though. The large pirate smiles at you then leaves to help with docking, youâre left to fidget with the jewelry in your pocket and peek at it. You actually like it, the color and shape of the gem is even your favorite and you wonder if thatâs a coincidence. Maddie tugs your arm. âRight,â You store it safely on your person. âLetâs go.â
A pair of dark eyes follow you through the smoke of a cigarette.
âLetâs see which side of me is right, Marine.â The man mumbles as your figure leaves the ship.
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It worked. All you did was carefully sneak away while everyone was busy docking. It hurt because the ramp wasnât properly stuck, you had to jump, but you made it.
Maddie runs around the town, spinning and humming like this is the best day of her life. Your mind wanders to necessities. An extra set of new clothes would be good. Not expensive looking enough to look like ransom money but not shabby enough to be taken advantage of.
You lead her to an exchange center for metals into money.
âWhatâs this?â
âWe need to trade in some of the gold coins for money.â
âWhy canât we just go? Just give them a coin.â
âSolid gold coins are too much money on their own. Even just one would be too much for most things. The only time youâd pay in pure gold is if they have different money or you donât want to have to carry around space-taking money.â
âBut itâs paper.â
âIt would be a lot of paper. A lot. Iâll show you.â You exchange a few for cash, then some into smaller bills. You show her the stack vs the gold coins. âWhich one takes up more space.â She pauses then points at the coins. âI worded that wrong. I only used a few of the coins to get this amount of bills, if I exchanged all of them how much would I get.â MultiplicationâŠ
â..Ummm..â She looks inside the bag. âUmmm..â
âItâs okay, itâs just that itâs a lot.â
âI can do it!â She pauses. â...10, 10 times 10. 100.â Thereâs more than 10 coins in the bag, her formula numbers came from nowhere.
âMore than that, but you get it right?â She grumbles and nods.
âI donât have anything to write on, thatâs why.â You gently pat her.
You grab a certificate of proof for the gold and have the clerk teach her about how not to get scammed just in case. Right before you leave you almost drop Tackyâs gift, catching it in time.
âOh! We buy those too!â The clerk quickly says.
âYou do?â
âWe buy all metals and jewelry. Would you like me to examine it? It looks valuable if my eyes are right.â You freeze. Money. You need it for survival; but.. this was a gift. Not a reward for saving his life but a gift made with his own hands.
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âItâs fine, Iâll keep it.â This could be considered foolish but you canât bring yourself to sell such a thing right now. Perhaps later in your life, if you survive, you will. For now, this is the gift from someone who you saved.
âI see.â They look a bit disappointed but let you go.
So youâre off. New clothes, food, snacks, anything you can fit into her backpack. You buy a big rolling suitcase for you and fit more in there, but thereâs no guarantee youâll make it so you make sure she has the bare essentials and can handle the weight of the bag. You might be able to keep it with her, but the world is dangerous.
You go inside a small building as a shortcut, opening the door to the outside. The ship is in view. Itâs time-
âI still had a feeling this wouldnât work how I hoped, but I canât say Iâm not disappointed.â
Your blood runs cold. You turn and see him, your fear. Grey hair, sharp eyes, gun by his side.
âMaddie, I need you to go.â You say quickly and she looks between you and Benn Beckman.
âBut-â
âNow! Iâll catch up with you!â You push her and she sprints away. A flash happens and you grip onto something, but the impact hits you. All that happened was his body slamming into yours and Benn Beckman stops.
âYouâre gonna be like this still?â He grabs you by the back of your clothes, you kick at him.
âMariney?â
âWoah!â
The other Red Haired pirates! Theyâre gathering. The first mate scoffs.
âYou seriously thought you could get away with this?â You yell and try to stab him with a knife you stashed but itâs flicked away like nothing. âYou see that, Captain?â Your head snaps to the crowd and to a redhead. Red hair.
â(Y/n)...â Why is he making that face?
âKnew youâd have to see it to believe it.â Youâre tossed onto the ground, scrambling up. âIâll go get the kid.â
âNo!â You run to the door and block it with your body, but are shoved away easily. You get back up and it happens again. âIâm not-! Stop! Sheâs..! A kid!â Another two kicks.
âWe should be telling you that.â Limejuice spouts, turning away angrily. Youâre gripped by the back of your clothes again, lifted up like you weigh nothing.
âMoron. To think you seriously believe the marines would help her. Do you think everything is sunshine and rainbows on that side? After what you and your leader did? What your leader was? Youâre dropped onto the floor and gasp for air. The pressure is killing you.
âFuck, I actually trusted him.â Chaser mumbles in the background.
âTraitor to the marines and then us?â The doctor sneers.
âJeez, and I called Beck paranoid.â Lucky Roux sighs.
All of them, so easily. So easily. You lock eyes with Red Hair. He looks down, then away. You clench your fists.
âWhy.. why are you all acting like youâre the victims?â Itâs coming to the surface. âKidnapping me, slaughtering my coworkers, coming to me covered in blood and malice. All of you, all of you didnât do a thing. You chose when to be nice and chose when to be mean. What the hell is wrong with you?â They stare down at you. âDo you really think Iâm being the unreasonable one here? Pointing knives at me for fun, calling me names I never wanted to be called just because you could. It must be nice.â There are tears running down your face, disgracefully, given up. âTo get to pick and choose which ânormalâ to trust and care about like Iâm a fucking puppy to you. Nothing to worry about, getting the choice. What was I supposed to do?â Your head droops. âWhat is someone like me meant to do? Shut down for doing something too bold and taken advantage of for being too meek. Too big, too small, too greedy, not ambitious enough, donât fit in, not special, is anything even supposed to be right? Even when I go blank now Iâm too blank. Why do you get to be something!?â The first mate's eyes stare into yours. âIs this really my fate no matter how hard I try?â
BANG
drip
drip
Your eyes focus on black, a coat, then the hand in front of your face.
âYouâre as fast as ever, Beck.â You look down, thereâs blood running down your lap. âEven with some haki it still hurt. You really tried. After the hesitation, of course.â
âI knew you would do this. Dammit.â The first mate clenches his jaw.
âyou..â Your voice feels so small compared to whatâs happening. Red Hairâs hand flicks off blood. âyouâre bleeding.â His head turns to face you, a small grin on his face.
âIâve had worse.â That doesnât really help your shock.
âbut you got bored of me. treated me like iâm something then left because iâm nothing.â His grin saddens into guilt.
âIâm sorry.â He turns back to his crew. âIâll personally get Maddie, everyone stay here.â You grab onto his coat. With all your might, you stand up. âAlright, Câmon.â The crew stands there as you two leave, you donât see their mixed faces of emotions.
You walk over to the docks, to the beaches around them and the other ships. The one you recognize is already at sea.
âI can get her from here.â
âWait, theyâll recognize you.â The captain pauses, then softens and walks over to an empty wooden box used by the delivery people. He sticks it over his head, then vanishes into the wind that blasts into your face. You look to the ship and see a figure soaring through the sky that lands onto the ship. Youâre anxious. You donât know whatâs going on yet.
Is this.. the nagging feeling?
It soars back through the air towards the docks.
A chance so small to you.
Itâs heading towards the salt water, his hand will get wet.
A hope you lamented over.
Your legs move and cold sea water drenches your body. You reach out to him.
THUD
Shanks lands into your arms, the box falling off and your eyes meeting his. So brown, so warm. His face is so close to yours. Tan skin, wrinkles you never looked at closely, the stubble covering his chin and upper lip. His lips themselves. His cheeks slowly tinting a warmer color.
âUâUh.â He finally lets out a small noise. His face is close to yours! You step back as quick as you can in heavy water until your feet reach sand, then put him down gently.
