Numbers Game ~ Part 3
Part 1 ~ Part 2
Pairings: Cross Guild x Fem!Reader (We're getting there! Still building up)
Word Count: 3065
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Summary: Today is your first day of work for your new bosses, and they make sure you know how valued you are. The Cross Guild is officially announced, and you enjoy a glass of wine after work.
Rating/Warnings: Explicit Sexual Content, 18+ ONLY, MDNI, AFAB!Reader, She/Her Pronouns for Reader, Reader-Insert, Alcohol, Swearing, Angst, Smut, Established Relationship, Eventual Smut, Manipulation, Humiliation, Pet names, Power Imbalance, Cross Guild boys are VILLAINS, Guilt, Possessive Behavior, Teasing, Threats, Dom/sub Undertones, No Smut, just intense teasing and Mihawk bossing reader around, she likes it too much, Dom Dracule Mihawk, Is it a foot thing if he touches your foot with his hook and calls it pretty? 🤷🏼♀️, Reader wears a skirt and heels
A/N: It's a very stressful work day, y'all. Reader needs to relax 🤭🍷
“Don’t tell me you’re slacking on your first day.”
“No, sir,” you stuttered, stumbling out of bed at the threat of Crocodile’s voice on the other side of the door.
“Don’t keep us waiting,” Mihawk’s voice drawled as you stripped, emptying your bag onto the bed to search for something to wear.
“We’ll leave a guard waiting for you. You’d better not look like a circus freak when you're done.”
Crocodile huffed, heavy steps moving away.
You fell back against the bed, naked and clutching at your chest as your heart tried to leave your body.
“Fuck…”
You didn’t have many professional clothes left after all these months with Buggy. There were probably some hidden in his quarters still, but you doubted they’d let you go back there again.
Miraculously, you found a black pencil skirt. The slit along your thigh was far higher than you’d have gotten away with while working at the bank, but it was the closest you could find to normal clothes.
Everything else was neon, or had ruffles, or glitter.
‘Look at my flashy girl.’
Buggy’s pleased voice floated through your mind, the memory making your body crave a version of him you couldn’t imagine anymore. Where was that wild pirate that had whisked you away from your boring life? Where was the man who could please you with his body in ways you’d never thought possible before?
He was probably still bleeding on the floor.
While you dealt with the consequences of his actions.
You found a top that was a solid color, hoping that they’d ignore the fact that it was ‘Buggy Blue.’
The only shoes you had were luckily black, but they were meant to be flashy, not practical.
We didn’t wear shoes most of the time.
Months and months in bed, excuses and laughter filling the air. Lounging, and drinking, and fucking everyday.
Was it worth it?
Stepping into the hallway with your too tall heels, you let the guard guide you back to that open room.
With that velvet, green couch.
“There she is,” Crocodile looked up as you entered, eyes narrowing as he scanned you.
Mihawk was perched close by, a small, steaming mug in his hand.
You stepped further in, and the guard closed the door behind you, leaving you alone with them.
“You’re okay?”
That small voice held so much relief, and your breath hitched as you looked for its source.
Buggy.
Buggy sat on the ground as he leaned against the wall, dried blood caked on his face, his makeup like a faded stain.
You cried out his name, moving toward him before you could think.
Sand surrounded you, and you lost your footing as you stepped into a wave of it.
“Come now, none of that.”
Mihawk’s golden eyes pierced yours as the sand fell away, your ill fitting shoes falling to the ground as the swordsman lifted you in his arms.
He didn’t set you back down. You tried not to cling to his bare chest as he carried you toward Crocodile, and that stupid, green couch.
You held your breath as his thumbs traced lightly over your ribs and thigh where he held you.
“Look at that,” Crocodile growled, reaching out to trace his cold hook along your calf and foot.
“The clown couldn’t even give his lady decent shoes. No wonder he couldn’t protect you, if he couldn’t even protect these pretty feet."
You twitched in Mihawk’s warm arms, trying not to react to the tickle of that dangerous hook.
