Alternate Universe - No Powers, Alternate Universe - Reincarnation, Recovered Memories, Childhood Friends, their promised happy ending

She waves at him, a wide grin straining her cheeks, and he waves back with uncertainty. Her gut twists as his face morphs into uncertainty, his boots shuffling on the wood when the initial surprise fades. Isuka wants to see him happy, proper, without a care in the world. She wants to hear his laugh, be the reason there's a smile on his face. She wants and wants. The difference now, she thinks, is that I can have this. -- Sequel to "Fervour"

Gen or Pre-Slash, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Isuka takes Ace's hand, What-If, Fire, Isuka's Backstory

"…Come with me!" Ace yells, breaking the silence between them, "Join us, join me. On the sea!"

Isuka goes to answer but finds that only a whimper escapes. She wants to, she so desperately wants to stand with this man, wind at their back, hands lingering but never touching.

But she can't, and it pains her.

It pains him.

"Please…" his lips quiver with that whispered plea, his hand held out. The same unspoken offer put before her again, a chance to have the life they dream of.

Romance, Angst, Feelings, Melancholy, Late at Night, Late Night Conversations

She stopped just outside the light of the fire. “Firefist?” she whispered. In an instant, he whipped around, eyes flaming pits, ready for a fight. She froze, swallowing under his hard stare before he recognized her.

“Oh, Isuka. Long time no see,” he said. There was no silly, aggravating grin to accompany his words. Isuka bit her lip. Something was wrong, she could feel it.

Ace and Isuka meet one last time.

For #OPEsukaWeek2022: Kiss and Fashion, here's a page @clarixeon did for @acexisuka zine's 春夏秋冬 of Love! ☔🌈

Ace gave Isuka his coat :3

Ace and Isuka's cards from the official One Piece Card game ❤️🖤

For #OPEsukaWeek2022: Sports, here's a piece from @acexisuka zine's 春夏秋冬 of Love @akabflare and @clarixeon collaborated in 🤍💙

Wano Arc (One Piece), Spoilers for Wano, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Mentions of other characters, reassurance, Established Relationship, mentions of Marineford, slight angst

They had been in Wano less than a day and already Ace could see the massive difference in liveliness and hope in the citizens’ body language. It soothed the five-year ache his heart held for this once-closed country.

Pre-Relationship, Friends to Lovers, Insecurity, Internal Conflict

Even now she had not intended to stay this long but here she was hiking up a mountain to meet one of the Yonko.

Domestic Bliss, ZeFrank, Mating Rituals, birds and the bees, puffins and muffins, Ace serenades Isuka, and does a mating dance, Dorks in Love, technically a songfic, Crack treated sincerely, They're In Love Your Honor, Suggestive, cut away s*x, Strip Tease

Ace seduces Isuka to the Puffin Mating song. She's ashamed to say she's super into it. Lyrics from ZeFrank For Esuka Week Prompt: Music.

Fae & Fairies, Alternate Universe - Fae, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Fire fighter fae Isuka, Mera Mera no Mi | Flame-Flame Fruit, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Mutual Pining, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Minor Akagami no Shanks | Red-Haired Shanks/Makino

Ace wasn't expecting that his lonesome travel through a forest to meet up with his crew would end up with a lap-full of endearing fairy and a life-changing night. -- “Human fire user,” she nodded at him, voice steady and eager in her duty. “You’re under arrest.” “…Come again?” Ace blinked.