âI.. your hand. The salt water would have hurt.â Now it's your face getting hot.
âthanks.â He mumbles. Something in his arm squirms and hops out onto the ground, then runs over and kicks your shin! OWwwwww!!!
âLiar! Liar liar liar! Liar!â Right, Maddie. You crouch down and avoid her trying to punch you in the nose. âYou lied! You were teaching me that stuff because you were gonna leave! Iâm never learning anything ever again!â She continues to punch you, only hurting a bit except for a bite you'll have to wash later, you hold her. The punches get weaker until they stop and her little fists clutch onto you.
âWAHHHHHHHHH!!!!â
She bursts out into tears, sniffling and hiccuping and sobbing. Through it all you still hold her close to your chest.
âAhem.â
You look behind you and see the Red Haired Pirates.
âI know you said to stay but we got worried.â The pirate doctor explains guiltily. âYou need this too-â Maddie takes off her shoe and throws it at them angrily. When he tries again she throws the other. Only when you pat her back she calms down a little bit. â..I need to treat Captainâs hand.â Said Captain jolts.
âOhâright. Go ahead, it really isnât bad though.â The doctor wipes it off and sanitizes it before treating it. The redhead looks fine but he doesnât really feel fine to you. You gently rub his wrist and he smiles; then your body tenses when the first mate steps forward. Shanks steps in front of you.
âI really look like the bad guy now, huh?â He speaks bitterly. âWell, I donât blame ya.â His hand reaches for his rifle⊠then drops it onto the ground. His hands go up into the air. âNot sure how much this helps but I can do it for now, though I canât leave it here in the sand forever.â Thereâs a small moment of nothing before the crew drops their weapons one by one, raising their hands the same way. The pounding in your chest starts to slow down. Shanksâs wrist in your grip pulls away to reach for Gryphon.
âYouâdonât have to.â You shift Maddie in your arms more comfortably. âIâll trust you.â Shanks makes an expression like awe, then drops Gryphon onto the ground.
âIâm doing this because Iâll trust you too.â The sweetest smile forms on his face. Fuck. Not again.
You want to kiss him.
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Hii! Kind of a short ending message today. I decided to post this a little earlier than usual because I have something to do at 5 sharp. Anywayyyy, congrats on the romance!! *applause*.
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The thing about being a wirter that writes a wide variety is that theres a wide variety to get through. Like a wheel (thats mostly shanks) filled with options. I will, eventually. Ever? Yes. Soon? No. Unless you count multi character things then i have one in requests thats multiple characters and it includes the sanj
You stare at the bag next to your bed. When you woke up this morning it was already on the table. Carefully, and with your less injured arm, you grab itâand immediately almost drop it from the weight. You manage not to and open it.
Itâs pure gold coins.
âHave I ever had this much money at once?â Wow. You pick one up and feel it to find they really are solid gold, with money like this youâd be able to bribe onto ships no ID needed. Still, itâs unsure if Maddie would be able to carry this. Maybe you could find her a backpack and get her some nice clothes to go on a more secure ship, just in case. You still need to use the cargo ship at first, it goes the farthest and is the least likely to be suspected if the Red Hair Pirates chase after you. Surely they wouldnât go all the way to Maddieâs island to kill her, right? Even if you contact the marines to protect her island? Theyâd do it just for a chance to thwart or capture Red Hair⊠right?
..Now is not the time to be pessimistic.
Your head is starting to ache from stress, along with your arm as pain receptors activate with no medication or adrenaline. It would be nice if you could tell your body that you already know youâre injured and it doesnât need to scream at you about it. Come to think of it, you did something similar when running away from Red Hair. You close your eyes.
I already know Iâm hurt.
âŠ
Didnât work. It just made you more focused on the pain. Youâll give up on that method, not that you really believed it would work.
Your eyes open and you look next to where the bag was to a container of pills, picking it up. Itâs strong stuff. Thereâs a note that says dosage for your build on it, along with side effects if you take too much; just in case you think about taking more. You take it with a conveniently placed cup of water and thatâs about all you can do for now. You really donât feel like getting up when youâre hurting this much, and it isnât like you have anyone you want to meet.
Click
Thunk
The door opens to a little girl with a key in her hand, her eyes are reddened. She looks at you and is visibly distressed, but takes a deep breath and walks over.
âM-Mariney?â You didnât want to meet her when youâre like this. You glance at the key in her hand, so the door was locked from the outside. That thunk mustâve been a heavy duty lock dropping.
âHowâd you get the key?â She flinches.
âu-umâhongo.â
âDid he give it to you?â
â...â No answer. She stole it.
âI donât have to tell you thatâs bad, do I?â
â...â Sheâs shaking. You hope they donât get mad at her for this. You open your arm and she looks up at you for a moment before slowly toddling into your hug. âThey wouldnât let me see you..!â
âI know, but this isnât a nice sight to see.â Your hand strokes her back as she holds onto you.
âbut youâre awake.â
â...If it makes you feel better, then itâs okay.â You donât want to get angry with her when sheâs like this. Sometimes, even if they look bad, itâs a reassurance that someone is still alive.
(Hongoâs POV)
Hongo leans on the wall outside the door with a small satisfied smile on his face from the sight of the reunion.
âYou got the key stolen from you, what are you smiling about?â Limejuice whispers from beside him. His crewmate is also here.
âI obviously let her have it, Iâm too used to you guys trying to escape rest to not notice.â Drunkards.
âIs that what youâre telling yourself?â Hongo clenches his jaw, grabs Lime Juiceâs sunglasses, and disassembles them. âNo..! Those are my serious occasion glasses..!â
An hour passes and Limejuice only stood there for half of it. His excuse was curiosity to what Hongo was âmonitoringâ, yet he left after ânothing interestingâ happened. All that he saw was Maddie hugging you, talking about her days, and asking you if your arm still hurt every 10 minutes. A normal interaction between a little girl and an injured person she cares about. He didnât say anything about it, but Hongo noticed a guilty look on Lime Juiceâs face when the long haired man turned around.
Once heâs gone Hongo sighs. What is he supposed to do now? Maddie is starting to look tired and he doesnât want to get caught watching you two. He closes his eyes, and listens. The sound of someone scratching wood. He can guess whatâs happening.
Hongo goes past the hallway into the room next to the infirmary. He doesnât see anything and the sound has stopped. The wall connecting to the medical office has a small roughed up mark on it like someone was there.
âYouâre hurting yourself doing that.â He places a small packet of disinfectant wipes from his jacket onto the floor. âYou can keep these, I have more.â The door closes behind him as he leaves and he sighs again.
Once heâs gone, Shanks comes out of his hiding spot and grabs the wipes; then puts his ear back to the wall. So cowardly, he didnât even have the guts to show his face to Hongo after being caught. How could he ever face you after what happened?
(Flashback)
Your body is lifted up carefully and they rush you inside the ship while Shanks follows. Like a corpse youâre limp, cold, and wet from the rain while the blood thatâs supposed to keep you warm pulses out from the grotesqueness of your open vein or down into your body. He doesnât even know youâre still breathing until-
âTurn him to the side, heâs vomiting!â Hongo yells and shuts the door on the captain. Youâre losing heat, youâre losing blood, youâre losing life; and all Shanks can do is pace outside the door. Helpless.
He hears footsteps towards him and stops to see Yasopp, who leans against the wall not saying anything, just staying there. Itâs helping a little, but it still feels like despair is eating him whole. The sniper gives his captain a minute before speaking.
âHeâll be alright, Captain.â Those few words burst the dam that was keeping him silent.