“I think our little rabbit is feeling skittish today,” Mihawk judged, setting you in the middle of the couch. He sat beside you, trapping you between them again.
“You’d better get over that quick, sweetheart. I’m not known for my patience.”
Crocodile puffed his cigar as you tried to swallow your fear, nodding at his threat.
Your hands were clammy as you smoothed down your skirt, fighting and failing to keep the fabric from slipping down, revealing much of your thigh on Crocodile’s side.
You settled for folding your hands together in your lap, waiting for them to strike.
“What is it you need to complete your responsibilities?”
You drew your eyes to Mihawk at his question, feeling the sticky pressure of Crocodile's gaze on your thighs.
“I, um…”
Your mouth gaped open, still feeling trapped in a dream as his eyes raked over you.
You managed to hold in a whimper as Mihawk brought his long fingers up, taking your chin by the thumb, and lifting your face to his.
“Don’t be boring, darling. I know you want to be a good girl for us, don’t you?”
The tiny sound you made couldn’t have been a moan. I didn't...
But the way Mihawk’s jaw loosened to the side for a moment had your head spinning.
I need to get a hold of myself!
He released your chin, and you started to rattle off all the things you needed in order to do your job, including your own desk, and a transponder snail.
You felt like an idiot for hoping for your own space when a group of pirates dragged a large desk through the door, setting it up in the center of the massive room.
The cushions shifted as Crocodile stood, directing the pirates to ensure it was to his liking. To ensure that your desk was in perfect view of that stupid fucking couch.
Breakfast was served, and you had to choke it down, eye’s snagging on Buggy as you wondered when he’d eaten last.
“Break’s over.”
Gasping, you pressed your skirt down with your palms as your body was lifted off the couch by another wave of sand.
You landed in Crocodile’s arms, feeling so small against his chest. The silk of his vest rubbed along your skin, an abrupt contrast from the sand he’d just touched you with.
“Wha–”
“We need to protect our assets,” he growled, carrying you toward the desk. “Earn money for some decent shoes, otherwise you don’t get to stand on those dainty toes. Got it?”
You caught Mihawk’s eyes burning along your skin as Crocodile sat you down.
The scarred man leaned over you, brushing a few strands of hair out of your face while you tried to stay perfectly still.
“We’ve got the big announcement tonight. I wanna see your plans for the first month's finances before the show. Can you manage that, numbers girl?”
“Yes,” you choked out, anything to get him to move away from you.
He huffed a laugh, patting you on the back before leaving you to your work.
“Atta girl.”
~
How am I supposed to work like this?
Your new bosses talked with each other, gave orders to lackeys, smoked and drank, and watched you.
Workers were ordered to rearrange the furniture, adding two desks along opposite walls for their own use. A long coffee table was placed before the couch, and you were grateful that there wouldn’t be room for Buggy to be a footrest anymore.
But they wouldn’t let you use the transponder snail.
“Mr. Crocodile, sir, I will need to reach my contacts in order to manage your funds and investments. I can’t do everything from here–”
“Not yet.”
His voice was heavy, and final.
With a nod, you went back to it. Reviewing the current state of affairs was infuriating. They ordered lackeys around for you to round up missing details on assets, and anything they had brought to the island.
It looked bad.
A tinge of panic filled each breath, making your fingers shake as you shuffled papers around. You could feel a thin sheen of sweat, your flimsy top starting to stick to your skin.
You didn’t think your heart could take beating this fast for this long.
I’m okay. I’m good at what I do. Just pretend they’re not here.
They let you work. Fear that this was just another torture designed for your failure and punishment started to fade.
You would need that transponder snail soon to get any real work done, but you had your plans drafted up shortly after lunch.
“I’m finished, sir–”
Crocodile tutted at you as you moved to stand, using sand to push your chair forward until you were seated again.
Mihawk stalked toward you, fingers grazing yours as he took the documents from your hands. He perched on the corner of your desk, humming now and then as he judged your work.
“Well,” Crocodile asked from the couch, a large puff of smoke trailing toward the ceiling.
“The current status of finances is quite unfortunate. However the work is well done. It appears she will be needing a transponder snail soon if we’re going to see any improvement.”
