The Heart Pirate's submarine traversed beneath the surface of the sea, giving the crew inside time to recuperate while knowing they were not in any imminent danger beneath the water. The sea kings were few in the area the Heart Pirates were in, and were able to deal with those that did show with their weapons on their ship. But even a relative peace gave no relief to those who had nightmares from the battle they had been apart of before a retreat had been called for.

Penguin was one of those who experienced those recurring nightmares.

The pale eyed Heart Pirate woke up with a harsh gasp and momentary panic over something that was no longer there. No claws and blades were there to rend flesh in an attempt to kill him. Penguin let out another slow breath before he remembered where he was, and that he was safe, alive, and in his cabin on the submarine. The tension slowly left him, as did the shadowy remnants of the memory of the way all of the wounds had been dealt to him.

It had been a little over a month since they had clashed with Kaido's forces, and Penguin was honestly surprised that both the Heart Pirates crew and the Straw Hat crew had survived, if not without injury. Penguin was grateful to even be alive after all of the damage he had taken in battle. He chalked his survival up to Law's skills as a surgeon, even if he knew that his captain had not at all wanted to see him in the condition he was in. Or see any of his crew injured, for that matter. The pale eyed Heart Pirate also supposed that Law's decision to take all of the crew's hearts with his Devil Fruit powers and stow them away on their submarine had been the right thing to do. More of their crewmates would have been in danger of dying otherwise, considering the array of wounds that had been inflicted upon them.

Penguin let out a shuddering sigh. He was still in bad shape even a month later, but again, he was alive, and that was what mattered to his crewmates.

And Law.

Penguin had seen the rest of the crew now and again, or rather, heard them, and they sounded cheerful enough, all things considered.

The pale eyed pirate suspected, through their conversation, that Law had returned all of their hearts to them over the past month, when Law had deemed that each crewmate was no longer in danger of dying or having harmful after affects from their wounds that they had accumulated. It was a mystery to Penguin as well as the rest of the crew how Law was able to keep track of whose heart belonged to whom. But there was one thing that Penguin was sure that his crewmates had no idea that Law had not yet returned his heart, and Penguin was fairly certain that it was not because he was in danger of dying anymore. No, the pale eyed pirate believed that it was because his captain had gotten it into his head to tease him.

Penguin felt himself begin to doze off, and found that he was not as concerned that his body chose to do so, and as often as it did, considering all of the stitches that had been needed to keep his limbs together and his guts from spilling out. Penguin shifted in discomfort when he felt the pull of stitches on his shoulder, and hoped that those did not tear again as they had a week and a half ago. A twinge against the side of his throat reminded Penguin that he had come very close to having his throat slit, and he felt that it was lucky that he did not when he had already collapsed after sustaining so many cuts from claws and blades.

And then there was the sound that he still heard in his nightmares. A sound that was not likely to leave Penguin's mind for as long as he lived. The sound of a scream that had seemingly torn itself out of his captain's throat when he'd fallen, surrounded by those who wished to finish the job, and-

"Ah, you are awake." A door opened and closed. "That's good. I was thinking it was about time that you would wake up."

Penguin's thoughts were interrupted by his captain's voice, and he turned his head gingerly to watch Law pull up a chair next to the bed he lay in. Penguin felt cheered even a little bit when his captain picked up his nearest hand and held his wrist to check his pulse. Law had been going between his room and the infirmary, checking up on all of his crewmates still in need of medical attention.

"How are you feeling?" The dark haired captain checked on a few more vitals before turning his eyes on Penguin. "Did I wake you up?"

"I'm better than I have been." Penguin said after he'd allowed himself a brief moment to look at his captain. The pale eyed Heart Pirate had put his hat back on, so Law couldn't exactly see if he was making eye contact with him or not. But Penguin was sure that Law knew he was, or at least trying to. "And you didn't wake me. I've been up for at least an hour." Penguin looked to the side in case Law could see his expression. "I was just…thinking." Thinking about how much pain Law had sounded like he was in when he saw Penguin fall during the fight, and seen the sight of several other crewmates collapsing to the ground when they could no longer remain standing in the face of their opponents and the wounds they'd been dealt.

Law frowned darkly. He clearly knew what his crewmate was referring to, as the dark haired captain lightly wrapped his hands around Penguin's right one that he held in his grasp. "I would rather not dwell on what happened. I'd rather focus on the here and now, and the fact that all of you are still alive after that battle." Law closed his eyes briefly as he let out a frustrated sigh and tightened his hands around Penguin's. "I knew that I should have made you remain behind, whether you wanted to or not."