âI-I forgot about him! How could I forget about him when heâs so weak!â He had half-assumed that you were safely inside with the little girl. âI shouldâve known better that he would try to help but I just made my assumption that he would put himself first and never double-checked.â Are you going to die? So easily? It should have been just a storm, something theyâve handled so many times, his crew has handled it so many times; but you arenât a part of the crew. You donât know their procedure or know how to join it. Your procedures in the marines relied on pure quantity and teamwork, not mixed with strength and the talent of individuals during.
âPacing outside this room isnât going to do anything. Beckâs out there trying to deal with the aftermath but you got everyone stressed seeing their captain panicked.â Shanks stops in place, his responsibilities. To the crew outside he had abandoned them in favor of a random marine they met not long ago.
âRight, Iâm sorry.â He cares about you but this isnât doing anything, and he still needs to take care of his crew. âI canât afford to even stay outside.â The redhead thinks bitterly to himself, taking a deep breath before putting on a smile. No one else was badly injured so heâs just gotta take care of morale. Being emotional during times like these is âunlike him.â
The captain steps outside onto the deck and his subordinatesâ dim faces light up âSo everyone got a little banged up, huh?â He is their calm.
(End of Flashback)
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You shouldnât be surprised but Red Hair hasnât come to visit you. You got so attached that you deluded yourself for a moment thinking he would at least visit once, if at least to thank you. You suppose thatâs why he sent his first mate instead, so he wouldnât have to see you. Has he gotten fully tired of you now that youâre injured? Or maybe he thinks heâs gotten what he wanted now that youâve done something as drastic as save his crew at the cost of your health.
âWell heâs wrong.â He may think he has you hypnotized now, but that only helps your plan to escape. It doesnât matter if heâs no longer interested, there is no point to being hurt. Youâre hurt enough physically.
âŠ
It does hurt, though.
You can cry once youâre safe, youâre trained, youâre a grown man. Grown marine men do not cry from heartbreak. If youâve got the energy to be stressed you should be training, you should be working. Not that you can like this, you canât even do chores. When Maddie isnât here all you can do is be alone with your thoughts. Even the times the doctor comes in he doesnât make much conversation and the first mate hasnât come since you two worked out your reward. Youâre not man enough for this.
âGet up, soldier. Proper marines donât sit and cry like babies.â
âYou all are numbers, you will die over and over. Remember that.â
âVacation time, huh? Look at your arms and tell me if you can afford a vacation.â
The voice of your old, dead captain echoes in your mind. You look at your arms. Youâve lost mass. Youâll have to make this up when you get back, how would they ever be able to recognize you as a marine of the grand line if youâre built like a twig? If youâre so emotional? Pathetic. Pathetic man. Pathetic soldier. Pathetic fodder. Your stomach still doesnât feel right but you need to eat more. You take a deep breath and let it out. Your body should have healed enough, right?
You stand up, wobbly. Apparently it wasnât just your arm that got injured, you have some other smaller injuries. Nothing related to your head, you have the pirate to thank for that. Laying down and not wanting to come out of the room also contributes. You look out of the window, the only source of sunlight youâve had all this time, then walk to the door. Are you still locked inside?
It turns, suppose not. Must be so Maddie can have better access. Itâs still day but you had overheard that most of them are out of the kitchen by now.
Slowly you creep inside, no one is here. The dishes are clean and youâre jealous of whoever was able to clean them so quickly. When you get back to chores youâll be slower than before. There arenât usually leftovers here, so there isnât anything to eat. Itâd be risky to try anything crazy. You grab what looks like poultry and grab it. Do you have another preference?
âEat. Thereâs no time for pickiness. Get rid of any preferences you have.â
You canât. You take what you can get and right now you need easy protein. You dump it in a pot of water and let it boil. Advice to help you survive, advice caused by the sight of your coworkers dying without proper mourning, it crowds in your mind. Everyone else was going through it. You werenât the only one by a long shot. Why are you the only one affected? How is everyone else so strong, so disciplined, or even carefree; happy. Soldiers stay in lines and donât care about what their orders are. They wouldnât have gotten attached to Red Hair. They wouldâve kept their morals and trusted their supervisors, the ones who know better. Why are you different? Why did you have to be different? Why is there still this nagging feeling that youâre deluding yourself into thinking wrong? That youâre avoiding something difficult? That you know..?
Why? Why canât you feel and think like everyone else anymore?
..Itâs still too risky. Maybe in another world a little girl wouldnât be here and you wouldnât be too fearful of her fate to take risks. Maybe in another world you wouldnât have met Red Hair at all because you wouldnât have met Maddie. This chain of events, these chains that bind you, the chains around your heart and head and soul. You are a worker. You are a soldier. You are a number.
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Ooo sad. Quite sad. Sad, right? Oomph. Cheer up queen/ref. Anywqy hope this clears up any "why not just risk it.". Also, sorry if ur allergic to meat this is kind of being a thing. I considered typing "one" but felt like using "1" is better considering its small. A line. Well, two or something three when in font but still mostly just a line is the point. Im bad at descriptione, im considering voiding them but i think i wont even if theyre not in detail. I feel like they arent really needed when its chapter by chapter. Ill just do small things. Focusing on your health sounds good at first doesnt it? You technically were still focusing on your health. I considered putting "Time to lock in." but that didnt feel right.
Desc: The world doesn't like making things easy for you.
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Okay, no more lamenting. Well, youâre going to continue to lament in the back of your mind but youâve mostly shoved it down enough to ignore. You considered giving up but Maddieâs determination is still in your mind, you have to help her escape. Preferably with you, but youâve come to terms with that likely not happening. Soâright now you have to come up with a plan. Easier said than done, and saying it is already hard. Your only hope right now is that theyâve slightly let their guard down around you. Must be because theyâre convinced theyâve pacified you, tricked you fully. Terrifying how you fell for it. What pretty red hair and a sexy body does to a guy.
âI liked his personality too, but itâs at least mostly fake so thatâs put to the side.â His carefree smile was so handsome.. youâve got to stop thinking about this. Now that youâve shoved down your emotions your brain is all jumbled up. âJust be normal, apathetic, look at things as they are rather than how you see them.â You write down on a piece of paper you snagged from the medical office.
The next island youâll be docking on is a neutral one, not important enough to be coveted by the government either; and because they donât have much there they import a lot of their product. One of the islands they import from is one thatâs closer to Maddieâs so with some money sheâll be able to hitch a ride there, though not comfortable. From that island she should be able to make her way back with a few more trips. You still donât know how the little girl made it so far from home but oh well.
The problem here is money. You have enough for the original cargo ship ride, but even if it was just Maddie you donât have enough for her to make it home. She had apparently relied on sneaking on so far, running out of money quickly, but considering she was caught you wonât trust that. Mustâve been shocked to hear that âevenâ 15,000 berries isnât enough to make it far. How are you supposed to get money, though? You do chores here but you donât exactly get a paycheck. âI can steal but, urgh.â Stealing not only doesnât feel good but how are you going to steal money from here?
BOOM
âStorm!â Ah. Spectacular news. You feel the deck sway beneath you and experience keeps you from slamming into the wall. You run outside to help, seeing Red Hair giving orders. Itâs pouring rain so suddenly but of course it is, this is the Grand Line.
âAt this rate this is going to kill me before I can do anything.â You canât count on anyone saving you if you fall, and thankfully Maddie is already inside. You help furl the sails, keeping things steady, everything is going smooth. Of course it would, theyâre strong. They arenât like you and your coworkers that you see fall off screaming for their life, unable to even hear their drowning cries over the sound of rain and thunder. A painful death.
You slip.
