Tiny!Ace & Tinier!Luffy the 4th

[eiliem]

Title: Freedom and Family
Characters: Tiny!Ace and Tinier!Luffy
Pairing: Ace/sleep
Rating:G
Beta: Many thanks to naye who innocently suggested I write fic and was promptly buried in stuff to beta

Freedom and Family

"Ace" poke poke.

"Ace!" poke pok- he grabs the offending limb and Luffy yelps when Ace hurls him at the wall, where his brother makes a satisfying noise of rubber striking wood.

"You are awake!" Little brothers should not sound so happy about being tossed into walls. And they absolutely should not sound so awake this – early, late? – at this time of night!

The sound of rubber feet padding over the floor and then Luffy climbs into Ace's bed. The better to pester him.

Ace kicks him out.

Luffy climbs back in.

Ace resigns himself to no sleep and hopes that whatever has caught Luffy's fancy doesn't take long.

But Luffy is silent - and unnaturally still, breathing quietly into Ace ear where he is curled up next to him - for so long, Ace figures he has fallen asleep. Just as he decides this is just another of his brother's strange whims and braces himself for the discomfort of an extra body’s warmth through the summer heat, Luffy's voice breaks the silence again.

"Do you want to be the Pirate King?"

"No."

"Is it because I'm gonna be the Pirate King?"

"No."

Silence again. And – had Luffy actually thought he was somehow standing in Ace's way?

"You're really strong."

"Mmmm."

"You could be, if you wanted to - I'd have to kick your ass because I'm gonna be the Pirate King, but you could be."

Ace wants freedom. He wants to roam the seas beholden to no one and nothing.

"No thanks."

Pirates Kings have public executions, not freedom. They have legends, not families. He has no use for Pirates Kings.

But he'll make an exception for Luffy, if his brother ever reaches his impossible dream.


"Want to be my first mate?"

"Go to sleep, Luffy."

Cross-posted to one_piece and onepiece_300

Comments

[naye]

I love the title you picked for this! ♥

And, yeah, the line about Pirate Kings should totally go on Ace's official psych evaluation. Mmm.

(Ace/sleep. BWAH!)

(And, you know - thank you for promptly writing so much adorableness! ♥)

[eiliem.livejournal.com]

XD

Look - first you get me to write fic, which ohmygodIwillneverbeabletostop and now you've gotten me to actually post to my journal! o_o

You are a dangerous woman XP

Ace/sleep - it's canon! XP (actually, it's part of a tragic love triangle - Ace/sleep/food; food and sleep keep fighting for Ace's attention, they are bitter, bitter rivals XP)

[naye]

Dangerous? Me?

...persistent, maybe. XD And also quite, quite addicted to the incredible adorableness that you are using to try to kill me!


Ace/sleep - it's canon! XP (actually, it's part of a tragic love triangle - Ace/sleep/food; food and sleep keep fighting for Ace's attention, they are bitter, bitter rivals XP)

*laughs and laughs*

FUNNY CUZ IT'S TRUE. XD

[shayera.livejournal.com]

♥

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