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 ⋆

BOOK ONE ... "Hey, I caught you!" "Um... Yeah. You did, you caught me. Thanks." ... Fem!Reader x Luffy Soulmate AU! This story is NOT a modern!AU