âAh.â
At the last second you grab onto the railing and climb up, heart thumping out of your chest. Youâre struggling. You look to the side and see a face slip near the same spot as you. No one is around to help him, just like you, but his arms are too far up for him to catch himself, unlike you. Your legs move before your mind and you grip onto his arm. Heavy! Heâs way heavier than any of your coworkers, pure body mass from both sturdy fat and muscle. Your arm strains to hold him but you canât use the other to since itâs on the railing. Everyone else is too busy to notice when you look around for help, heâd be fated to silently fall from the ship and drown alone; only noticed when the storm stops. Only mourned when theyâre long gone. You remember the first time you saw a drowned corpse, painful. Bloated and barely recognizable, coworkers pale beside you from horror. Salt water fills your lungs and grinds them open while the salt irritates the wounds.
âMariney!?â Heâs shocked as you keep your hand on his. He grips onto your arm to try and climb up. You canât let that happen, not in front of you; but your body is protesting. Your shoulder struggles and your tendons strain to keep your arm together until-
POP
-your shoulder pops from the socket and you yelp. He lets go, startled. Youâre still holding on and the pressure forces your bones and muscles to pull roughly. All at once like you would to a thread to rip it off.
POP
There goes your elbow. This is bad, your grip isnât going to last the storm. You lean back and put your foot against the railing and use your abs to take the brunt of the labor now that your arm canât, but itâs searing in pain. Something falls from your pocket but youâre too focused to look, lifting and lifting like your arm is just a rope holding the two of you together.
POP
Your wrist dislocates right as he makes it over, you fall to the ground heaving. It feels like your arm has fallen apart inside, tendons and muscles stretched like strained rubber. Unable to go back into place with the round bone of all three joints searing into the flesh. The only thing holding everything together is your skin but the pressure stretching it is slowly ripping it apart cell layer by cell layer. How many skin cells will be tugged apart until it finally snaps? The man you saved tries to help but the storm knocks him over, the most heâs able to do is keep your arm from swinging violently. The cold rain and loud thunder is mixing together with the panicked thumps of your heart and rushing of your blood. Layer by layer youâre running out of time.
Layer.
Layer.
Layer.
The storm passes after hours. Youâre still laying there in pain while everyone does a headcount. Of course they arenât counting you, they probably donât remember youâre even here when they have their own people to worry about. You see the man you save stand up and run off.
âNo oneâs injured? Whereâs Tacky? Oh, there you are.â Red Hair notes but Tacky runs past him to the doctor.
âT-The marine!â Red Hairâs eyes widen and he runs to where the crewmate came from, finding you on the ground. Your dominant arm is significantly longer than the other and the skin stretches into reddened bloody lines where the joints are. The shipâs main doctor kneels next to you, carefully holding your hand. Youâve run out of time. The last layer holding the tension pulls apart and a chain reaction occurs.
RIP
The flesh of your wrist rips and you cry out into pain. A cloth is shoved into your mouth and you bite down onto it.
Pop
Your wrist.
Pop
Your elbow.
Krrr
Your shoulder joint grinds against your bones in a sound that you can feel in your body before-
Pop
-it finally moves back into place. That was the worst one, it was taking most of the damage the entire time. Youâve bitten down on the cloth enough to rip holes into it, kicking your legs and heaving from pure instinctual distress; the agony in your brain overloading your system in a way nothing in your mind can figure out how to handle.
âDonât throw up now! Youâll choke!â You hear the doctor yell but itâs so hard keeping it in when the pain is trembling through your body. It feels better with your joints back in place but the pain isnât gone due to how long, how bad, and how much strain was put on the completely dislocated arm. Your cruel fate has not let you pass out yet, the innate determination forcing you awake so that you havenât slid off this boat.
Youâre lifted up and taken to the medical room, gasping for breath. It wouldâve been even worse if the pirate hadnât done his best keeping your arm safe. You canât tell whatâs happening, only suffering and blurriness as presumably treatment is used on your arm. Eventually, you are safe enough to lose consciousness.
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Your eyes slowly open. How many times does this make that youâve fallen from distress? You turn your head to the side and see red.
âSh..anks?â No wait, thatâs just the blood bag. Also you called Red Hair by name again. âRed Hair.â You correct yourself.
âHm?â Your head snaps to the door. YEOUCH! Add whiplash to your list of injuries. âYouâre awake!â Itâs just the doctor. You ignore the feeling of disappointment in your heart and try to speak to no avail. The pirate hands you a cup of water and tilts it so you can drink, awkward. Were you screaming that loud? âItâs good we had someone on the ship with your blood type.â He explains while you drink. âThough itâs lucky youâre keeping your arm at all after what happened. Thankfully we were able to close the ripped vein quickly, not that it fully snapped like the flesh around it. As for everything else,â He smirks proudly. âIâm not the shipâs doctor for nothing.â
âIIIâhackâ You cough and clear your throat. âCanât feel my arm.â
âGood, honestly. It would hurt like hell right now without me numbing it. That should wear off soon. You kept struggling in your sleep when it hurt too much. Youâre really good at being inconvenient when youâre unconscious.â Thatâs what got you into this mess in the first place. âIf you struggle again Iâm going to temporarily paralyse you this time. Iâve thought about it but..â He doesnât finish that sentence. âJust donât struggle, and I canât give you more pain meds for the day.â Amazing, your subconscious got all of the pampering. Speaking of subconscious, you donât even realize youâre looking around until the doctor points it out. âIf youâre looking for the captain, heâs busy right now.â You wonât admit heâs right out loud, but you look back up at the ceiling and get comfortable laying down. Maybe itâs because youâre on pain meds but you feel calm at the moment. Sleepy, too.
âHow long h..ave I been a..sleep.â Youâre still struggling a bit.
âFew days.â You almost snap your head to him but learn from experience not to.
âDays!?â That must be the real reason for your dry throat.
âYeah, you didnât bleed on the outside for very long but you had a lot of internal bleeding.â He motions to your arm that youâve been ignoring. Now that youâre more awake you notice there are giant bruises running along your dominant arm to your shoulder, some parts tracing the muscle fibers. âAlso, uh, your wallet fell in the ocean.â
âShould I just ask them to kill me now?â Your dominant arm is severely injured and the money you were counting on is completely gone. You need those to escape. ââŠHowâs Maddie?â His face twitches like he didnât expect you to ask.
âSheâs alright. A few scrapes from sliding around but nothing bad. As for her mental state..â Right, sheâs also stressed alongside you. This isnât good. Sheâs likely going to be even more stressed if she sees you injured. Your plan has completely gone down the shitter.
âŠ
âDo you need anything?â The pirate asks softly and you look at him. He looks nervously gentle.
âI donât know. My wallet had everything in there. My ID, my work card, and my entire paycheck considering I was kidnapped on payday.â
âŠ
Awkward.
âI mean itâs not as valuable as a personâs life but still.â Youâre starting to get nervous yourself, itâs starting to sound like youâre placing money over life; though you did need that money for a chance to live. Without your ID thereâs less ships that will let you on, and without your work card thereâs a big chance you wonât be able to go to the marines and be let in. You arenât some big shot that would be recognized no matter which base you go to, you arenât even sure they know youâre gone right now; and if they do theyâve likely presumed you dead. May be accurate with the situation youâre in right now.
âBeckman said he wanted to talk to you, so heâll be here soon.â Thereâs a pause. âHe may not take the most kindly to you, but he just worries for the crew. Donât hold it against him.â
âI wonât.â The doctor leaves and you sigh. Do you even have the option to hold it against him?
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You donât remember falling asleep, but your eyes open. You blink away the sleepiness, eyes trailing around the room. Right next to your bed stands Benn Beckman, the first mate and vice captain of the Red Hair Pirates. Your heart jumps out of your chest despite your already distressed state.
