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I haven't done digital art in awhile so forgive me if it isn't as good as the sketch. I also am forced to do digital on my 3ds so forgive my sloppy line work.

Trafalgar Law wasn't a simple man by any measure, but there were simple things in life that brought him great pleasure. Solidarity, for example, was something he treasured immensely.

So when the Strawhat swordsman barged into the bath house at midnight (a time Law chose specifically for its promise of privacy) Law nearly fell off his bath stool. He was suddenly aware that his towel was a few feet away and grabbing for it would break his illusion of indifference. That would embarrass him, and there were few things he hated more than being embarrassed.

If Roronoa was surprised to see him he didn't show it. He passed Law with a nod of acknowledgement and dropped his towel. Law looked away quickly, but not before taking in the sight. Suddenly the steamy air was too hot, suffocating, really. And he could feel the color spread across his face. Out of all the Strawhats who could have possibly crashed his bath, why did it have to be him?

Admiring from a distance was one thing. There was no harm in appreciating the well tuned body of a man who could quite literally break someone of Law's build in half if raw strength were the only measure. But this was too much, too close. This wasn't safe.

Roronoa stretched his arms out to the sides and leaned his head back against the inground tub. He gave Law a brief assessing glance before closing his eyes. Law wondered if having a devil fruit user in a bath house made him nervous, and with a captain like Monkey D. Luffy it wouldn't be surprising if it did.

Law knew he should take the opportunity to grab his towel and excuse himself, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. His heart was dancing in his chest, and for the first time in a long, long while it wasn't pure anxiety setting the tempo.

“Didn't know you were like that”

Law started despite himself. Roronoa’s eyes were still closed, but of course that meant very little to a Haku user. He'd been caught staring.

“Like what?” Law asked cooly. His voice implied disinterest, but inside his mind was racing. It was bad enough being stuck on a ship with these people. There was no way he wanted to deal with any additional attention on himself or his sexuality.  

A smirk spread across Zoro's face and the bastard cracked his good eye. Law glared back. He simultaneously wanted to punch the swordsman in the face and join him in the tub. Had anyone ever wielded smugness as a weapon as effectively as this asshole did?

Law stood, not caring what he was exposing in the process and grabbed his towel. He was at the door when the hand wrapped firmly around his wrist. If Law's heart was dancing before, it was absolutely drumming now. Zoro was behind him sans towel, the smirk gone. Before Law could pull away two strong hands were at his bare shoulders, pushing him into the wall.

There was a long pause. Zoro's assessing eyes bore into Law's glare. He opened his mouth to protest. To ask what the hell the swordsman thought he was doing. But he was silenced before he could even speak. The kiss was rough and unapologetic. A passion inside him sparked, flaring up in a way he'd never allowed before.

This new energy had a mind of its own and it wanted. It wanted in a way that Law had never known he could want. And at the peak of this newly kindled desire the pressure was pulled away. A gentle tug and Law felt his towel pulled away as well.

He opened his eyes to the sight of Zoro wrapping Law’s towel around his own waist. The smirk was back, but there was something else there, too. Something Law thought might just be longing.

“I think you know”

Before Law could think of a response, the man was out the door and into the cool night's air. Law stumbled over to the towel Zoro had left behind and quickly covered himself. He could follow. He knew an invitation when he saw one. They were on an island, after all. Tomorrow they'd be back on the Sunny. The Sunny, where privacy was scraped together in bits and pieces and never promised for long. And he didn't take him as a man who would kiss and tell.

Law stared at the bath house door, two forces battling for control inside him. A good doctor knows when to be rational, but a good pirate knows when to indulge.

I googled it. Red camelias mean 'the flame of my heart'

This is for @authenticaussie for the @opvalentines !! Sorry that it’s kind of late, but I hope you enjoy it regardless!

Zoro is known as the strongest, most trustworthy, and most loyal of all the knights in the kingdom which was exactly why he was the one tasked with protecting the youngest prince-the one and only Monkey D. Luffy.

There were three princes in the kingdom-Sabo, Ace, and Luffy. Sabo was known for his great intelligence and his ability to command the army and create full-proof strategies. Ace was known for his great strength, mastering practically every weapon there was and using his fists instead. And, finally, Luffy was known for…

Well, Luffy was known for attracting trouble.

Which was exactly why Zoro was currently locked in combat with a witch that Luffy managed to piss off at some point or another and now Zoro was left to fix the mess the prince made.

Now, Zoro knew perfectly well that Luffy could defend himself, and he was damn good at it too, but right now, while Zoro dodged and blocked bolts of lightning and fire and other spells, Luffy was fighting the head of a corrupt organization of witches.

Zoro could barely recall how the hell Luffy managed to get in the situation of, first of all, finding out about the organization of witches that used their powers for evil rather than for the good of the kingdom and, second of all, coming up with a plan to get rid of them.

Just kidding-Luffy never made plans unless he was forced to, and Zoro knew for a fact that Luffy had sprung in head first to stop the witches from killing people.

Zoro sprung out of the way of a charged ball of lighting as he attempted to find an opening in the witch’s defenses. Usually, he would just slash at something until it was dead or, at the very least, mortally wounded, but the witch had a perpetual forcefield up that Zoro couldn’t seem to break through.

This, of course, meant that he just kept trying to cut through the forcefield until it finally gave underneath the strength of his swords.

The witch froze in shock, thinking that it was impossible for anyone to possibly get through her barrier without magic.

Good thing Zoro's swords are cursed.

