[ quentin nearly sounds furious with the very implication that koby survived simply because he was a coward, that he wasn’t brave. he doesn’t let koby sink into the familiarity of his shoulder, and instead draws back enough to look him in the face, to let his palms slide and cradle it there, not allowing him to run from this. ]
And if you speak of such things again then I will throw you overboard myself the first time we set foot on the same vessel.
[ he shakes his head and fiercely kisses his forehead, letting his lips linger against the skin. ]
You played that woman - you bent to her whims and didn’t lose your spirit. You could have easily sacrificed yourself and succumbed to her anger and here you are. You’re here in this wretched cage with the rest of us and stronger for it.
[ his hands slide up and into koby’s hair, threading it away from his face before returning, thumbing gently at the tears there. he hates seeing him upset like this, feels a fire in his belly for his alvida woman - one strong enough that he knows for certain he will see her dead by his own hands should she arrive. the pirate woman and her crew.
he lets out a sigh, keeping koby’s eyes on his own. ]
Tell me what happened when Luffy saved you. Tell me how you adventured and helped a kind pirate, how you became a marine, how you overcame everything she said you weren’t worth. I want to hear you say it.
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[ quentin nearly sounds furious with the very implication that koby survived simply because he was a coward, that he wasn’t brave. he doesn’t let koby sink into the familiarity of his shoulder, and instead draws back enough to look him in the face, to let his palms slide and cradle it there, not allowing him to run from this. ]
And if you speak of such things again then I will throw you overboard myself the first time we set foot on the same vessel.
[ he shakes his head and fiercely kisses his forehead, letting his lips linger against the skin. ]
You played that woman - you bent to her whims and didn’t lose your spirit. You could have easily sacrificed yourself and succumbed to her anger and here you are. You’re here in this wretched cage with the rest of us and stronger for it.
[ his hands slide up and into koby’s hair, threading it away from his face before returning, thumbing gently at the tears there. he hates seeing him upset like this, feels a fire in his belly for his alvida woman - one strong enough that he knows for certain he will see her dead by his own hands should she arrive. the pirate woman and her crew.
he lets out a sigh, keeping koby’s eyes on his own. ]
Tell me what happened when Luffy saved you. Tell me how you adventured and helped a kind pirate, how you became a marine, how you overcame everything she said you weren’t worth. I want to hear you say it.