âCalm down.â How helpful of him. âI didnât come here to do anything bad to ya.â He says that with one of the most unfriendly looking expressions youâve seen. He pulls a chair next to your bed and sits down. âSo, whyâd you do it?â Youâre confused for a second if you did something wrong, but figure out what he means.
âI didnât push him off.â
âNot what I meant.â You arenât being accused but you donât know why else he would look so menacing towards you.
âWas he a bad guy?â Your mind runs along possibilities. âWere you trying to get rid of him âon accidentâ so-â
âHow shitty do you think we are that weâd do that to our own crew?â The room has gotten more tense, youâre starting to tremble and your already weak heart is straining. The first mate sighs. âWhy did you save him?â You.. arenât quite sure. You never really talked to him and you hurt yourself doing it.
âHe.. was right in front of me.â Thatâs the only answer you can come up with. âHe fell off in front of me.â Maybe if he was farther or if it happened when you werenât looking then you wouldnât care; that he wasnât your problem, that itâs not your faultâbut the fact that he was right there and you had the ability to save him means if you stopped you wouldâve directly caused his death. At the same time, âHe was about to drown in a painful way and I could save him. Another person was going to die painfully in front of me.â itâs natural to want to help others when you have the ability to. The pack animal instinct to help.
ââŠâ The vice captain is silent and you begin sweating. He rubs his face from an emotion you feel is stress. âHeâs a pirate and youâre a marine. You saved a criminal that has killed your coworkers and will go on being a pirate.â
âŠ
Oops. You didnât think of that.
âI can tell by your expression you barely realized this.â Did you just contribute to the deaths of many others now that youâve saved their future murderer? âI canât tell you to not get stressed over this, Tacky isnât going to stop being a pirate because you saved him, but thanks anyway. A shame what happened to your arm but Hongoâs a good doctor and heâll get it running again. Believe it or not the only reason Captainâs arm isnât reattached is because we couldnât reattach something digested.â
âDigested..?â You thought he lost his arm in a fight.
âSo what do you want for it?â Guess thereâs no elaboration on that. âThe arm is free considering it happened due to you saving Tacky.â He must not want to owe a debt, especially to a marine. Youâd like to say nothing since you both didnât expect a reward and want the debt so that theyâll spare you, but that doesnât seem like an option.
âMâŠMoney.â Embarrassing! You sound really bad right now, materialistic. You really need the money though since you lost your wallet.
âSince you lost your wallet, right?â At least he understands that. âTell me how much you lost and weâll give that and more.â He leans forward. âThen consider the debt paid.â Scary⊠You nod and he leans back to normal. âBut really, thanks. You should value yourself more though, it was stupid of you to do this. You couldâve easily lost your life along with his.â He stands up and leaves without a goodbye. A bye would be too good natured for him, apparently, but it feels like heâs a little less hostile to you now.
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Oops! Listen, maybe a sudden storm was violent but to be fair there really wasnt much other choice. My hand was forced, really. Hope youre okay with your other hand. I also hope any medical inaccuracies are small enough to suspend disbelief-. I made sure to not specify which side hand since there are left handed people. If any of you are both handed.. well.. pick a hand to sacrifice. I wouldve loved to get this out on 5 on the dot but i messed up and discarded a bunch of the editing and i had to redo it lolll. hope i didnt miss anything ;;
edit: forgot the description and tag list lol.
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Extra TW: Heres where it gets on the darker side, ok?
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You stare at the kitchen knife in your hand, letting the light shine off of it. Even if this was the best sword in the world you wouldnât be able to defeat an Emperor of the Sea nor his crewmates. At most you might be able to take out one of the newbies that you havenât memorized. You arenât going to do it with a kitchen knife, though.
âBecause you wonât. I can tell.â He grins, putting his hand on your shoulder. âSo I'll trust you, (Y/n).â
Your heart stings.
âThose papers were probably fake, after all.â If he has any trust for you then itâd be the trust that you wouldnât be able to defeat him. Your hands tremble again, how terrifying that some words and actions from him were able to affect your heart this much; to negate all of the teachings youâve gotten so far and to make you believe that it was all false. Were the papers real? Were those anecdotes real? Was the smile and happy chatting he had with you ever real? Any of it, even just a little.
âŠ
Itâs too late now. Youâve seen how quickly your comrades die to strong pirates and you saw him covered in the blood of coworkers you likely talked to just minutes earlier.
Something pops into your head. You never saw if the hostages actually made it. How could you forget something so obvious?
Youâre starting to feel sick.
Oh gods, was some of that blood theirs?
Your ears start to ring.
What did he do while you were passed out?
Youâre panicking.
What can you even do about it?
hiccup
breathe in breathe in
out out
in in in
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You canât control your breathing. All of the stress youâve been keeping in is starting to force its way out. The bottle is cracking.
Everything in your stomach ejects through your mouth. You struggle to get air into your lungs through waves of vomiting. Something grips onto you and your eyes snap to red hair, itâs him. You can tell even through the blurriness and you threw up on the floor.
âI-Iâm so-â You break into heaving again and he grabs you harshly. Heâs going to kill you, youâve hastened the time of your death.
Youâre thrown over his shoulder and forced through the ship to your execution while flailing helplessly. When your back hits a bed you struggle more. Theyâre going to kill you. Theyâre going to torture you to death.
â(Y/n), you need to still. Iâm going to let go but you canât flail because youâll hurt yourself.â Youâre let go and tremble violently, gripping onto the sheets. You donât know whatâs going to happen to you exactly. He sits down next to the bed. âCan you look around?â Of course you can. âName some stuff, anything. Three.â
â..t..table.â He waits. âmedicine.â Youâre inside the shipâs medical room. âpapers.â
âHearing?â
âwaves. birds. wind.â
âFeel.â You grip the blankets under you. You donât feel like following what he says but you donât know what else to do, and itâs helping.
âBlankets..â You reach out and touch the bedframe. âFrame, Clothes.â Youâre still panicked, but you notice you can breathe again. Struggled but bearable.
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Out
âAlright, you feeling better?â You donât answer. Thereâs silence for a bit. âThatâs alright.â He takes a deep breath and you follow. âI used to have these a lot, I had help to teach me how to deal with them.â A pause. âI.. still have them too, sometimes. Rarely.â You look at the ceiling.
âAre you lying?â What can you believe?
â...Iâm not, unfortunately. At least it helps me help others who have them. Iâm sure you can agree that being on the sea isnât always sunny.â You remember seeing people have panic attacks after coming back from failed missions, the mental health checks from psychiatrists at base. You wonder if anyone back there had them before they were murdered by the person beside you. Your head falls to the side to see Red Hair. He gives you a big smile. You hate that thereâs something deep within you that reacts to it. âDid I help?â
âI vomited on the kitchen floor.â
âRight.â
âIâll clean it up.â You try to sit up.
âNah, donât bother. I got someone else cleaning it. You seriously think this is the first time someone has vomited on the floor in this ship? With a buncha drunkards?â
âI guess so.â Your dry answer makes his smile falter for a moment and you twitch. âI mean-â
âRest up. Iâll wait outside for a few minutes then get Hongo so you can have some me time. Iâll still be close, though; so call if you need me.â You both like and dislike having him close by. The door shuts behind Red Hair.
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You ended up not having to clean your own vomit, even though he said you would have to.
(Shanks's POV)
He waits outside of the door for a few minutes before Hongo walks over.
