25+ | M'suri ~´☘︎`~

ace, for one, can immediately tell that his little brother has a crush on you.

he was delighted to see his oaf of a younger brother (affectionately speaking, of course) managed to land a crew of respectable looking people. said crew managed to keep luffy on his toes and mostly well behaved, but ace saw that respect amongst the crew was mutual, there was a love there that only an idiot like luffy would be to find. he always had this god-like luck.

in fact, ace thinks luffy is especially lucky to have found someone like you. during his many years as a pirate, he's made it a habit of trying to analyse others and when his gaze fell on you and his brother he knew there was something...different there.

from what he could tell. you were incredibly patient. patient enough to allow his brother to cling to you like a baby monkey. luffy hadn't even hugged him after they'd reunited, yet you'd think it had been ages since he last saw you, the way he clung to you like you'd disappear.

"yn's super cool, huh, ace ?" luffy cheered, chin propped onto your shoulder and arm wrapped around it as well. you patted his arms, clearly embarrassed and trying to shrug his praise off.

luffy looked at you in confusion at your sudden silence. his face clearly way too close to you but still analysing your face like there was something to miss.

"luffy..."

"what ? you are ! they're duper smart i'm tellin' ya ! knew i wanted ya in my crew the moment i saw ya !" he laughed, roughly slapping your shoulder.

by that point, ace knew something was up.

"the captain speaks too highly of me," you chuckled "i'm really not that great..!"

"but you are."

"luffy ! shut up !" you hissed.

"s'true ! you won't stop me from saying it ! ace thinks you're cool, too. right, ace ?!" luffy turned to his brother for support, but ace was sure that even his opinion wouldn't deter him. stubborn as a mule, that one.

he was sure he'd almost phased out of luffy's mind by now, his mission now solely to convince you of how cool you were while you tried to stay humble.

at some point ace even became referee in the matter of if you were as amazing as luffy said you were or not, luffy being uncharacteristically serious about it. so much so that you ended up having to grab his cheeks to shut him up. in the end, ace ended up having to mediate what ended up being a fight for your honour...between luffy and you. the person in question.

his brother was always a clingy boy, he'd climb on ace's shoulders, which usually led to wrestling. but he was more affectionate with his crew and especially to you.

he'd do everything and anything to get your attention, pulling silly stunts during dinner time that unsurprisingly ended with him getting a whack on the head from the cook for playing with his food. but he seemed unfazed when you laughed at his antics, smiling bright and wide like the spot on his head wasn't already starting to swell.

(he won't even mention the way he almost choked on his food when he saw luffy share a piece of his meal with you..)

luffy was always around to show you something cool, to tell you about something he saw or something his crewmate, ussop, told him. ussop would exclaim that luffy was a joke thief, but again, nothing mattered to his baby brother so long as you smiled at him, it seemed.

ace saw how luffy's eyes searched for you and your reactions first and foremost. he could tell he loved his crew dearly, the boy had his heart on his sleeve and couldn't lie to save his life, but ace could tell. he could always tell when it was about luffy, you were different.

and ace, for all his worries, is reassured he's found himself a group that will follow him with faith. and someone like you, who managed to captivate his brother so, and allow ace to see something interesting before he had to leave his brother again. though luckily, not on his own. at least as long as you were around.

before his departure, ace pressed a hand to your shoulder, leaning in close to whisper softly in your ear. "i leave my little brother to you. you take care of him, yeah ?"

he leaned back and chuckled at your flabbergasted expression. luffy was quick to lean in, pressing his hand to your opposite shoulder to demand to know what ace told you. "oi, ace !! what'd you do to yn ?!"

ace smirked, sticking his tongue out "not tellin' !" he jeered.

it's childish, something he'd do when both him and luffy were still kids. but which older brother doesn't enjoy messing with their younger sibling once in a while. and by the pout on luffy's face, he still had it.

"you take care of each other, kay ?" ace teased. luffy blinked, face melting into a blank expression before he raised a brow.

"huh ? course i do !" he grinned, looking at you again "right, yn ? i take good care of you, right !"

ace could only sigh affectionately while your groans and the captain's cheers faded from his ears as he made his way.

he could immediately tell that luffy had a crush on you. regrettably, even before the boy himself had. ace prays you'll remain patient and allow him to connect the dots on his own time.

but he thinks it probably won't take his dense little brother long to figure it out...hopefully.

Operation: steal her from her ex !

𝓬haracters - Luffy, Nami, Boa, Doflamingo, Ace, Sabo, Kid.

༯ humor / head-cannons / modern au / established friends / sfw / fem reader / no use of yn / kisses / probably a little toxic who knows

A/N: idk where I was going with this but it was oddly fun?? I have like 4 drafts that are fully planned out and just need to be properly written.

LUFFY was actually purely unintentional despite how it looked. When you first told him you broke up, he barely reacted. Just tilted his head and went, ‘Oh. Okay.’ Then asked if there was any food in your bag.