Mihawk set the papers down and trapped you, his gaze from so close felt like a golden cage, keeping you in place.
Crocodile huffed a laugh, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees.
“Looks like you’ll be getting a snail before you get shoes then, huh?”
The rest of the afternoon had you sitting as still as you could, as if they wouldn’t notice you if you didn’t move.
You watched Cabaji crouch down, and start smearing greasepaint over Buggy’s bruises, propping his huge hat on his head. He leaned close then, and you wondered if he had anything to whisper to his old captain.
“Let’s get this over with,” Crocodile sighed, pulling Buggy to his feet, and shoving him toward the door.
“Galdino, I need you to carry miss Y/N during the announcement.”
“Wha-Why,” Galdino choked, looking from you to Crocodile, his face pinched.
“Don’t complain. I don’t trust Buggy’s men with her yet. This is the girl that’ll get us all paid, you got that?”
“Yes, Mr. Crocodile, sir.”
“And watch your hands,” he ordered, patting Mr. 3 on the back so hard that he coughed.
Humiliation flooded through you, your skin hot as you were carried through the hallway.
Mihawk and Crocodile dragged Buggy to the balcony, while you were brought to the front of the crowd to watch.
“I’m sorry,” you almost cried, not looking up at Galdino’s face.
“It’s fine,” he let out with a heavy sigh. “It's not your fault. Just my lot in life to always answer to people weaker than me, I suppose.”
You cringed, starting to apologize again.
“Come on, we don’t want to miss this farce.”
The shuffling conversations of Buggy’s subordinates quieted down as their captain took to the small stage. The balcony was lit with colorful lights from above and behind, and Buggy stretched out his limbs to look larger than life in that red fabric of his.
He looked like your Buggy now. Buggy in his element, shining bright. There was something about him that made people flock to his charm, that made people believe in him as a leader.
Until they saw behind the curtains, of course.
Buggy. How did you let yourself end up here? Now we’re both fucked.
You didn’t even hear his speech, your mind so used to ignoring the lies that Buggy would spew from that balcony.
Until he introduced his ‘executives.’
“First… Sir Crocodile!”
Buggy’s arm flourished, ever the showman, as Crocodile stepped into the light.
He was so incredibly tall. Seeing him towering over you on the balcony, with the light exaggerating his features, made you feel like an insect. Just crawling on the ground, waiting for him to stomp you into the dirt.
“And… Hawkeye Mihawk!”
Mihawk’s glare was like ice, and the stage lights glinting off of his massive sword just added to his cold disdain. You knew he could kill everyone in the room easily, and he looked like it wouldn’t mean a thing to him if he did.
Your jaw was clenching as you tried not to shiver in Galdino’s arms.
The cheering and stomping of the crowd was so intense, you reached your hands up to cover your ears.
But you saw them looking down on you, and you didn’t want to show them any more weakness than you already had.
Crocodile jerked his head, motioning for you to join them.
You gulped down some deep breaths as you were led back to your cage.
I won’t show them any more weakness.
~
Your bare feet were propped on the coffee table after dinner as you stared into your glass. The deep burgundy of the wine danced in the light as your hands shook slightly.
“This wine is different…”
Your eyes went wide at your own words, realizing that you’d just interrupted Mihawk, and you had no idea what they’d been talking about.
“Is that so,” he asked, the weight of his attention shifting to you. “How is it different?”
Crocodile shifted beside you as well, his knee touching yours as he tilted toward you, caging you once more.
“I… It’s not like the wine we’ve had here for a while. It’s almost… heavy?”
Mihawk’s head cocked to the side as he watched you stutter.
“Give me your glass.”
The command in his voice made your breath hitch. He set his own glass down, taking yours by the stem. He held it in front of you, gently swirling it.
“Observe the colors.”
Nodding, you kept your eyes on the wine, feeling almost hypnotized by the movement.
“Now, miss Y/N, you’re going to smell the aroma. I want you to close your eyes, and think of nothing else.”
Your eyes closed, but you gasped, jolting at his touch.
