Title: Good Old Days
Theme: 11 - Memory
Rating: T
Disclaimer: Fiction as in made up.
Summary: Zoro reminisces

Zoro got up and stretched his muscles stiff from sitting for too long. His joints ached as he moved and he remembered a time when he moved easily without pain or discomfort. He used to be able to nap anywhere now he needed to nap or he wouldn't be away past dinner and to do so he needed a bed or soft chair.

"Zoro? Zoro, where are you?"

"Back here." Zoro called out.

A few moments later Nami walked into the room and shuffled over to where Zoro had settled back onto the couch. He smiled as his wife settled onto the couch beside him smelling faintly of tangerines. Her orange hair had darkened with age more of a burnished copper than the vibrant orange of their youth but she was still gorgeous. Zoro leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to her lips the tangerine spiciness that he always associated with her enveloping him and taking him back when they sailed the seas together.

!*!

The Thousand Sunny rocked gently with the waves but Nami had assured them that the fair weather would hold out for the next few hours at least. They had just escaped from a blitz marine attack and other than some bumps and bruises they had come out of it fine. The crew was taking the time to relax now that they were safely away and Zoro was about to settle in for a nap. His eyes drifted close and he listened to the sounds of the ship around him. The soft creak of the wood, the easy laughter of their captain, the waves slapping against the hull and wooden heels clicking along towards him.

Zoro let his other senses kick in and he smelled the spicy tangerine aroma that could only mean one person. A smile pulled at the corner of his mouth and he let his eyes open slowly and focus on the tangerine goddess in front of him. Nami smiled back and dropped gracefully to the deck beside him leaning her weight into his side.

"You know we've got an hour at least before the weather will change."

Zoro just smiled and tilted her head up for a kiss, they didn't just have an hour together they had the rest of their lives.

!*!

"Where's your mind, Zoro? I knew all those concussions would catch up eventually."

"Shut it, woman. I was just thinking about the days on the Sunny."

"You mean the good old days?"

"They weren't the good old days."

"Oh is that so?"

"We still have a lot of memories to make before it's time for reminiscing on the good old days."

"I like the sound of that."

Zoro just smiled and tilted her head up for a kiss.