Thanks to anonymous on tumblr for the peppermint prompt! Hope you enjoy :)
The sharp green tang of peppermint filled the air as Law closed his eyes in bliss, inhaling deeply. The mug was warm in his hands, cold fingers slowly thawing with the radiating heat. When the world disappeared behind closed eyes, his whole world centred on the little handful of bliss in his hands and the promise of a moment of respite.
It reminded him of teenage years spent on an island covered with snow and yet filled with deep delight tinged in blue. Of a bashful polar bear who shyly offered to share a cup of hot chocolate laced with peppermint schnapps. Of days spent in front of the fire, feeling the skin around his eyes get singed by leaping sparks and feeling the ache in his belly from too much laughter with his friends.
"You look a million miles away." A bright voice broke through his reverie, teasing out a smile as he slowly blinked awake.
Of course, although his teenage years had their ups and downs, the present day was also something to treasure.
"Nami-ya."
The rival navigator leaned against the railing beside him, gazing out over the sea. A momentary lull between winter storms and their ships had managed to find each other, now tethered together for safety. A sharp tang of citrus wafted over him as the wind played in the tresses visible under her bright blue beanie, making the bobble on top nod in the breeze.
Everything was blue, except the nip of peppermint in his hands, a sharp green streak in the blue winter day. The sky arched high above, white tufts of cloud lazily moving across the sapphire dome. The waves were a deeper shade of cobalt, the dips shaded in midnight and swells highlighted with ice.
The only other splashes of colour in the monochromatic world were the bright orange of Nami's hair. And the flash of white and red, intertwined in her hand.
She had found a candy cane.
Law swallowed, his own minty treasure forgotten.
The way she was eating it was not doing him any favours whatsoever.
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