“Close your eyes. Think of nothing else.”
It was impossible. His fingers had grazed your skin, until they twisted into the hair at the nape of your neck.
He wasn’t holding tight, but he had you. He had complete control of you.
It was terrifying.
And yet you fought not to moan at the slightest movement, breath heavy as he tilted your head gently.
“Slow down, little rabbit,” he purred, voice so close. “Now smell the fragrance of the wine, and tell me what you feel.”
The scent felt overpowering, washing over you, sending chills over your skin.
“I think I smell… plums?”
Mihawk’s fingers untangled from your hair, only to rub along your neck and shoulders, gently kneading.
“Good, Y/N. Now keep your eyes closed. You’re going to take a sip, enough to cover that tongue of yours. But don’t swallow until you let the wine fill your mouth, touching every part. Can you do that for me?”
“Mmhm,” you nodded, overwhelmed as his fingers stroked your hair, moving strands out of your face.
He brought the glass to your lips, touching your jaw as you tilted back.
You kept the wine in your mouth, feeling the tannins working around your tongue.
“Feel it, Y/N. Then tell me what you taste.”
You couldn’t remember feeling this overpowered by food or drink before. The sensations were so intense, the mix of flavors almost arousing as it burned through you.
Clearing your throat, you tried to express what you were feeling.
“Plums. And it’s thick, it almost feels chewy. It tastes amazing.”
A moment of silence had your heart rate spiking again.
His warm fingers touched your cheek, turning your face toward him.
“Open your eyes.”
Again, the pressure of command in his voice was heavy. You obeyed instantly, meeting his amber gaze as the swordsman inspected you, squeezing your cheeks just a little.
“Looks like there’s hope for you yet. I was afraid that the clown might have spoiled you, robbed you of any sense of refinement.”
Crocodile’s booming laughter shook the couch beside you.
“He does seem to ruin everything he touches. Don’t you, clown?”
Crocodile called toward the corner of the room where Buggy’s form still slumped against the wall.
He didn’t look as hurt as he had yesterday, but he looked hardly there, as if he was trying not to exist.
Guilt trickled through you again as your body still reeled from Mihawk's attention. Every new sip of wine you took felt like velvet, like his hands roaming your skin.
Fuck.
He kept his hand on your neck now, gently massaging as he and Crocodile resumed their conversation.
Frustrated tears almost fell, but you managed to blink them back.
“Numbers girl,” Crocodile breathed over you, bringing you back to the moment.
“Yes?”
“You’ll get your transponder snail tomorrow. You are only to use it with one of us present. And you must give details of who and why you are calling. Do you understand?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Good girl. I’d hate to have to show you what happens when people disobey me,” he rasped, setting his huge palm over your thigh. “Let’s get some sleep.”
Mihawk’s arms carried you through the hall. So much of your exposed thigh was touching his bare chest and abs, the feeling of skin on skin making you want to pull your hair out with how much it dominated your senses.
How much he dominated your senses.
You hoped that he hadn’t noticed the stain of need he’d caused, slick coating the inside of your thighs as you pressed them together.
Mihawk set you down on the edge of your bed, leaning over to tease his hot breath against your ear.
“Stay quiet tonight, little rabbit.”
Your eyes were wide as he pulled away, an evil little smirk on those lips that never smile. He touched your chin, before walking away. Closing the door, he trapped you alone with the heat burning in your core, and the shame dripping with sweat down your spine.
You whimpered quietly as you ached, and you wondered how long it would take for you to stop caring about who they are and what they’ve done.
This is only the second day they've been here, and I already want to beg them to touch me. What the fuck is wrong with me?
Your sister’s voice filled your mind, asking you the same thing when you left with Buggy.
Maybe there is something wrong with me? Maybe I crave dangerous men?
Your fingers trailed under your skirt. They slipped along the mess of your desire that had soaked past your panties. Mihawk had toyed with you, and your body ached for him, dripping with need. You brought your hand up to look at the thick strings of slick as you moved your fingers.
I’m sick. I hope this shit doesn’t get me killed.
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