âI didnât need to come get you.â
âIt was very noticeable what happened.â Shanks chuckles dryly at that. âI donât need you to tell me for me to know it was from stress, either. Lucky panicked for a minute that he used bad ingredients or one Mariney reacted badly to. I had to calm him down before coming over here. All the ingredients are fine.â Heâs given you a check up before so he can say if you react badly to anything.
âThatâs good, partially.â Itâs easier to deal with a physical ailment accompanying your symptoms than a mental one. âDo you mind giving him a few more minutes before going inside?â
âAlright, Iâll go get him tea.â
(Your POV)
You lay on your back, taking deep breaths you were taught during mental health training. Youâre still nervous after creating such a scene but nothing has happened yet, which means they either really donât care or will take it out on you in the end. The end.. You start to think about the end but push it from your mind. What youâve done has let out enough emotion to be able to hold it in again.
Thereâs a knock on the door before it opens, the shipâs doctor. He walks over and hands you water and a bucket.
âRinse your mouth, you can brush it after you get a bit of food and water in you.â You rinse out your mouth and he dumps the water, washing up. You feel a bit guilty making a mess when he tends to keep things clean, but shake the thought away. If youâre going to be worrying over their opinions then it shouldnât be for their sake. He puts tea and plain crackers in front of you, you nervously drink it. âI know you donât trust me but I didnât poison it.â You choose to believe him for your own peace of mind. That makes you feel a little better and you nibble on the crackers. It feels wrong eating things made by them but if you donât youâll kill yourself from starvation before they could. Once youâre done eating he makes you brush your teeth.
âHeâs really taking care of me. Did Red Hair convince him to?â The thought of him convincing the doctor to help you makes you uncomfortable.
âI know youâll want to sleep but can you bathe first?â You nod. âAre you sure? I donât want you vomiting in the bath.â You nod again. âAlright.â
The bath is warm and prepared for you. It would be nice to feel happy about that but your brain is too mixed up to feel anything like gratitude. You were grateful before and look how that ended up. Abandoned by the captain you let yourself get attached to, fearing for your life, sick, trapped, helpless. It would be more realistic to fit an elephant in the hole of a needle before being able to take out anyone here without being killed. You just⊠you wish you never fell for it. You wish he was harsh from the start, and you wish he would let the act fall when you made the mistake of vomiting. That doctor taking care of you so well didnât help your mixed up emotions at all.
Despite the negative thoughts, the bath made you feel better. Thereâs a change of clothes for you too. You realize itâs the clothes you bought and stored in your temporary room, which means they looked through your stuff. You never had privacy in the first place but it doesnât feel nice to have them digging around your belongings. Then again, this is better than wearing theirs. The sheets are changed as well. You lay down carefully since the doctor is still in the room.
âAm I staying here?â You might as well ask this now.
âOn the ship or in the med room?â He didnât ignore you.
â..Both.â
âYesâto both. We arenât kicking you out for vomiting from stress.â You twitch and he pauses for a moment. âItâs best you stay in this room too, just for monitoring. This bed should be more comfortable than the futon in the storage room, and if you feel sick again there's meds here to take. Theyâre labeled, so you shouldnât take the wrong ones. Nausea medicine is used often here.â You have a feeling it isnât from sea-sickness.
The doctor proceeds to tell you the doses for your build, where the medicine is, what you should eat, and where the bucket is. Even if it was from your mind your physical stomach is still weakened so itâs best to be careful until youâre fully calm. He doesnât ask why youâre stressed, nor tries to comfort you besides the medical advice. You arenât close enough for words to work.
âIf he poisons me at some point I hope itâs a painless one.â You could use some of his poison to try and get someone here but you feel like he would notice the moment something was gone. The deadlier poisons are locked away, as well. âAm I ever going to figure out a way to survive? Or at least get Maddie out of here?â Youâve forcibly steadied yourself long ago that you will likely die for civiliansâ sakes, much more for a child. The pirate doctor stands up.
âIâll leave the room.â You canât sleep well with him here, he must have caught onto that.
âThank you.â Just a bit of politeness. âAnd Iâm sorry for vomiting in the kitchen when you like things clean.â He turns to you with a mildly surprised look and you think you messed up before he gives a small smirk.
âIâll take payment in the form of your continuing chores once youâre better.â With that, he leaves. Maybe you were too nice to him, but it feels natural to be polite; even if in the end theyâre playing with you. Itâll happen once it happens, in the meantime youâll continue that. You get comfy inside the bed for now, worried that you wonât be able to sleep. Only a few minutes pass before you knock out.
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(Shanksâs POV)
Shanks closes the door of his bedroom with a sigh. Heâs stressed. Heâs stressed because youâre stressed, and it makes him stressed that heâs stressed because youâre stressed. This isnât a good situation. Stressful. Full of stress. He was getting too complacent with your emotions to assume you were okay now. Of course you wouldnât be okay. Youâre a normal marine soldier trapped in a ship full of powerful pirates that havenât been anything but hostile to you until recently, and one of the Emperors of the Sea has been following you around everywhere; not giving you enough time to yourself even if heâs toned it down.
âFuck.â He rubs the bridge of his nose. âHow bad did it get that he threw up with a panic attack?â Shanks saw the look in your eyes when you saw him, you were scared. Of him. Of the strong pirate. If he wasnât so worried you would hurt yourself he wouldâve left for your sake but thereâs not a single person here that you can let your guard down for. He had to make due by using the fact that he might at least be the one youâre least scared of, since youâve stuck around him, but now he isnât even sure you stuck around because you wanted to. He was always worried that was the case but had deluded himself into thinking that it wasnât, for his own satisfaction.
Shanks pulls a stashed bottle of alcohol from his drawer and takes a swig. He took advantage of you and you paid the price.
âI should have learned by now that I hurt the people I get close to.â He mumbles and chugs the rest, itâs not even enough to get him buzzed.
âI used your spread for the toast, since you donât like blueberries.â
He had the gall to be happy over your survival instincts. Shanks grabs another stashed bottle and chugs it, then another, all of them. To think he was so selfish to get a crush on a personality you put on. He doesnât remember when he got onto his bed.
âThe crewâd be furious if they found out I stashed, and drank this much at once.â He whispers. Heâs selfish, though, because he canât bring himself to care for that over his heartbreak. Some of the conversations you two had together must be real, but that only hurts more. âIâm whining about not having self control while drinking the entire stash I saved up for months secretly.â He laughs. âJust do your fucking job Shanks, how do you keep messing it up. Over and over again you get selfish and others pay the price, itâs simple, itâs what you have all these privileges for despite what you came from. Itâs like itâs in your nature to harm others no matter how much you fight against it.â Every time he does something to help he hurts someone. How many times is he destined to do things for the greater good? He canât even blame this on that either, you were dragged into this all by his own will. He couldâve just pried you off of that girl. It wouldâve hurt your arms, sure, but you wouldâve been fine. Much better than how you are now.
âAhh..â Heâs starting to loathe himself again. âJust wait. Itâll kick in soon.â The alcohol will digest, heâll get drunker and drunker until he wonât think at all anymore. Shanks closes his eyes. He doesnât want to think about anything anymore.
Next
Here you go. A STRONG start right? Don't worry, im sensitive, this will still have a happy ending. Also I can't always be depressing there's too much funny in me. So don't think it'll be all sad or all gross. GL and welcome back to Canon Fodder.
