Azur Lane's Beast (Azur Lane/OP x Male Reader)

PROLOGUE: Call Me Commander!

Third Person POV, New York - 12:26 A.M

The night terrors returned. Unexplained horrors and screams in the mental space of the young man in his bed. His body shook and turned, unconsciously grabbing at his scar and slightly tearing up.

Heavy rain. A violent storm. A pair of eyes. The sea. This sea is a battlefield. The gweak cannot and shall not survive in this unforgiving sea. Yet, he couldn't shake the feeling...of fear. A hanging feeling of failure washed over the man, as he continued to writhe in bed. A faceless woman covered his visage, as she reached forward and tried to reach Rocks' face, yet it never came. She spoke words, but they were undecipherable, her hands finally pushing through the near infinite distance but nothing again came his way, for he finally awakened.

Y/N POV

I shot up, panting and sweating. My hand clenched over my scar and feeling tears fall from my face. What IS this? WHY is this? I've never felt so much...pain. Fear, even. I can't...I don't understand what this is. Every time I have the nightmare, I feel like I failed so many. Wiping the tears from my eyes and getting out of the bed, I walk past the Homies that are also sleeping. Curtains, my plant, the closet...a lot of things I've turned into Homies. I'm surprised nobody in the apartment has made a complaint, I'm normally extremely loud when that happens.

Me - "I need a drink. Before my tears start welling back up, I just need something to ease my anxiety..."

Waltzing from my room and through the dark corridors, not bothering to turn on any lights due to how well my eyes work, I slowly maneuver into the kitchen and swung open the refrigerator. Inside, I find an untouched bottle of gin behind food I already stocked from a few days ago. I slowly bring the alcohol out, popping open the bottle. Taking a slight breath, I start chugging it down till there isn't anything left. My throat has a burning sensation to it, but I feel better.

Placing the empty bottle onto the counter, I go to the living room and plopped down onto the comfort of my couch. I can't go back to bed after that, its impossible. The rain hitting the windowsill and the thunder crashing every now and then...it's traumatic to me. And after so long, I just can't understand why. As I placed my face in my hands, I heard a slight shift within the confines of my abode.

A small creak, careful. It was a footstep...and I could hear more. The apartment was fairly big, so multiple people could reside within it but...I live alone. I peer into the area's entire vicinity with Observation Haki, immediately finding the presences they belong to. 3 people, slight breaths...no malicious intent. But, these people should know better than to break into a mans home and expect to get out of this unscathed.

I position myself from the couch and into a crouching position, finding all of their positions. One is scared, one is verging onto fear, the other is resolute...but still has a wavering heart. The petrified one is hiding in the bathroom, the calm one is near the front door...the last one is positioned behind the counter. I don't even have pants on, just boxers and a white tee...

Me - "And I'm far from in the mood."

In the next instant, I rush towards the kitchen at blistering speeds, my shlong threatening to slip out, not enough to break the flooring but enough to be seen as a blur, grabbing onto the intruders head. I kept my eyes closed so the person couldn't see them, last thing I need is this one to drop on the floor without me actually doing anything.

??? - "H-huh-"
Me - "Shh. I don't plan on hurting you, yet."

The voice was certainly a woman's. Her strength wasn't anything impressive. She's stronger than a normal person, but that's it. Nowhere close to me. I hold her head tightly, keeping a finger close to my lips, sensing out the rest of the area to give clarity...before I immediately slam her head against the wall in a brutal fashion. She's unconscious, not dead...but her head is certainly rattling from it. One.