"But then Shachi would be dead, maybe Bepo too, if he had had to interfere, and you would have been in danger of losing your right arm again." Penguin reminded his captain, and continued when Law's eyes opened and looked at him. "I know that you were upset that I was injured as much as I was, but you would have blamed yourself if Shachi had been killed. He was lucky that we were both there." Penguin weakly raised his left hand to trace the back of Law's tattooed hands. "So don't think about it."

"I am glad that Shachi got out of that situation, if a little shaken and with a wounded leg." Law shook his head, his gaze roving over Penguin's bandaged limbs. "But when I saw you lying there…I thought my heart had stopped when I realized that you weren't getting back up. That you weren't moving. It looked like you weren't even breathing until I was able to get to your side to find out. It seemed longer than the minute it took to get to you, with all the blood I could see. I thought I wouldn't be able to do anything for you. You were a mess."

Penguin noticed that his captain was letting himself get too wrapped up in what had already come to pass, and with a little difficulty, managed to free his hands. Penguin gave Law's nearest hand a reassuring squeeze as he spoke up quietly. "I'm still here, so you aren't about to lose me any time soon."

Law seemed to shake himself out of his thoughts on the matter as he offered a faint, barely there smirk. "You are still here. That much is true. You are also more lucid than you have been as of late." Law gently removed his hand from Penguin's before he held out both of his hands in front of his crewmate. "Let's see how your strength is progressing."

"Not any better than yesterday, I believe." Penguin sighed, really not wanting to do this again so soon. It was one thing to feel weakened. It was another to see it in action and become discouraged, and said as much to his captain. "I'd rather not see just how weak I still am."

"I want to see how you are doing." Law insisted, and with a more obvious smirk, added. "I am a doctor, after all."

Penguin shakily levered himself up into a seated position, and reached out to squeeze either of Law's forefinger and middle fingers. The result was as pathetic as he had known it would be, because he could barely wrap his hands around even two digits of a hand. Penguin supposed he was lucky that he had motor movement in his hands instead of them being crippled by the claws that had slashed them.

"Again." Law urged firmly.

Penguin complied with the request, and did his best to get his hands to do as he wanted them to, which was more difficult than he'd have liked it to be.

"That's better." Law made an approving hum. "I know that it probably doesn't seem like much, but it is an improvement from yesterday."

"If you say so." Penguin replied dubiously as he lowered his hands to rest on his lap. "Anything else?"

"There is, yes. I would like for you to try and stay awake longer today." Law responded.

"I can try and do that, but it is very hard to keep from falling asleep." Penguin said with a sigh.

"All I can ask of you is to try. Your body will act as it wants." Law said, and he smiled a bit. "I did bring something with me that will perhaps hold your attention."

"I can't drink any alcohol. You said I can't." Penguin said.

"I know. That's why I brought this."

Penguin watched as Law reached into a pocket of his oversized jacket, and the pale eyed pirate's eyes widened when Law removed his heart from that pocket, and his heart was in that odd, clear casing that appeared when Law had popped it out of his chest. "Are you going to give me that back yet?" Penguin tilted his head so that he could see his captain better. "I don't think that I am in any danger of dying."

"I believe that I will keep it a little while longer." Law responded, as he brought the organ to his lips and kissed it.

Penguin felt a light pressure from where Law's lips were pressed to the clear outside of the heart. The pale eyed pirate felt a blush crossing his features. "C…captain, what are you…ah…" Penguin shuddered as Law gave the cube in his hands several kisses, his tongue darting out now and again as if the dark haired captain was determined to kiss the entire enclosed heart. Law's fingers lightly danced around Penguin's heart, caressing it as if he were kissing his crewmate instead. Law smirked at the effect that it was having on Penguin.

"Ah..." Penguin shifted on the bed and clenched the sheets slightly at the action of his captain practically kissing his heart. He wasn't really sure how he was supposed to respond to this. "Isn't that bad for my heart if you do something like that?"

"I've had my heart squeezed before and it was fine." Law replied, and gave another kiss to the heart. "So it'll be all right. I just didn't expect it to effect you so much." The dark haired pirate captain sounded amused for some reason as he continued to caress and kiss the heart as if he'd found something interesting to do.

"Law..." Penguin couldn't help but let out a breathless sigh as the kissing had a rather interesting effect on him that he didn't at all expect. "Law...I'm...I think that you're making me...ah...Law...stop that..."

"Oh? We're not having sex right now, but are you feeling something when I do this?" Law pressed another lingering kiss on the heart, before he carefully set it on the nearby desktop. Law rose to his feet and leaned over Penguin to press a single, firm kiss to the other's lips, before he drew back and smirked again, at least until he saw that Penguin's eyes were dropping beneath the shadow that the hat cast on his face. "I know of something that will keep you awake for a little while longer."