Tag list: @abarosoap, @eater-of-sand, @yuurivalr, @aruaruaru, @rorawrnoa-zoro, @sasahzs, @psychictamsy
hello i forgot what i was going to say but wait no I remember I hope you're feeling okay lately you're not only my mutual but I also enjoy reading your posts and fics alike okay goodbye I'm just typing as I think really no matter how slow it is
ty, ive been trying to wriye but to be honest whenever i write i get very sleepy (i get sleepy from a lot of things, even reading.) from the urge to imagine the scenario better and usually i force myself to stay awake but ive been so off that ive just been like, sleeping. Kind of in this perpetual state of being asleep or being sleepy. I WOULD solve that by going outside for a bit or being just in a different room but im a huge mosquito target and the moment i step anywhere near them i'm swarmed lol. like im talking 4 mosquito bites on one foot bc its where i cant swat, let my guard down for a second and i have a new one. Whenever i go out i just have to accept that im going back with atleast on or two new ones which is not helping esp with my new chores and stress. I would go into more detail but its just getting pretty personal and my point gets across already-. anyway, just have to learn to stay awake again with a small schedule. So embarrassing this is happening at the same time as the requests. Makes me seem like the requests are the reason when for a lot of them id already had good ideas to just write quick and focus on the harder ones after like i planned. urghh.. this is like that one time i decided to write a school thing then fell down a hill injured.
sorry my gma sick and i had to help my mom with stuff with her and a bunch of chores. Family members hoarded dishes and just dropped them off and i have to wash all of them and i have a headache (;-;). The chapter is almost done but i think i can get it written today and proofread by tomorrow. Sorry im not being consistent. I might have to start posting something else i got saved next week so i have some more time to write the requests . i dont want to abadon canon fodder either i actually have a lot of chapters saved up on that that i havent gotten the chance to post. kinda mildly hectic. Not that it matters to a reader considering im on a screen but felt like I should give some context and an update for people curious about CF and the requests. Not trying to pity bait. Technically im also on ao3 so is this the curse? hehehe. Okay i have to wash now bye.
sorry my gma sick and i had to help my mom with stuff with her and a bunch of chores. Family members hoarded dishes and just dropped them off and i have to wash all of them and i have a headache (;-;). The chapter is almost done but i think i can get it written today and proofread by tomorrow. Sorry im not being consistent. I might have to start posting something else i got saved next week so i have some more time to write the requests . i dont want to abadon canon fodder either i actually have a lot of chapters saved up on that that i havent gotten the chance to post. kinda mildly hectic. Not that it matters to a reader considering im on a screen but felt like I should give some context and an update for people curious about CF and the requests. Not trying to pity bait. Technically im also on ao3 so is this the curse? hehehe. Okay i have to wash now bye.
trying to pick a manga panel for the banner for fujitora fic but he looks so fucking funny in every single one. Cant find one that isnt intimidating without looking at least a little funny. Aint a single admiral without some fuck ass expression but fujitora has to be 2nd place below the obvious kizaru
just realozed i got the order wrong and the dacryphilia one was supposed to be second not first. Shit. Sorry to the person who requested rthe fujitora one. I took a screenshot so i wont mess up the order this time
Desc: An accident unlocks something in your sex life with Shanks.
CW: Fluff and smut, established relationship.
TW: Dacryphilia, a bit of masochism, rope.
You and Shanks walk around the forest while admiring all of the greenery in a semi-date, meaning this is technically a patrol of the island to map it but you two are having fun together; as if this were a nice walk in the park. To update the map, you stop. He stops with you.
âDo you need my expertise?â Your boyfriend peeks at your work and you shake your head.
âJust make sure nothing attacks me while I update this.â Your personal bodyguard for today. He hums in thought and then points at a spot on the map.
âYou got something wrong.â Your head lowers to look closer. He flicks your nose. âYou look too serious for this,â He cackles while stepping back. âIâve got things under control, love.â Right as he says that he trips backwards and falls ass first into a bush.
âAmazing control.â You dig through the bush to pull him out and when you do heâs holding a flower in his mouth seductively. âYouâre not gonna say you tripped on purpose to get one, right?â
âNo faith in me, doll?â He places it behind your ear, then digs his head back into the bush. âThereâs actually more in here.â His butt sticks out and you tap it with your foot. He gives an exaggerated high pitched âeep!â Which turns into a âGAUGH!â before he quickly pulls away from the bush with stuff on his face. You duck down and quickly wipe his skin.
âDid I actually shock you enough to get hurt?â He coughs.
âNo, Iâm fine I- cough- I flinched on purpose and forgot there were- achoo- mushrooms too- hack.â You wipe his face more and more, using a flask of water to get it off. Thankfully it wasnât poisonous, just meant to scare off animals. You blow his nose and he looks up at you. âYou wonât tell anyone about this, right?â Youâre about to tease him again when you look closer at him. Furrowed brows, a slight pout, red nose and cheeks, tears dripping down his cheeks.
âŠ
âThat isnât you considering it, is it?â You realize you took too long to answer. He sniffles like heâs actually crying and you feel something in you stir. Before he can talk you wipe his face to stop him.
âI wonât.. just clean yourself up.â
âThanks, love.â He manages to get out between rubs.
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Eventually the crew finishes mapping the island and decides to camp outside to enjoy nature, tired of staying on the ship. Your love sleeps next to you, snoozing away while youâre wide awake thinking about his teary eyes. You.. actually thought he looked pretty. You wanted him to cry more. Does it make you a bad girlfriend if your stomach throbbed when you saw him looking up at you like that?
You rub your thighs together, thankful you donât have a cock to get visibly hard. An advantage.
You look closer at your boyfriendâs face. His eyes are still a teeny red from the irritation of both the spores and tears, you slowly scoot as close as you can to see. This isnât pervert behavior, youâre his girlfriend, this is perfectly appropriate. Red eyelashes, reddened eyes, if he was crying his cheeks would be red too. Youâd kiss his lips red after and make him cry.
âPlease, baby..!â
Shanks would beg for you.
His eyes slowly open, your breath kept tickling him.
âTo what do I owe the pleasure of you so close?â Whispering to not wake the others.
â..i think iâm a bad person.â
â???â Shanks kisses your forehead. âDid you have a nightmare?â You put your head to his, he looks confused but doesnât stop you.
âDo you think Iâm a bad girlfriend?â Now he looks worried.
âWhy do you think that, sweetheart? Youâre everything to me.â
âEverything?â
âEverything.â
âŠ
âYouâd love me no matter what?â He nods. âEven if Iâm strange?â He nods again. â..Youâre so sweet. I feel bad for you.â You smooch him, he nuzzles his face against yours. âWould you do anything for me?â Shanks pauses for a moment. âyou wouldnât..?â
âI would..!â He trusts your choices. âI was just caught off guard.â
âThen..â Hesitation makes you pause. âWould you cry for me?â His emotions turn to panic.
âIf youâre hurt? Do you-â You stop him from sitting up.
âIâm not hurt. I mean.. if.. if you..â Shanks has cried in front of you before and you always thought he looked pretty, but youâve never been so turned on by it before. Not when he would cry over such sad things. However, seeing him cry when he was safe stirred arousal in you. You like seeing him cry. âIf I wanted to make you cry, would you cry for me?â You reach a hand out and stroke his cheek, he closes the eye on that side.
âNot the best at crying on commandâŠâ He trails off as something clicks in his head. ââŠoh.â Even in the dark you see his face heat up. âYes. I would cry for you.â You lean in and press your lips to his in a slow kiss.
âLetâs go to the ship-â He sits up so quickly he almost wakes everyone.
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The sound of making out moves across the ship, Shanks kicking the door to your shared room open and closed so he doesnât have to let go of you. Once youâre inside you slide off his coat and gently push him down on the bed.
âWait here.â Heâs hesitant but stays. You have an idea on how to make him cry.
You grab rope and fabric from the storage room, hurrying back with it. His eyes lock onto the items and he shifts in place. Shanks isnât a dom only person but he hasnât been this much of a sub for you before. To be tied, restricted, itâs exciting.
