Introduction
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onepiece_300Well, I don't feel very confident about my writing at the moment, but I still felt like trying my hand at the current prompt. Concrit quite welcome.
Title: Introduction
Medium: Fic
Word Count: 299
Characters: Garp, Ace
Prompt: Present
Spoilers: Up to and including chapter 551
Summary: First meeting
The midwife presented him with a tiny package, wrapped in a blanket.
"His name is Ace," she murmured. "She was able to name him, and to feed him just the once, before the end." She looked pale and stricken; she'd been a friend of Rouge. "But he'll soon get hungry again."
"I know," said Garp gruffly. "I've had a sprog like this of my own." He looked down at the sleeping baby, the tiny freckles and a tuft of wavy black hair on his forehead. With luck, Garp would be the only one ever searching for the father's likeness in this face.
"Hello there, Ace," he said. "I'm Garp. I'm going to be your grandpa from now on."
The baby opened its eyes and stared at him with round brown eyes. Garp smiled and reached out a finger as a greeting.
He wondered sometimes if Dragon would ever give him a grandchild: if he did, would he even let Garp meet that child? Maybe Ace was the only second chance there would ever be.
Ace now grabbed his finger and held onto it tightly; Garp felt his face break up into a huge mushy grin. The midwife took the opportunity to carefully shift the baby into Garp's arms, without breaking its hold on his new grandpa.
"You're gonna grow up to be a strong Marine one day, right?" said Garp. "Right!" he decided, beaming.
He'd come here to fulfil an obligation, a promise to a condemned man. But when you had a child right there in your arms, feeling the quick beat of its heart, you couldn't really think that way. Or at least Garp couldn't.
"Well then," he said to little Gol D. Ace, starting to walk the path into town, "let's see about getting you a nursemaid."
Title: Introduction
Medium: Fic
Word Count: 299
Characters: Garp, Ace
Prompt: Present
Spoilers: Up to and including chapter 551
Summary: First meeting
The midwife presented him with a tiny package, wrapped in a blanket.
"His name is Ace," she murmured. "She was able to name him, and to feed him just the once, before the end." She looked pale and stricken; she'd been a friend of Rouge. "But he'll soon get hungry again."
"I know," said Garp gruffly. "I've had a sprog like this of my own." He looked down at the sleeping baby, the tiny freckles and a tuft of wavy black hair on his forehead. With luck, Garp would be the only one ever searching for the father's likeness in this face.
"Hello there, Ace," he said. "I'm Garp. I'm going to be your grandpa from now on."
The baby opened its eyes and stared at him with round brown eyes. Garp smiled and reached out a finger as a greeting.
He wondered sometimes if Dragon would ever give him a grandchild: if he did, would he even let Garp meet that child? Maybe Ace was the only second chance there would ever be.
Ace now grabbed his finger and held onto it tightly; Garp felt his face break up into a huge mushy grin. The midwife took the opportunity to carefully shift the baby into Garp's arms, without breaking its hold on his new grandpa.
"You're gonna grow up to be a strong Marine one day, right?" said Garp. "Right!" he decided, beaming.
He'd come here to fulfil an obligation, a promise to a condemned man. But when you had a child right there in your arms, feeling the quick beat of its heart, you couldn't really think that way. Or at least Garp couldn't.
"Well then," he said to little Gol D. Ace, starting to walk the path into town, "let's see about getting you a nursemaid."
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Date: 2011-12-15 09:01 pm (UTC)...I only realise now I totally forgot to put tags on this, though. Just goes to show it's been way too long since I last posted here.