[Smoker just blushes HEAD TO TOE. And looks up at the ceiling.]
[Final thing. He can do this. Maybe.]
[His voice is SO QUIET though.]
Roger gave me conviction. You taught me how to live. [Shoves Ace's face with one hand. It's such an easy word. Come on. ONE VOWEL CHANGE BARELY DIFFERENT.] I wouldn't have Adela without you. Or the dogs. Or G-5. Or Faye. Or Augustine. And this you or not...
[Lets go of Ace's face and looks at him. Dying to figure out the right words.]
[Need. Want. Adore.]
[FUCK HE IS SO RED.]
[Don't look at him!]
I wouldn't be me if not for you. [Is that love? It's not... NOT love right? Even if it feels more ridiculous and expansive like he said before. Ace set Smoker's entire life on fire and wrote his name in the ashes.]
done
[Guidance. Strength. Whitebeard. Roger. Daddy. Adela. Portgas. Love.]
[Fuck.]
[Smoker just blushes HEAD TO TOE. And looks up at the ceiling.]
[Final thing. He can do this. Maybe.]
[His voice is SO QUIET though.]
Roger gave me conviction. You taught me how to live. [Shoves Ace's face with one hand. It's such an easy word. Come on. ONE VOWEL CHANGE BARELY DIFFERENT.] I wouldn't have Adela without you. Or the dogs. Or G-5. Or Faye. Or Augustine. And this you or not...
[Lets go of Ace's face and looks at him. Dying to figure out the right words.]
[Need. Want. Adore.]
[FUCK HE IS SO RED.]
[Don't look at him!]
I wouldn't be me if not for you. [Is that love? It's not... NOT love right? Even if it feels more ridiculous and expansive like he said before. Ace set Smoker's entire life on fire and wrote his name in the ashes.]