"You told me we can't have sex either, without tearing my stitches." Penguin reminded his captain, clearly disappointed. "You told me there was to be no vigorous activity, and that I couldn't overexert myself as I regain my strength."

"I did say that, but that doesn't mean that I can't do this." With a careless flick of his hand, Law removed the bedsheet over Penguin's lap, and yanked his boxers down.

Penguin squirmed, as he hadn't expected that, and wondered if, along with not letting him have pants on due to his bandages, if Law wanted to be able to do that sometime. It seemed like he planned on doing it all along, with the way he was smiling again. "Law, what are you…" Penguin let out a soft moan as his captain ran a hand along, and then leaned over to give the tip a firm lick, before taking it in a bit and sucking it. Penguin let out another gasp and went limp on the bed. He hadn't expected his captain to try and give him a blowjob, and he really was too tired to actually enjoy it. But Law was right in that he wasn't about to fall asleep from his captain sucking and kissing and licking his shaft like he couldn't get enough of the taste.

"You like this?" Law asked, as he slowly drew his tongue from base to tip, before he closed his mouth over the head and wrapped a hand around the base to give it a squeeze as well as a good, long suck.

"Yes." Penguin breathed out with a moan.

Law made some muffled laugh around what was in his mouth before he went and surprised Penguin by taking him in and deep throating him.

Penguin gasped in surprise and cursed his exhausted body for being unable to enjoy what Law was doing as much as he could have, as he had to just lie there and let Law do as he would. The pale eyed pirate was just a little bit confused as to why Law kept his hand wrapped firmly around the base. At least, Penguin was confused until Law distracted him by using his free hand to fondle his balls as well and that was it for Penguin's train of thought being of any use to him.

Law suddenly stopped what he was doing moments later and drew away with a quick lick of his lips as he smirked down at Penguin.

The pale eyed Heart Pirate stared up at the other man, wondering why Law had stopped, and why his captain still held his shaft at the base.

It was almost like he was going to-

"Room."

Penguin let out an indignant gasp as Law suddenly had his unsheathed nodachi in hand and cut his dick off. "Hey!" Penguin tried to reclaim the organ, because really, what was Law thinking? Penguin supposed he was grateful his captain hadn't taken his balls as well. "What the hell are you doing? Put it back."

Law merely smirked and drew his lips along from base to tip again to fil his crewmate in trying to take it back, and cradled the detached dick in his hands. "I'll be sure to keep this safe as well as your heart, until I see fit to return them to you."

Penguin gaped at Law in horror, disturbed by the sight of the disembodied dick, even if he could, oddly enough, still feel sensations as his captain gave the tip a light suck. "Law…"

"I've told Shachi to check up on you later in the evening, as I have more rounds to make in the infirmary." Law said matter of fact, as he moved away from the bed and pocketed Penguin's heart. "I think that you will find this." Law gave the pale eyed pirate's shaft a light squeeze… "Will keep you awake for a good long while." Law pocketed Penguin's dick with a last caress and a final smirk before he left the room.

Penguin decided then and there that Law was definitely more kinky than he was, no matter what his captain might try and say of his decision to cut his dick off from his body, even temporarily. But because of Law's actions, Penguin certainly did stay awake for longer. For three and a half hours, in fact. It was, however, mainly due to the Heart Pirate expecting Law to finish giving him a blowjob to his disembodied dick.

It didn't happen, so Penguin was able to fall asleep, even if he was a little concerned when Law might try and touch him again.

-x-

Penguin was rudely woken by Shachi later in the evening, as he had been told he would be. The pale eyed Heart Pirate had just thought that his red headed crewmate might leave him alone instead of trying to make him bleed from the ears from being so loud at trying to get him to wake up. It was a shame Penguin wasn't in any shape to toss his friend out the door until he was ready for visitors to awaken him so suddenly.

"Pen? Pen! Wake up!"

Penguin let out a soft grumble of annoyance, before he forced his eyes open and turned his head to give his fellow crewmate a dark look, even if the effect was lost because his hat hid his eyes for the most part.

"You sure have been sleeping soundly. I think this is the first time I've seen you awake." Shachi grinned cheerfully, oblivious to his friend seething in his general direction. "Captain was right that you'd be awake today, and would start to stay awake for longer each day." Shachi's smile slipped as he took in the bandages that were visible as well as his friend's general exhaustion. The red head's expression turned glum, the cheer gone from his voice. "I'm sorry. If only I'd been paying better attention to my surroundings then you wouldn't have-"

"Don't." Penguin said firmly, if a little weakly. "I know that you would have done the same for me or anyone in the crew. No one would have seen that attack coming, so don't blame yourself for not being able to react to it."

