[ that was not true, and they both knew it. the room looked better than it ever had; they had a stocked minifridge, intact furniture, and not a soiled bandage in sight. it was dangerously close to comfortable.
it was also why zoro was tapping the brake. sharing a space, that slow ease of his guard that he hadn't fully recognized - it had something in him throwing up a hand, grasping for that last ditch bit of protective distance.
there were questions he wanted to ask. shit that he didn't usually make a big deal of, and shouldn't have here - did nami even know this person? instead, he belatedly replied with the next best thing, trusting her to catch the meaning buried somewhere between the lines.
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[ that was not true, and they both knew it. the room looked better than it ever had; they had a stocked minifridge, intact furniture, and not a soiled bandage in sight. it was dangerously close to comfortable.
it was also why zoro was tapping the brake. sharing a space, that slow ease of his guard that he hadn't fully recognized - it had something in him throwing up a hand, grasping for that last ditch bit of protective distance.
there were questions he wanted to ask. shit that he didn't usually make a big deal of, and shouldn't have here - did nami even know this person? instead, he belatedly replied with the next best thing, trusting her to catch the meaning buried somewhere between the lines.
she usually did. ]
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