At the time, he didn’t think much of it beyond the basic idea. Relationships ended sometimes. That was all.

But immediately things started to change. Your ex is around you less, a lot less. And suddenly all that empty space in your schedule ended up filled with him instead. Meals together, work breaks together, wandering around together because somehow the two of you kept ending up side by side naturally.

Luffy didn’t notice how attached he’d gotten to your presence until it became part of his routine, neither did you.

Then one day he sees you laughing at something with your ex again.

Something ugly twists in his chest so hard it actually confuses him. Luffy gets jealous in a way that was surprisingly in between clinging on to your side and intensely territorial without realizing it.

Your ex touches your shoulder? Luffy is suddenly between you two, asking questions that could’ve waited. Someone flirts with you? He’s staring at them with a gaze that makes it awkward for everyone.

As arrogant as it sounded, he never actually felt threatened by your ex. Somewhere deep down, Luffy already assumed you’d choose him. He just didn’t know why he wanted that so badly yet, so he still competed.

And when people ask why he’s acting weird, he’s played it off with an innocent look.

NAMI is the type to leave lingering touches rather than playing out of jealousy or yearning. She knew exactly what she was doing.

She noticed how flustered you got whenever she touched you, so naturally she started touching you constantly. Fingers brushing your thigh during conversations. Resting her chin on your shoulder while reading over your phone. Holding your waist in crowded spaces when there was clearly enough room already.

Your ex hated her immediately.

Which only encouraged her further. To Nami, their irritation just proved she was succeeding. Besides, as far as she was concerned, they had no right to complain anymore.

One night they confronted her about it, frustrated and suspicious, only for Nami to blink innocently before smiling.

“What?” She asked sweetly. “I’m just there for them.”

Meanwhile her nails were tracing circles against your lower back right in front of them while she smiled.

Cruel. Absolutely cruel in the best way possible.

BOA treated your breakup like a blessing sent directly from heaven for her. A minor inconvenience out of the way.

The second she found out you were single, she became unbearable. But the worst part was how impossible it was to dislike it.

Gifts appear in your space that are far too expensive to refuse, or rather too accurate. Your wardrobe starts changing overnight. Jewelry, perfumes, fabrics you never thought you’d own, suddenly they’re just.. yours.

And she watches your reaction every time, something about the way your expression softened at the gesture settled pleasantly in her chest.

She wants to get used to that.

But it wasn’t the main goal, she simply wanted herself woven into every part of your life.

The scent of her perfume lingering on your clothes. Earrings catching the light whenever you moved. Silks and fabrics against your skin that reminded you of her every time you touched them.

She replaced your memories of your ex so thoroughly you barely noticed it happening.

But even mentioning your ex’s name offended her. Every story you told about them had her staring at you in genuine disbelief, like she couldn’t comprehend how anyone could fail to worship you properly.

And maybe that’s what made her so effective. Boa loved loudly, it was very intense for just anyone in the world. She made you feel adored every second you were near her.

Boa gave you devotion, that was a hard difference to ignore.

DOFLAMINGO absolutely, undeniably, intentionally homewrecked your relationship.

There wasn’t anything accidental about it at all. What can he say, he's impatient.

That same devotion Boa had for you was the similar for him, but in his own twisted up ways of wanting you to need him. He saw the cracks early and pushed his fingers directly into them with a grin.

Every insecurity your relationship had, he fed it carefully until your ex started feeling paranoid every time his name came up even before the relationship ended.

And you began to believe the things he said.

Doflamingo enjoyed it, being the problem at least. He liked watching your attention drift toward him more and more each week once it was finally done, how you would run a hand through his hair, touch his skin with the tip of your fingers.

Liked how your ex slowly realized they were losing you to someone they couldn’t compete with, who understood how to treat you right and wrong.

One evening your ex finally snapped and accused him outright, blaming him for the outcome. Doflamingo only laughed in his face, saying something even you thought was pretty rude.

You ignored him for a bit.

Still, later that night, you let him tilt your head back and leave slow kisses from your neck all the way to your cheek. Noting how sweet you tasted.

ACE got protective before he even realized he liked you, that’s what made it tricky to hide. You’d mention your ex upsetting you and suddenly Ace was furious on your behalf like it personally happened to him.

If you knew he was there for you then, imagine now.

He hovered constantly after the breakup. Sitting too close beside you. Walking with an arm around your shoulders. Pulling you against his chest whenever you looked upset because apparently physical affection solved everything to him.

Honestly, it worked embarrassingly well.

Ace felt nice in a way that was hard to explain, because he’s literally warm. Warm skin, warm laughter, warm words. At some point, you stopped resisting it entirely. You started leaning into him first. Letting him pull you close whenever you looked exhausted.

All the comfort you never really got in your past relationship.

Your ex noticed too.

Especially the night Ace answered your phone for you while half asleep beside you. ‘they’re busy right now.’ He muttered lazily, then hung up immediately. He knew who it was, and that’s what made it even better.

