I've been spending a lot of time on Tumblr recently writing for my newest obsession, so I thought I would share what I've been working on over there, here.
These stories are born from the live-action universe but have some influences from the anime...
Summary: You hear someone calling out for you and you are desperate to find them
Word Count: 520+
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You heard your name above all the noise and staticy buzzing in your ears.
It was faint at first, but definitely your name.
Where was it coming from? Who was calling for you?
The crew around you didn't seem to hear it, too busy cheering and laughing and celebrating to hear it being called.
You didn't want to celebrate. Not one bit. Especially now when someone was calling for you. Calling for you in a way that had your heart restart and beat in an urgency to find it.
Your name grew clearer and clearer the more you wandered through the crowd searching for whoever was calling for you.
You knew that voice. It was one you hadn't heard in years but one you needed close now more than ever.
Your eyes burned and blurred as your name was called again. You wanted to call back, but the tightening of your throat gave you pause.
But when the voice began to float in the opposite direction, you fought through the frog in your throat and called his name. A name you hadn't spoken, hadn't dared to speak, in three long years.
Your name was shouted now, coming back towards you. You stayed planted in your spot, knowing he would find you as you gave one last call of his name.
The crowd seemed to part and there he was. Shaggy, black hair that needed a good scrub, sun-kissed skin covered in a layering of freckles. His dark, near black, brown eyes eased upon finding you, thin lips pulling at their corners.
He called your name in relief at finally finding you.
"Ace." You called back, voice wavering despite your wish to keep your upset nature at bay. His name on your lips was all it took to make the man you had missed so desperately rush forward, scooping you up in his strong arms.
He held you close, enveloping you in his sunny warmth you wished to stay within forever. You buried your face in his shoulder, feeling those tears you had tried to keep back begin to wet his skin.
You breathed his smoky scent in deep. A smell that instantly reminded you of back home. Of campfires he would put on for you, Luffy, and Sabo. Fires you and him would sit by late into the night, cuddled up next to each other. It was a smell you had craved to inhale again and nearly sobbed at its return.
"I told you I'd find you again." He muttered into your neck, placing a soft kiss there. "Didn't I?" You nodded, holding him just that much tighter as you sucked in a shaky breath. "Let's get outta here, yeah?"
"Please." Ace pulled away, holding onto your shoulders as he took in every bit of your face he could. His lips tugged upward once more and you drank in the sight of that smirking smile you loved.
"Damn--I missed you." And before you could even think to tell him just how much you missed him back, he was grabbing your hand and whisking you out of the crowd and into the chill night air.
