after two years apart, the crew returns to the thousand sunny one by one-until she's the last to arrive. and when she does, something shifts. luffy moves without thinking, arms around her before words can catch up, like his body remembered what his heart hadn't said. just a moment-a quiet, sudden closeness-marking the start of something new between them, a love story unfolding slowly beneath the sails. ▸ canon-divergent au ⋆

{Modern AU} First time doing a x reader story. You have been uprooted from your home in Sabaody by your Uncle. Due to complications at your school and your sick Mother in hospital, you have reluctantly had to move in with your Uncle and starting into a new school in your junior year was never on your plans. Especially as your a little awkward when it comes to making friends and you tend attract trouble, but what's this? One of your new neighbours is stepping in as your self proclaimed protector, much to your initial annoyance. Characters and Art do not belong to me, only the story basis!

Book 1: Comfort Book 2: Closure "When your lying in bed with Death, do you have the luxury of fantasizing about Life?" "....Y/n?" "Yeah?" "Please don't leave." "I'll try not to."

"I don't have the luxury of getting to have a dream." • • • • "If you want that luxury then...join my crew!" (xreader with Y/n as your beloved author tries to keep things as canon as possible and as interesting as possible)