He leaned into the top of your head again, ignoring the way you scolded him for being immature while he chuckled in your ear.

SABO was extremely patient, mainly because it was both intentional and he was confident.

Every action always meant something one way or another.

A chair pulled out beside him before you even thought about where to sit. A cup of tea already made the exact way you liked it. Him remembering tiny details from conversations you forgot even mattered.

You’d mention once that you hated walking home alone at night, and suddenly Sabo was always coincidentally headed the same direction.

His gentleness came in soft, consistent touches until relying on him became second nature. And the more he replaced those missing pieces, the more you realized you were leaning on him emotionally.

Sabo noticed, pretty fast actually.

The first time you instinctively searched for him in a crowded room. The first time your bad day ended with you at his side instead of texting your ex. The first time you laughed at something and immediately looked toward him for a reaction without thinking.

He creates situations where giving it to him feels natural. Not in a malicious way exactly, but certainly in a possessive one.

You already adjusted to how comfortable it was being around Sabo, rejecting every advancement your ex made to talk to you with him in mind. And he took you in whole heartedly.

KID is terrible at subtlety. Like genuinely awful at it. If your ex texted you, he’s already leaning over your shoulder trying to read it with a scowl so deep it looks painful.

“Ya’ better ignore him.” He raised an eyebrow, and you extremely, reluctantly agreed.

Yea, sadly he had a point mentioned how stupid you looked.

The worst part is he acts like he’s the reasonable one. Meanwhile he’s showing up places uninvited, yours specifically. It could be late at night, middle of the day, morning, and he’d knock at your window once a little too loud, then followed by weaker ones.

He literally has your key.

In other cases, he’s throwing an arm around your shoulders in public, a thumb rubbing at your shoulder. If anyone points it out Kid is grumbling in anger, like the audacity for anyone to even assume that was the case was baffling.

You weren’t close to him before the relationship, it happened afterwards. If anything you found him annoying at first. That was mainly because you were bitter he wasn’t letting you get your way.

Instead of letting you sleep in with sadness, he’s the one pushing you to go out. Parties, movies, stores, and overtime you realized how much it helped.

When it’s just the two of you, he softens in the weirdest ways. Fixing your jewelry with rough fingers. Quietly memorizing the things you like just so he can pretend it was accidental later.

ace who visits islander!reader whenever he can, surprising her with gifts he stole found from the various places he’s visited. jewelry, hair accessories, flowers that he tried his best to keep alive, small kimmidolls etc, all things that he’d think you’d like.

the only issue is that whenever he brings you these stolen gifts it ends up in rejection and a soft spoken lecture on how you won’t accept his stolen gifts because of karma! his cabin on pop’s ship is full of trinkets that were all softly denied by you.

he’s is constantly questioned by his brothers on all these random items in his room but were only met with a deep sigh. ace was a pirate, why should he buy gifts and treasures with his hard taken earned berries when he’s a globally feared devil fruit user? he just doesn’t get you.

you were in your hut, bangles jingling as you moved around the candle lit room, gathering medicine for a child who waited behind you. the girls mother was sick and was sent to go get medicine from you, you with a devil fruit that could make any plant you knew of. you who provided for the islands village whether it was prayers or medicine. you who didn’t charge for anything because you thought you had everything you needed in life already.

you put the medicine into a small jar, closing the top tightly before kneeling in front of the child and handed it to her.

"two spoonfuls a day, one in the morning once at night. take good care of your mother, okay?"

"yes, miss [᪥]. thank you!"

when the child left, you sighed as you stared at the familiar hatted shadow outside of your hut.

"ace."

there were a few seconds of silence before he stepped in. shirtless per usual. he took off his bright orange hat with a small sack that made the same jingling noises as your wrists.

"hey, [᪥]."

he looked almost bashful, sun-kissed skin glowing from the candles as he relaxed in the arms you wrapped around him and pressed your lips to his cheek. he stiffened a little when your hands felt up his arms, gentle squeezes on his biceps to feel the man you haven’t seen in cycles.

"your gained a little. in a good way."

ace was still stiff under your touch, suddenly pushing the pouch into your hands.

"got these for you. didn’t steal ‘em this time either. promise."

your eyes widened a little, opening the pouch to reveal jade bangles that would go perfect with the gold ones you wore on your wrist already. you examined the very much real jade in your hands, sliding them gently past your fingers and thumb and gave them a little shake. they were beautiful.

"where’d you get these? they’re beautiful."

"got them from some trader in alabasta a while back for you. been sitting in my cabin for a while."

his words came out in mumbles, eyes fixed on a lit incense on your table. nervous hands planted on your waist as you took off one of your necklaces to put it on his neck. the gold layered with his red beads that lingered above his chest.

he was about to protest before your lips pressed into his, fingers trailing to cradle his face. gods did Ace miss you.

I gave the eepy bb a pillow

And now I gotta restart my computer because it's lagging like a mfer