Afternoon Nap (Zoro x Reader Fluff)

Afternoon Nap

The boat rocked gently, the waves embracing the hull of the ship in a serene display. The crew was overtaken with a feeling of sleep, the majority of them retiring to their cabins for a mid-afternoon nap, save for Sanji, who was prepping for dinner in the kitchen. His quiet humming added another level of tranquility to the scene, whatever song he was singing was lost to the white noise shushed by the ocean.

You turn around in your bed, the blanket falling off your shoulder and draping across your body with no effort from you to correct it. You curled your knees up to your chest in a unconscious movement to warm yourself. The door was opened, the warm afternoon light falling across your sleeping figure. You groaned as it hit your eyes, and your arm moved to shield your eyes from it until the sun was blocked by Zoro's arms, stretching over his head as he yawned.

You were slightly awoken by the sound of the shower being turned on, but you were half-awake and remained unbothered. A while later it squeaked off, and Zoro left the bathroom, a towel draped over his damp hair, and he tied his pajama pants as he made his way over to the bed.

The bed dipped with his weight, and the blanket you had sleepily discarded was brought back up to your shoulders. You laid on your side, still curled up a little, and you felt a large hand dip between your arms, carefully massaging your back as he pulled you towards him.

Napping with Zoro was, in a word, warm. It didn't matter that he had just gotten out of the shower, he would've been this warm regardless. He was like a heater, and it made naps like this wonderful. He drew you against his chest and the hand that was on your back reached to hold the back of your head to his chest. You subconsciously settled into his touch, enjoying the feeling of your cheek pressed into his soft muscles. You let out a sigh of contentment, a sleepy smile blooming on your face. He was asleep as soon as your arms surrounded his body, holding him as if it was what you were born to do.

A few hours later you woke up, the sound of rain hitting the small circular window of your cabin. It was only a small shower, nothing to worry about. Your sleeping beauty had his mouth wide open, a little drool pooled on the pillow next to his face. A small laugh escaped your nose at the sight, and you turned your body to look at the window. You could hear thunder crash in the distance, and the sounds of the waves and raindrops meeting in a rowdy dance. It was nice, to wake up to rain.
His heavy arm fell across your waist, scooping under it and pulling your back flush to his torso.
"Why'd you go," Zoro mumbled, half-awake.
"I didn't go anywhere, my love," you held his arm, interlacing your fingers with his.
"Mmm... missed you." He watched over your shoulder with tired eyes as you observed his hands and played with them gently. It was one of your favorite things to do, just to mess around with his hands like this, to press on his fingernails and massage his palms.
He hummed, "It's raining."

"I know," you smiled. He watched as your cheeks rose with the expression, he found it so endearing. Craning his head over, he gave you a kiss on the cheek, making a cartoonish sound effect over it. You giggled as he pressed, his nose hitting your temple. You giggled as he placed more kisses against your neck and collarbone, peppering you with cheesy kisses, a silly smile spreading across his face as you writhed and wriggled playfully to get out of his reach, nevermind that you were still holding on to his arm as you did.

The relentless kissing attack he had unleashed on you calmed down after a few minutes, and you both continued to stare out of your little window as the thunder stopped and the rain continued. Zoro let out a big yawn behind you, and turned you back around to face him.
"You tired again?" you asked in disbelief, although suppressing a yawn of your own.
"It's the rain," he lied, one of his hands running down the top side of your thigh that was wrapped around his waist. The action made you shiver, and you wrapped your arms around his torso tightly.
"I literally don't believe you for a second," your voice muffled by his skin, "but I'll play along this once." A deep sigh left your lips and you settled your body into the mattress.

"I was hoping you'd say that."

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I wrote another fluff one shot bc i'm CRAZY and also don't want to study for one of my gajillion exams.

leave comments for me so i can improve! lmk what you would want to see more of from me in the future!!