"Why do you have a baby?"

There were Limits, Zoro felt, to what his captain should suffer, and Zoro couldn't bring Ace back from the dead, or give Luffy back two years of his life. All he could do was try and make sure Luffy got some actual, genuine, rest.

Kuma offers Zoro a slightly different deal.

Not that Luffy wouldn't die for each and every one of his crew, and he knows, though he will make sure it never, ever happens, that they would die for him. But to supersede Zoro's dream like this, that makes Luffy feel so hideously guilty it locks up his lungs, and his jaw, and he can't speak, touch Zoro, anything.

Self care is starting a fight club behind a 7-Eleven. (Modern AU. After a career's day at school, Luffy has an existential crisis.)

Sometimes the cost of immortality is death. After witnessing the death of his captain and dying himself, Zoro wakes up in an alien world. A sort-of space AU set in the One Piece world after everything.

Luffy loses The Hat.

Drabbles and short bits of writing. Some unformed, or too brief. Topics vary, genfic.

and Resolution. Zoro ponders Sanji, untangles Luffy and takes a nap.

Brook has a unique way of watching with his ears.

Concern can be shown through even the smallest window of consciousness, even if it is not recognised.