(Wilderbeast! Victorian! Reader X Law) Shanks' Gentle Beast

Everything Begins To Fall Into Place

(Y/N) rushed down the moonlit docks and almost crashed under the relief of seeing the red boat still intact with a familiar man on the main deck, increasing her speed at the sight of him, (Y/N) ran to the very edge of the dock and catapulted herself into the air causing the perfect momentum for her to land on..

"GAH!!" Shanks loudly cried as his daughter literally fell on top of him, and he almost felt like scolding her if he wasn't so relieved to see her unharmed and alone, "AWWW!! MY BABY IS SAFE THANK GOODNESS!!" Smothering her in a tightly kept hug, Shanks rewarded himself with a few kisses on her cheeks making her giggle at his silliness, but- she couldn't help but feel empty in a way, no matter how much her father goofed around with the kisses and sloppy smooches to her forehead, she couldn't bring herself to squeal in mirth like she used to.

She was aching on the inside, but she continued to ignore it as the redheaded male beamed down at her with a toothy smile, "and don't worry about today's guests sweetie! They'll think twice about bugging us again! I made sure of it!" Though under his cheerfulness he was worried, Mihawk was a very perceptive person and easily deducted he had brought an offspring to shore, damn bastard sure was nosey, and even though it was shocking, from Shanks' violent reaction he knew better than to pry about them, which is why the two left without a fight.

But Shanks didn't know if everyone was going to be as uninterested as them, what if someone came along and they swept her away from him, and for good?

The thought worried him, he wanted to protect her and watch over her until he found someone trustworthy enough to care for her with the adoration she deserved, and the idolization he knew she'd appreciate and need to bring her up onto a fine pedestal.

With a deep sigh he smiled content until he finally peered down at her in the eyes and jolted into a freeze, his heart stopped right in his chest and he could feel every protective hair on his body stand up on end at the horrifying sight.

Her moonlit eyes were glowing in a way they hadn't before, almost more alive and dilated in a way, her (E/C) orbs were muddled with conflicting emotions and all sorts of distress, but all of it was almost completely overshadowed by the one tracked desire burning through him like hot coal, and the feint foreign scent of a male on her lips only confirmed his deduction.

She fell in love today.

This sent the older male into a state of absolutely anarchy, he didn't even know what this guy was like, or even if he was any good for her, this was bad, very bad indeed.

With a false smile, the royal only laughed as if the world wasn't falling apart from under his feet and led her to bed without hesitation, and once she fell into a comfortable slumber, Shanks fled into the night, trailing the weak scent her daughter came back with.

He was going to hunt him down and find this mysterious guy, and if he didn't think this man was any good, Shanks was going to directly slit his throat right where he saw him, for the protection of his little girl.

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Law smiled with dilated eyes as he watched over Luffy and Bonney as they slept in their shared bed, he made it a tiny habit to check up on all of them twice every night just to make sure, he never knew when someone might follow them back here and try to harm them.

They were quite infamous thieves after all.

Feeling satisfied knowing they were safe and sound, Law silently slipped through the door and crept into Kidd's room next, feeling slightly eager as his front fangs poked out from under his tight lips.

As the door slowly opened up, the master thief clasped his hands together just in time to catch a knife hurled his way, with a tiny smirk he looked over the long missing kitchen knife and the device built to throw it, the redhead may have not been very good at using his vocabulary, but his mechanical knowledge was unsurpassed, and in Law's eyes- very impressive.

Tiptoeing through the room, the raccoon eyed male made sure not to trigger anymore traps made by the other, the older brother knew Kidd never did like knowing he watched over him like a creepy stalker, but what he didn't know was that Kidd didn't like him watching him because he needed sleep himself.

Finally, Law got to the foot of the bed and smiled down at the oversized man child, the king sized bed just managed to fit him and Law always prayed that the ruffian would never have a sudden growth spurt and become too small, stealing a bed was too much of a stressful hassle since they were always in constantly public places, though maybe Kidd could build one for himself if the time ever came.

Shaking out of his thoughts, Law bent down and gently ruffled the redhead's already wild hair and kissed the middle of his forehead before slinking out, now it was time for a four hour sleep before waking up and checking them again.

But just as Law eased in his own bed, he failed to hear the cautious footsteps on the roof, and never noticed the pair of slitted red eyes that watched him from the window.

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Shanks blinked down at the raccoon eyed teenager snuggly kept in his small bed, Shanks knew immediately that this was the home of those new fangled master theives but..this couldn't be it, this boy's room was so plain!

His bed was old and could fit at least three people but at the same time seemed tiny enough to only fit him, his bedside drawer looked like it was handmade and suggested it was probably not a good idea to peek inside, the only thing that provided as evidence that the people in this house truly were thieves were the hundreds of escape routes to buildings all around town in blueprints, scattered all over the walls.

Feeling slightly intrigued by this mystery, he slipped through the window, crawled across the ceiling before landing down silently, carefully easing open a chest he found hidden below the drawer and blinked in even more suprise.

It was junk to the naked eye, but Shanks knew much better, they were treasures to the boy, the royal fondly picked up a strange seashell and remembered his own collection that (Y/N) would bring to him when she was younger on the island.

Suddenly he noticed something even more intriguing, the raccoon boy hasn't been asleep for very long, a strong trail of his scent went throughout the house suggesting that he was walking around not that long ago, and now no longer finding anything to investigate in the room, he followed the scent trail.

'This guy probably doesn't sleep much' no wonder he had those dark bags under his eyes, finally the redhead darted out his forked tongue and licked his chapped lips before taking a glance through the door and blinked in suprise.

It was a sleeping infant with long blond locks that almost covered his entire face dressed in a baggy polkadot onesie, and the scent trail told him that the male was here for quite a while, hmm- Shanks moved onto the next room and found more kids as well as in the next, and the next, and the next.

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This was completely unexpected, he never saw this coming or even considered the possibility, but not only was the boy clean, he found he was absolutely perfect for the position of taking care of his daughter.

Dang, his baby girl had a good eye for men.

From what he has learned tonight, the boy named Trafalgar Law was a responsible older brother who loved his adopted siblings very deeply and had to take care of the large family by himself, some of the other siblings were troublemakers while the others were mature but unfortunately eccentric in their own way.

All in all, (Y/N) would have a protective and loving family of younger brothers and a sister to take care of her and to look after.

So Shanks decided, he was going to allow them to get together, and he would definitely make sure no idiot would dare interfere with this golden opportunity.