𝓛 𝑒 𝑔 𝒶 𝒸 𝓎 (ᵃᵖ)

                                   FATHER’S SON!

                                   FATHER’S SON!

“And if they so much as lay a finger on you I’ll crush them myself.”

♠❙— “I love you, mom..” He hugged her legs, honestly feeling better about himself and his life just hearing his mother become so protective. “You’re the best in the world.. ‘nd dad... ‘nd Grandpa.. ‘nd Uncle Marco.. ‘nd everybody else, too.” He honestly loved his family.. and he wasn’t sure how to respond to all the hatred of his bloodline. He didn’t understand at all.

{ ✘ } – She grew angry– not at Spade, but at what he told her about the people. She placed her hand on his cheek so he would look at her, “Spade, do you think those people know dad?” It was true that not only Ace, but she too had a lot of things said about them in newspapers. Almost every pirate did. “And even if they were true, what they say about Ace has nothing to do with you. Your life is your own, and just cause some idiots decide to talk crap about Ace, doesn’t mean that they’re talking about you. They don’t know anything.”

♠❙— He listened carefully, but then his eyes met hers. She was mad. “But.. they said if he had a kid.. then he’d be bad.. and that the marines would find ‘em..” He started telling his mother what all those men had said.. especially about how he would be a demon child. He felt tears well up, but he was a big kid. Big boys weren’t supposed to cry.

{ ✘ } – Her eyes widened before falling into a sad expression. “Spade… why would you ask such a thing?” She placed her hands on his, gently pulling them off of her dress so she could crouch down to his eye-level. “What makes you think that it isn’t?”

♠❙— “A bunch of people were talkin... and.. they were talkin’ bad about dad..” He said, refusing to look up. “..they called him a bunch of names..”

{ ✘ } – “You fell?” That wasn’t necessarily surprising, but he didn’t tend to get this upset about it. “Does it still hurt?”

♠❙— “...mama?” He clung to her dress tighter, refusing to look up. “..was it a good thing I was born?”

“I’m a mink so I’m a little different than Chopper.” She happily explained, “my names Carrot by the way.”

♠❙— “I’m Spade! And I’m gonna be a pirate!”

{ ✘ } – She smiled down at her son, a warm look in her eyes, “Is something wrong spade?” Her fingers moved to pet the top of his head, trying to soothe the child.

♠❙— “I tripped again..” He huffed. But that wasn’t the real reason why he was upset.

“You think I look like the great doctor Chopper!?”

♠❙— “Yeah! ‘cept, you’re a big bunny!” He smiled, tilting his head as he looked her over. He never saw someone like her before.

♠❙— “I don’t wanna see mom cry anymore. I made a promise t’ dad that I’d keep her happy and safe. So, if me bein’ safe means she smiles all th’ time, then I’ll do it.”

“A navigator? So she was a sailor then? I bet she has a lot of stories to tell.”

♠❙— “She doesn’t tell me much, but she always tells me about these really pretty islands she once visited.” He commented. “I wanna go to all of ‘em!” Spade played with his shirt, smiling even bigger than before. “Once, she said that she had to stop sailing to take care of me but she doesn’t feel bad about it at all.”

♠❙— “Sometimes I hate it… but, I can’t help it.. I know why she’s doin’ it..” He sighed, sitting down comfortably.