Anonymous asked: Would Spoons be okay with other women cuddling with Ace? Cause I could see any women Whitebeard pirates on their period wanting to snuggle up to him so they can use his powers as a hot water bottle. Mine just started and wow Ace's powers seem like the best thing a girl could ask for.

A/N: I don't think its a question on whether she'd be okay with it… more like HOW MANY demand a cuddle puddle because women tend to sync up when living in the same space. (I lived in a college dorm with three other girls for three years, shark week got real y'all)

"P'sst! Marco, hey!"

The man in question paused, steaming coffee cup in hand and rose his brow at Ace–the source of the frantic whispering–who was currently crouched behind some crates by the figurehead, eyes flicking about frantically.

Suspicious… But then again he had Spoons draped across his back like a barnacle, snoozing away like nothing was happening, so it couldn't have been anything terribly incriminating. Otherwise she would have been there with him, conscious and chortling away.

"What is it?" he asked, not bothering to pitch his voice low, a mistake as the other man hissed for him to be quiet, then gave a paranoid glance around when the sound unfortunately echoed.

"I need your help," Ace murmured, after inspecting the area thoroughly for any interlopers, "I need to get Striker down to the water, but I can't really do it myself…" And here, he adjusted the sleeping woman, hiking her up higher so she wouldn't slip to the floor.

She mumbled something unintelligible, sounding annoyed, but settled back down with a sigh when Ace ramped up the temperature, a grimace on his face.

And it was then that Marco understood.

"Oh… it's that week isn't it?" he wondered, doing some rudimentary math in his head. It had been about a month since the last time, and if he remembered correctly, Spoons had practically strapped herself to the other man then too, sleeping the cramps away.

Which was all well and good, but the moment the other women caught on to how well Ace worked as a heater… Well it'd been funny, at first.

But the poor guy didn't handle that much attention well, and being surrounded by a bunch of hormonal women of various dispositions hadn't done his sanity any good.

So it was understandable that Ace wanted to make his escape to land while he still could, before he was dogpiled and guilted into being a human hot water bottle for the Red Tide. Spoons was relatively easy to handle on her own, she was only crampy and grouchy on her first day, which was easily remedied with heat and oranges (which was still weird to be honest). Otherwise, she was normal for the rest of the week… It was only when she was exposed to other cramping women that things got out of hand.

Because then everyone was vying for attention all at once and there really was only so much of Ace to go around.

So it was with silent agreement and mercy that Marco nodded along and helped the man make his exodus, snoozing cargo in tow.

Now he just needed to find another place they could stop for the others. It was only fair…