sittin in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g

[3goodtimes.livejournal.com]

Title: Morning
Rating: PG
Media: Fanfiction
Pairing: Zoro/Usopp
Word Count: 300
Prompt: Beginnings
Author's Notes: I figured a first kiss was as good a beginning as any. Also, the Zoro in this fic thinks he's much more mature than he actually is. :)

Usopp's skin was sun-browned and warm and his hair smelled of dirt and grass and all the trappings of boyhood. His finger pads were calloused, palms perpetually damp with sweat and the substances of his inventions and adventures--tabasco, oil, gunpowder. He was a little too skinny, but compensated with a wide, bright smile that was full of bravado. 

But while Luffy brought to mind the joyful freedoms of childhood, Usopp often reminded him of the smallness. Of everyone being bigger than him, scarier, more threatening. Of dark things that dwelled under the bed and only being able to conquer trees and bugs and hiding behind his sensei's knees.

Usopp, in so many ways, was still just a kid with an expansive imagination, borne out of the safety and routine of his upbringing by another stupid kid with a fool's grin.

And yet... there was growth there. Extraordinary bravery when it mattered most. Fragile pride. There was laughter and a comforting arm over a shoulder and audacity. There was a man, an adult, under the cracking cicada shell of the child-Usopp.

And now there were lips. Nice lips that had always looked soft, but felt so much softer. Clumsy, which he had expected, but firm, which he had not. The kiss broke off as abruptly as it had started, and Zoro was left staring up at a blushing, dishevelled, sexy Usopp. A strange revelation.

"U-uh... good morning?"

Only the sniper would actually try to play off the exchange of saliva with a crewmate as a friendly hello.

Zoro looked at him for only a moment, noting the errant curl escaping his bandanna with fondness.

"Morning," he grunted and jerked his shoulder as if to say, 'sit down and relax, dumbass.'

He sat and Zoro rewarded his courage with a wet kiss on the neck and a side to lean on while they napped.
 

Comments

[3goodtimes.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ^^

[slaughterchichi.livejournal.com]

Aw! I've never really thought of this pairing, but you pull it off quite nicely :D Zoro can be so nice when he wants to X3

he can be :)

[3goodtimes.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[salmon-pink.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, oh, this is just perfect. And, for some reason, your author's notes had me giggling to myself like a crazed crazy thing. ♥

[3goodtimes.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed both the fic and the author's notes, haha. <3

[synvamp.livejournal.com]

Really well written - nice insight into Usopp's personality and I adore gosh-I'm-so-grown-up Zoro (cute author notes)!

[3goodtimes.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[cheerio-yotan.livejournal.com]

This whole drabble was amazing, but I'm in love with the first two paragraphs of description in particular. Ahhh! It was so good, and I secretly love this pairing too. Thanks.

[3goodtimes.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the lovely review! I really appreciate it!