(Idea: baby Luffy has nightmares about drowning after shanks saved him)


Luffy woke up with a jolt, gasping for breath. His hands had come up to his throat as he had dreamt. It was one of the few nightmares he had, but it was a reoccurring one he was drowning, sinking deeper and deeper into the dark blue sea.

As he quieted his gasping breaths he forced himself to relax, Shanks had saved him losing an arm in the process. That bloody stump was another of his nightmares, he had been unable to protect one of the few people that cared about him and it drove him to anger. He had made a promise on the straw hat that he would be the freest on the seas. He would be the Pirate King.

Looking around he smiled widely, this was a quiet moment that he could enjoy. He didn't have to fill the air with laughter so late at night. So we curled back up against Sabo and Ace, enjoying the warmth that his older brothers gave him as they slept in their base in the trees. He could relax and go back to sleep, he would dwell on the memories another day.