captain withering shark {zoro x seme male reader x luffy}

chp: 23

m/n woke up before zoro, watching him sleep peacefully. his fingers skimming zoro's hair, going to cup his face as he rubbed his thumb across zoro's cheek.

"god, you're so beautiful." m/n mumbled, kissing his forehead.

he rested his forehead on zoro's, closing his eyes again. he knew he wasn't going back to sleep, but he just wanted to relish in this moment. this is the first time they didn't have to rush to leave each other's side, sure they had to be up early, but zoro didn't need to sneak off this time.

he opened his eyes slightly, peeking through squinted eyes. zoro's breathing was even, he watched as zoro furrowed his eyebrows before slowly opening them. yawning before finally looking at m/n.

m/n was slowly tracing his thumb over zoro's skin, "why were you bandaged up? what happened?"

zoro scratched his head, feeling guilt. he told him about thriller bark, saying that they were fighting against a lizard warlord, m/n concluded it was because his name was gecko moria. he told him about kuma coming as the giant bubble of pain he grabbed from luffy. and that in order for them to walk freely, he was going to have to take on luffy's pain, and he did it without hesitation.

"i know, i know... it was reckless of me. i could've died, and then we never would've seen each other again. but in that moment i wasn't thinking about... us... i'm sorry. i'm really sorry." he didn't want to tell m/n about his bandages, he felt like m/n would get mad at him. he looked away.

m/n cupped his face, his fingers extending to zoro's hair, slightly playing with it. "i'm just glad you're okay." he whispered, "i'm not mad you didn't think about us. kind of upsetting that you could forget about me-" zoro looked at him, thankful to know m/n was only teasing, "i probably wouldn't know what to do without you. and thank god you're here, we will continue to have small moments like this, and i will cherish them." he kissed zoro's forehead.

zoro hummed, he couldn't find the words of how thankful he was he had m/n. there was nothing to describe what he's feeling. so he settled with putting his head on m/n's chest, his hand going over the material of the shirt. wanting to see the marks he made.

his eyes widened as he sat up, remembering m/n never wears a shirt -unless sleeping- so that means people could see his marks.

"zoro?" m/n asked, sitting up, his arm hitting zoro's back as his hand was on zoro's waist. he kissed his shoulder, "everything alright?" he asked.

"yeah... i just got carried away last night. i'm sorry for making your marks visible."

m/n grinned at that, "don't worry about it. i'll come up with some elaborate story. besides i kinda like these marks, it'll show i'm unavailable and no one will touch me. and that my amazing boyfriend knows how to pleasure someone."

zoro turned his head, their noses touching. he hummed before kissing m/n's lips. then resting his head on his shoulder, sighing. he wanted to stay like this forever.

a knock on the door pulled them out of their reality. "m/n are you awake?"

m/n glanced at the door, "no." he responded.

"well, in that case, i can come in a wake you up."

"no, i'm up, i'm up. i'll be out soon."

haru laughed, "the straw hats are going to leave at the same time. but they can't find zoro."

"probably got lost." m/n said, running fingers through his hair, "now why don't you get lost too for waking me up."

"someone's grumpy in the mornings." haru teased, but left.