"Hmm, that should be good enough for now." Roronoa Zoro had just finished shoveling snow off the rocky pathway to his family's large home in preparation for the Pirate King Family's visit. "If that numb skull and his brat bust it that's on them.", laughed the swordsman. It was getting close to the holidays so Luffy had insisted that he and his family come over to celebrate Christmas with the Roronoas, prompting his wife to make him clear the snow covered path for their impending guests. Zoro made his way to the house and opened the front door, he quickly came inside to escape the harsh cold that had surrounded him for the past hour or so. "Man, it's freezing out there.", exclaimed the red-faced man. The first mate stripped off his outer layers and boots as he called out to his wife and daughter, receiving no response. "Hmm, must be upstairs." Zoro climbed the winding staircase and peeked into several rooms as he continued down the hall in search of his family. He stopped in front of the wooden door to his wife's library/study, he turned the handle gently hoping to not disturb his girls if they were engrossed in some ancient book as he so often found them. Peeking inside he saw that the desks were vacant and the plushy chairs were noticeably empty. That's weird. Curious, the one-eyed man tiptoed over to the sofa that was positioned away from the entrance to find both his wife and daughter fast asleep.
Robin was stretched out on her back with her arms wrapped around their teenage daughter to keep her warm and steady on the couch as they slumbered. Olivia had her head tucked under the older woman's chin, her left arm draped across her mother's thin waist as she pressed against Robin's side trying to be as close as she could to her mother's comforting heat. Zoro took in the content smiles on both of their faces as they napped holding each other close and smiled at the lovely scene. He almost laughed at how innocent his fifteen year old looked as she slept cuddling her mommy. Olivia had always been fiercely independent do to her maturity and natural intellect, she had rarely needed to be coddled in her younger years and now was practically a fully functioning adult much to her father's dismay. Zoro loved times like this that his baby girl would act like a small child with his wife, allowing herself to be soothed to sleep and held in Robin's arms was an adorable sight to behold in the green-haired man's opinion. The retired pirate reached out to brush some stray obsidian-colored locks off his daughter's face, letting his fingers brush against her smooth cheek as her tucked the strands behind her pierced ear. Feeling the contact in her sleep, Olivia's eyelids twitched on the verge of awakening before she turned, burying her face against the sleeping historian's neck. Her father smiled at the cute reaction. Zoro pulled the spare blanket off the back of a nearby chair and covered up the sleeping archaeologists. Pressing a quick kiss to his sleeping wife's lips, Zoro silently walked to the exit and shut the door to the makeshift sleeping quarters deciding not to disturb his girls' peaceful slumber. Just as he started down the stairs a loud bang from downstairs disrupted the peaceful silence his home had previously held.
"Zoro! Robin! We're here!"
"Don't yell idiot!", lectured the equally loud navigator as she smacked her childish husband upside the head.
"Dad, I don't think you can just walk into people's houses without knocking.", added the brown-eyed teenage girl behind him.
"Olivia I have a new move to show you!", shouted the black-haired boy as he headed for the staircase in search of his friend.
"Ace! Wait for me!", cried his older sister. "I wanna see Liv too!"
"Hehe, race ya Bella!", challenged the Monkey son.
"This is gonna be a long week.", huffed the green-haired man, hurrying out of the way of his oncoming niece and nephew.
Author's Note: Okay so this is a little alternate time line from my previous one-shots/stories where more Straw Hat babies are born. Since Christmas is here I wanted to start a multi-chapter fic of the older Straw Hats with their kids celebrating Christmas together as a special present to all of my amazing readers. To make things clear, as of right now this will only include Zoro and Luffy's families, the kids introduced so far are Olivia (15), Bella (13), and Ace (12). Can't wait to hear your feedback to know if you guys want me to continue or not. I'll probably update this story around the same time I do FTOS from now on.
