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1. We Start Where I End by chromochaotic

   Fandoms: One Piece (Anime & Manga)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Nov 2024

   Tags

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   • Akagami no Shanks | Red-Haired Shanks/Portgas D. Ace
   • Akagami no Shanks | Red-Haired Shanks & Portgas D. Ace
   • Portgas D. Ace
   • Akagami no Shanks | Red-Haired Shanks
   • Background & Cameo Characters
   • Akagami Kaizoku | Red-Hair Pirates
   • Whitebeard Pirates
   • Sabo (One Piece)
   • Portgas D. Ace Lives
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Slow Burn
   • Developing Relationship
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Character Study
   • Alternate Marineford Events
   • Past Relationship(s)
   • Sappy
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Romance
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Fluff
   • Mild Smut

   Summary

   "Guess I worry, Chief. Just, think about it. Whether you can live with that regret.”

   Then Beckman left his captain to ruminate. His last glimpse was one of Shanks at the table, eyes sliding to his sake. Yet, he didn’t drink it; only stared into its surface, eyes going soft at the reflected, dancing flames.

   —

   Shanks enacts a last ditch plan, sparing Ace's life. The thing is: no one seems to know why, least of all himself.

   Now, thrown into a future he'd never envisioned, Ace realizes he's not the only one learning to live again.

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   English

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