âI got the fabric so the rope wonât irritate you.â You push him further onto the bed while wrapping the red fabric around the rope then around his torso in a design ending with his arm tied to his own body. This isnât a wimpy rope, youâll keep secret that youâre using the shipâs supplies for this. When Shanks tugs to test it he finds it sturdy, as expected heâd need real effort before snapping the fibers. âI forgot to remove your shirt before tying it.â
âOh, hold on-â You rip the cloth clean off. âyou could also do that.â His dick twitches in his pants, itâs uncomfortable. âCan you..â You press the tip of your finger against the bulge, drawing a small grunt from his throat.
âCan I what?â His breath hitches from the look in your eyes.
âFuck, take them off. Please.â The digit runs across his clothed length. Shanks leans back, spreading his legs. Maybe if shows how desperate he is, youâll touch him more. It isnât going to work.
âYouâre so desperate and I havenât even touched you properly.â Youâre only motivated to go further, press hard where his tip is so he clenches his fist and jerks his hips up with a gasp. Your other hand slides up his body, running along his abs, gripping his chest, massaging his neck; you tap his Adam's apple as it bobs with a gulp. âPoor, poor Captain.â You grip the sides of his throat, your other palm brushing over his crotch and holding him down by his inner thigh when they try to meet the pressure. âMy poor honey.â His head is spinning, heâs had fleeting thoughts of you doing things like this to him but having it actually happen is a whole different feeling, especially when he was asleep not too long ago. Going from dead asleep to dommed by his girlfriend almost feels like heâs dreaming, but to you it still isnât enough. He isnât crying yet.
A kiss lands on his Adam's apple, lightly nibbling it and kissing the stubble on his jaw before sucking hickeys all along his neck and collarbone; all the while groping and fondling his muscular body. Your hands leave with a parting squeeze. Thereâs a whine of protest.
âBe patient.â You pull down your captainâs pants and free his erection, thereâs pre-cum already at the tip. You look up at his flushed face and he smiles. You wipe it off to slide your fingertip along the thick vein underside his shaft up to the top, palming the sensitive head and feeling the pre-cum slick your palm. His breath gets heavy and the moment you know heâs about to cum you snatch the pleasure away along with your hands. Heâs about to try chasing again, say something, complain,
when your hand comes up and slaps his dick.
Not harsh, not mean, but enough for a shudder to course through his body. Thereâs a small pout but it isnât crying.
âYouâre so cute, Iâm gonna have so much fun with you.â
âSweetie please.â You smack the underside of his dick again. âAh!â His eyes get shiny and the rope strains lightly.
Again, again, you stroke and palm and jerk and slap yet every time heâs about to cum it all stops. Until his face down his neck is red the same as his erection, straining as he whimpers from desperation.
â(Y/n)~â You lean down and kiss the tip of Shanksâs dick to watch it twitch desperately before kissing his lips. âGods.â This is way more than he expected and he groans as you squeeze it roughly. âPlease!â His eyes are wet with tears, thatâs what you were waiting for.
You undress enough to free your pussy, opening up your labia with your other hand to finger yourself while he watches helplessly. Another torture for your lover to be unable to touch or taste you, but heâs been so good. Youâll let him have something. So your fingers pop from your pussy and into his mouth to let him suck on your arousal desperately. Now itâs time for more fun.
You position yourself above his dick, watching his eyes widen as he pants heavily again. As a last tease you rub your entrance along the glans teasingly,
âHoney, I-â then slam down all at once. His head falls back and he screams. His dick is pulsing inside of you and you still. âNnnmm~!â Tears run down his cheeks, itâs all so much and he wants to cum. âSweetheart..â
âMy lovely Shanks, such a crybaby for me.â You kiss his now wet cheek, squeezing around him so he leans his head forward onto your shoulder; his stubble tickles your skin. You need to get off too, swiping across your clit with your finger, pushing him back to watch tears drip down his face. âYou want me to move?â He hiccups, nodding. Your other hand comes up to pinch his nipple as you raise your hips slowly, then slam back down. He gasps like the air was knocked out of him and you repeat it. Up, and down. Slow but hard movements. You speed up and his legs jolt, eyes rolling back as he cums inside you suddenly from being edged for so long.
âC-Cant!â Shanksâs fully crying now with rough hiccups and tears pouring from his trembling body. You arenât quite finished, though; so you continue to ride your boyfriend through his orgasm. His head goes blank and he cries. âI canât do this, doll- AH!â You squeeze.
âOne more time for me, crybaby.â You tilt his chin up and kiss over his scarred eye, then watch the liquid stream down his eyes while you ride him. Reddened brown eyes, wet flushed cheeks, messy crimson hair, sobbing every time his dick bottoms out. Youâre close from just watching it. You lean back to hit your g-spot better, moaning when he whines. âOne more time, I want you twitching and spasming in me so I can cum.â Your free hand shoves your digits inside his mouth to play with his tongue while the other swipes along your nub. His eyes roll back and he gags while sucking on them. Shanksâs body canât refuse that, canât refuse you, he feels the way it builds up for you despite his strong orgasm. Your boyfriendâs thick dick pulses, it only takes one more squeeze before he lets out a strangled groan and warm cum coats inside you once again, finally letting the knot in your stomach snap. The throbbing of his cock, the way your walls milk with each one, you two are linked and youâre taking everything from his shuddering sobbing body.
Finally, you stop. He falls back against the headboard, drooling with tears running down his reddened tan cheeks. âSo good for me, Shanks.â You kiss one, though he canât speak right now. The ridges of his softening dick are a little overstimulating as you pull out, the liquid of both of your arousals dripping onto his now limp dick. You take the chance to make more hickeys onto his torso. âOpen.â He opens his mouth instinctively and you shove your tongue into his mouth and down his throat while he takes it. Only a small noise of pleasure comes from him. Shanks loves you.
You untie him and the redhead flops onto his back, trying to get his bearings while you wipe him clean. He shivers when you carefully clean his dick. Youâll take care of him.
âYou donât want a bath?â You ask since he seems to have made his comfort on the mattress.
âWant to cuddle.â He mumbles. That settles that. You wipe yourself as clean as you can and lay next to your boyfriend, wrapping your arms around his body as he gets comfy on your chest.
âYou did so well, crybaby.â You feel a nibble on your nipple. âHey!â
âDonât yell, Iâm just a crybaby.â He jokes, sucking lightly with a pop before sighing in relief.
âYouâre so silly.â You run your hands through his hair. He did so well for the first time either of you have done something like this. To make him cry for your pleasure, maybe you really arenât a bad girlfriend for that; at least he didnât look like he was all that suffering. You canât say anything else, though, because heâs already asleep. You woke him up in the middle of the night to do this and heâs out of energy, plus girlfriend pillow. You stroke his red hair, playing with it lightly before yawning yourself. The ship is rocking, the waves a lullaby, the warmth of your satisfied lover on you.
You fall asleep.
I did it! I'm not too used to writing fem based dom smut but I feel like I did a good job.. hopefully. I kept going back and forth over it feeling like I could do more but I'm happy with the result. Learned a lot making it. I hope to do more fem dom, whether its the reader or not. Maybe I made it harder for myself doing the other kinks.. but I wanted to make him rlly cry not just be tearing up.
Okay so I have the thing for today written completely, but it's honestly not great. Like I think i could make it better than it is right now especially since I've read other fics. I dont think it'll take too long but so I dont stress myself out ill delay by a day. I hope you understand and what comes out will be better for it. My writing skills are still evolving and I don't want to miss this chance. Your clit wilk explode when im finished revising this and post it tomorrow
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