A Dragons Fire [Portgas D. Ace x Reader]

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Our Story Unlocked

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Warnings: cursing, mentions of child death, mentions of abandonment.

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Ace tragically had to do his duties today which meant I was all alone in our room. I wore my blue silk two piece set with lace trimming and had on my charm bracelet. Perfect for a lazy day.

There's a knocking at the door but I was too lazy to answer it, "come in!" I call out. The door creaks open and in comes a familiar blonde lady. "What can I do for you today Rouge?"

"I'm just here to hang out. Is that weird?"

"No." I say startling myself but continue either way. "I'm surprised Roger let you is all."

"Roger doesn't control me life." She sits on the side of the bed. "No man does."

"Damn right. So what do you want to talk about?" I ask intwining my hands in my lap.

"I was thinking..." Rouge trails off as her eyes land on my charms. "Hey, that's a pretty nice charm bracelet."

I bring it up to my face to look at it with a small smile. "Daddy got it for me after I got my first charm."

"You got a charm before the bracelet?"

"Yeah." I turn my wrist so she could see the charm I'm pointing at. "It was this bunny one right here. Someone gave it to me a long time ago." I dreamily say remembering that nightmare turned daydream. That's when I notice Rouge is a little out of it as she stares at the one charm for the longest time. "Rouge? Earth to Rouge, anyone home?"

"What? I-I'm sorry." She apologizes and I see the way she gravitates towards the charm. "I just noticed you feel comfortable with me now."

"You look so much like Ace and give off this vibe that Queen Klarisna does." I point out. "Plus, without Roger here it's a whole lot easier to be cordial."

"Yeah." She mutters. "Hey! How'd you get this?" Back to the bunny charm.

"Funny story. One day when I was five after the slave auction in Saboady, the collars malfunctioned on the slaves creating a ruckus. The guards got me on a rider but it was going out of control and left before someone could comprehend or realize. It ran out of gas an hour or two later and since it was one of my first trips, I had no clue where I was. I remember shedding my suit cause it was too hot and meeting this boy. His face is fuzzy but he was so sweet. Told me he'd been to Saboady many times and could help me get home. He didn't even want anything in return, just genuine kindness from the goodness of his heart. I never felt that before but decided I could trust him. We spent a full three days getting to the Marine base and once we did, he gave me this bunny saying it was important to him and he wanted me to have it to bring us back together one day. Also to protect me when he can't... I wonder where he is now?"

"That's a cute story. Why don't I tell you some of my own?" Rouge offers with a motherly smile.

I gesture around us. "The floor is yours."

For the next few hours we just sat and talked and laughed. Rouge got a sarcastic or rude comment every little while but she would shrug it off and continue like nothing happened. I hate to say that it was easy for me to warm up to another devil; Portgas D. Rouge being a continuation of that damned D. family line.