"How!?" The witch exclaimed before glancing around their surroundings. "No matter! Take this!"

Zoro posed to block the magic spell that was cast, but, to his surprise, the witch's spell completely missed him and instead hit someone with a familiar voice.

"Ow! What was that for?" Luffy, who had apparently finished taking down the head witch, was only somewhat harmed, but, given his insane tendency to heal extraordinarily quickly, he was probably still hurt enough to kill the average person.

"Hey, Luffy. Give me a second," Zoro said.

Zoro was distracted enough by Luffy's presence for the witch to get the drop on him, and he was hit by a spell.

However, Zoro had no idea what the witch just cast on him-he wasn't hit by electricity, and he didn't have any burn marks on him, and also the spell didn't hurt that much, so, frankly, he had no idea what the witch just cast on him.

"What, have you given up? That didn't even hurt at all," Zoro taunted despite the fact that he was usually an attack first, ask questions later kind of person. His taunting did not stop him from immediately slicing into the witch and leaving her on the floor to fend for herself.

"That was so cool, Zoro!" Luffy exclaimed. "Did it really not hurt though? The spell she threw at me did. Why wouldn't your's hurt?"

"Hell if I know. She was mostly throwing lightning and fire at me, so I don't know what made her choose to cast other spells."

"She was shooting lightning and fire!?" Luffy had stars in his eyes. "Tell me about it, tell me about it!"

"I love it when you're excited about stuff like that," Zoro found himself saying despite having no intention of actually voicing that thought out loud. "Anyway, the lightning spells cast lightning bolts, and the fire spells cast balls of fire."

"SO COOL!" Luffy exclaimed, focusing on Zoro's statement about the spells rather than Zoro's comment on how excited Luffy was. Thankfully, Luffy being an idiot prevented Zoro from dying of embarrassment.

"How'd your fight with the big boss go?"

"It was boring!" Luffy lamented. "She didn't cast any cool spells, and she spent the entire battle in a barrier. When I broke through it, she went down with one punch! It wasn't a challenge at all!"

"What about your wounds?"

"She had a bunch of animal companions that kept attacking me. There were so many of them!" Luffy waved his hands around, indicating the number of animals that surrounded him during his battle with the boss witch.

"No match for you though, huh?"

"Of course not! They were small fries!"

Zoro and Luffy eventually made it back to the castle, where the kingdom's doctor, Chopper, gave an evaluation of both Zoro and Luffy in order to assess how much they got hurt.

Chopper fixed up Zoro's wounds and started asking him a few follow-up checkup questions.

"Anything else that happened?" Chopper asked. "And don't you dare lie to me! I know how you are when it comes to getting hurt! Tell me anything, no matter how small."

Zoro was going to try and relieve Chopper's concerns, but this mouth started going before he had a chance to think.

"I got hit by a witch's spell," Zoro admitted, and Chopper became extremely alarmed, which was exactly what Zoro wanted to avoid.

"What!? Do you know what it is? Never mind-I'll grab Robin. She can determine what spell was put on you!"

Chopper soon came back with Robin, who did a couple of tests and finally determined exactly what kind of spell was cast on Zoro.

"It's a truth spell," Robin explained. "Not a very powerful one, so it should wear off within a day, but I would advise staying away from people you want to keep secrets from."

"Luffy is literally impossible for me to avoid."

"Oh?" Robin quirked an eyebrow. "And what secret are you trying to keep from Prince Luffy?"

“I’m in love with him,” Zoro found himself admitting, and the look Robin gave him made his face feel like it was on fire.

“I wouldn’t worry too much about avoiding Prince Luffy. I think you should worry more about avoiding your enemies, as currently would be the best time to extract any confidential information from you.”

“Yeah, Zoro!” Chopper confirmed. “You don’t have to try and hide your feelings from Prince Luffy, so don’t worry. And since Robin has confirmed that the spell cast on you isn’t serious then I have decided to say that you’re good to go! However, I recommend taking it easy because you’re still hurt. No serious exercises!”

“I’m probably going to end up working out anyway, but I’ll do my best.”

Chopper sighed in resignation.

“I guess that’s the best I’m going to get. Alright, go off and make sure Prince Luffy stays out of trouble.”

“You and I both know that he’s completely unable to do that.”

“I know! But it’s the principle of the matter! And you’re supposed to be Prince Luffy’s personal knight!”

“He can protect himself,” Zoro said before going off and checking in on Luffy despite the truth spell.

Turns out, Luffy was waiting for Zoro’s examination to be over and jumped up once Zoro got out of Chopper’s office.

“Zoro! Zoro! Sanji said dinner is almost ready! Let’s go! Let’s go!” Luffy clamored, practically bouncing off the walls.

“I love you,” Zoro confessed without thinking because he had a truth spell on him that apparently made it so he compulsively said anything that he was thinking.

“I love you, too!” Luffy responded, but that didn’t really mean much because Luffy was constantly professing his love for others.

“No, I mean that I love you romantically.”

“That’s what I meant!”

“Oh.” With that, Zoro felt a large burden suddenly lifted off of his shoulders. He guessed Robin and Chopper were right.

This is my extremely delayed One Piece Valentine’s Day Exchange for @unseelie-robynx!!! I can’t apologize enough for having so little to show for given the amount of time it took for me to finish this. Thanks to @opvalentines for even letting me do this, I’ll be more diligent in the future. 🙇‍♀️

I hope to post more in the future!

Dear valentine:

There's a hole in my heart that can only be filled by you :)