One Piece Oneshots

Ace x Reader || Burn Marks

Being a part of the Whitebeard Pirates was one of the best things to have ever happened to you, everyone on the crew treated you like a sibling, welcoming you with open arms. You had escaped from your older brother Akainu and the rest of the World Government, Whitebeard being the only person who would take you in. 

Your skin was riddled with markings from your older brother, your back being your biggest insecurity. He thought of it as a way to 'train' you, to teach you to get used to pain, but all you learned was resentment and hatred. Scars from his burning hot magma being poured over your flesh, never being shown to any of your crew members. 

Today was just like any other day, the only thing around the ship was a dark blue ocean and a light pink sky above. Most of the men were drinking and having fun, you were helping clean up after all the messy men, trying to stay productive. Ace's eyes hadn't left your fidgeting form, wondering what was bothering you so much lately. 

In reality, you were exhausted from the constant nightmares of your older brother- trying to do anything and everything to get him off your mind. Your hands shook and bags were starting to form under your eyes, it was obvious that something was bothering you but you acted like everything was fine. 

As you were making your rounds the cowboy grabbed your arm, pulling you down to sit with him and Marco, wrapping his arm around your shoulders. "(Your Name)! Come relax with us!" His cheery smile made you smile back, shaking your head at his behavior while you tried to stand back up. 

"I'd love to but I have to get back to work." Both of the boys pout at you as you get up from their table and leave, going to get them a few more drinks. While carrying two big mugs of alcohol you bumped into one of the crew members, spilling the alcohol over the both of you. Immediately you panicked, apologizing profusely the drunk man raised his hand like he was going to hit you. Immediately flinching away, the group of men stopped talking as they looked down at your shaking form. The man's arm was only raised because he was scratching his head.

"You okay, kid?" The man with the bandaid on his nose patted your head with a laugh, telling you not to worry about it too much. Quickly heading to your room since you needed to change, you tried your best to hold back a few tears.

 Once you made your way into your room you quickly threw your shirt and pants off, rummaging through your closet trying to find a new one. Today was almost over and you just wanted to sleep, overwhelmed by your bad thoughts and memories.

Your door creaked open, a gasp shook you out of your concentration as you turned around to see a shocked Ace. "(Your Name)! What happened?" The Cowboy had appeared next to you, his eyes never leaving your wounded back. 

"Ace! I'm changing!" More embarrassed by the fact that you were only in your bra and underwear, but the division commander didn't care about that at the moment. His fingers traced the burn marks on your back, not understanding who could have done such a thing to you. 

"Who did this?!" You pulled on a pair of shorts, trying your best to get changed as the cowboy stares at your healed wounds. Sighing you shake your head and turn to face the cowboy, a deep blush rose to his cheeks as your exposed cleavage faced him- looking away from you. 

"They're old, Ace. It doesn't matter." Quickly turning back around you slipped on a shirt, happily covering your scarred back. Crossing his arms he stared at your figure, sadness in his eyes as he blocked your way out. 

"It does to me, tell me who did it." A small smile graced your lips as you placed your hands on his shoulders, trying to assure him that you were okay. 

"I'm fine, I-" Shaking his head, Ace grabbed your hands and squeezed them as his eyes met yours. 

"You're not! You look like crap and I saw how you flinched back there. Who did this?" Ace's eyes and demeanor were serious, tears started to form in your eyes as your hands started to shake. Looking down at your feet the tears started to fall, scared that even mentioning his name would bring bad luck. 

"It was my brother, Akainu." The words came out of your mouth in a loud sob, letting go of Ace's hands as you cover your face with them. Ace wraps his arms around you, pulling you into his chest as he pets your hair. 

"I won't let him hurt you anymore, you're safe." Your arms squeezed around his waist, the bad memories that you have been trying so hard to ignore resurfacing. Pulling your face out of his chest you look up at Ace's face, both of your eyes overflowing with emotions. Ace's hand cups your cheek, running his thumb underneath your eye trying to wipe away your tears. 

"Ace, I-" Your lips trembled as you looked away from the attractive cowboy, his hand grabbed your chin forcing you to look at him. 

"I promise. Nothing will happen to you." Your eyes filled with tears as your wrapped your arms around his neck and buried your face into his chest. Planting a kiss on the top of your head, you lift your head back up to look at him.

A dark blush dusted his cheeks as he looked away from you, a smile on your lips as you went to return the favor. Stepping on your toes to kiss his cheek, Ace turns his head and catches your lips with his- a dark blush making its way onto your face. 

Pulling away the both of you laughed at each other's blushes, never breaking eye contact with one another. Punching his chest lightly you huffed, the sad and tense atmosphere melting away- turning into a loving one. 

Looking out the small window in your room, the sun was now set and the deck was quiet for once. "Will you stay?" Your eyes trail over to your bed, looking back at the shirtless man. 

"A little forward don't you-" Smacking his chest once more you blush while looking away.

"That's not what I meant!" Ace laughs and ruffles your hair, putting his hat on your head as he jumps onto your bed. Putting his hat aside and changing into pajamas you look over at him shyly.

"Of course! Now come here!" A cheeky grin was displayed proudly on his face as you crawled in beside him. The two of you chatted until you both got tired, falling asleep tangled in each other's arms.