Shachi awkwardly tugged at the hair peeking out from beneath his hat with one hand. "Thanks, Pen."

"You're welcome." Penguin replied, amused at his friend's fidgeting over thanking him for saving his life. And he had. If Penguin hadn't thrown his own body in the way to knock Shachi over, he would have been run through, spine and all, and Penguin doubted that Law could have done anything to help him if there was too much damage to the spine. Sure, Law could have swapped someone else's body and gotten rid of the damaged parts, but it would have been dependent on whether the attack had harmed Shachi too much.

"You know, some of the crew was talking and-"

Penguin missed Shachi's next words because of a sudden sensation in the lower half of his body, and specifically in the area where his dick had been removed by his captain's body earlier that day. Penguin managed to bite back a gasp at the sensation of a mouth closing over the top, where a tongue gave a slow flick beneath the head, before taking it in slowly. Penguin squirmed uncomfortably, mainly because Shachi was in the room with him, and he knew that Law had to have known that fact.

So why was he doing it now? Did he want their red headed crewmate to figure out what was going on? Penguin felt Law moan around his dick and felt that his captain was being a damn tease and was trying to get him to react in front of Shachi.

Penguin made his best attempt to listen to Shachi's conversation, but soon found that he could only focus on that mouth and the wonderfully good yet frustrating feeling that Law was visiting on him with every suck and lick he gave to his dick.

"Hey, you all right, Pen?" Shachi obviously saw that Penguin had become a bit flushed. "You haven't got a fever, do you? I should get the captain if you do."

Penguin couldn't help but let out a sot moan before he spoke aloud in a strained voice. "I can't believe this. I am going to get him for being such a weirdo."

Shachi wore a perplexed look before he smiled again. "You shouldn't talk about the captain like that." Shachi teased. The red head watched Penguin shift on the bed, twitch, and let a low, frustrated yet turned on groan. "Wait. Did the captain...um...cut off your..." Shachi motioned to Penguin's crotch. "Did he use his powers on it?"

The pale eyed Heart pirate could only manage a brief huff of confirmation, as Law had, from the feel of it, nearly jammed his dick down his throat.

"That's a bit too strange and weird, if you ask me." Shachi said as he retreated to the door, before the red head grinned mischievously. "That reminds me. That one day, when I couldn't find you, and Law was having some trouble telling me to look for you...were you under the deck, sucking him off or something?"

Penguin managed to convey giving his friend a glare while not saying anything lest it come out as a moan.

Shachi laughed. "Ha. I knew it. I was wondering why you hadn't had your hat on, when you told me who you were. You did seem flustered at the time."

"Shachi..." Penguin cut himself off as he let out a faint moan and felt that perhaps he should get Shachi to leave before he became too embarrassed over what was going on with Law and his odd timing to give his disembodied dick some love.

Shachi seemed to feel similarly, as he left the room with a final statement. "I'll leave you two to it. Well, wherever the captain happens to be, that is."

Penguin didn't response as the door shut, as he was lost to the sensation of Law very clearly enjoying having his dick down his throat and moaning around it as he sucked him off. Penguin was exhausted by the time he finally came, and when he soon felt sleep trying to claim him, the Heart Pirate had half a mind to tell Law off the next time that he saw him. Penguin tried to allow himself to doze off, until he felt something else that made him become more aware again. Penguin hastily fumbled for a snail near his bed and called Law's transponder snail. He'd been given it in case some medical emergency arose from when he'd been initially injured and was recovering from surgery.

'Hello.' Law's voice a was a little rough, yet sounded strangle satisfied. 'I see you're awake. Your body seemed to be enjoying my mouth, so I wondered if the same would happen if I-'

"Law, please do not fuck yourself with my dick." The pale eyed pirate got right to the point. "Sucking off of it is one thing, but I would rather be there driving it into you instead." Penguin said wearily, and was grateful that the feeling of Law trying to impale himself was gone soon after.

'I bet you would like that, wouldn't you?' Law laughed briefly at the stutter from his crewmate. 'Get some rest, Penguin.'

"I will.' Penguin said, his voice fainter as his body attempted to get him to get some rest.

'I'll be there in the morning to check up on you.' Law hung up.

Penguin was able to doze off the rest of the way now that his captain wasn't fondling his dick or otherwise trying to use it in rather worrying ways.

-x-

One month later, with Penguin's shaft firmly back where it should be a week previous, Law was overseeing his crewmate walk around on deck. Law had insisted on the rest of the crew leaving them alone, despite their want for fresh air, and Penguin soon learned why.

The pale eyed Heart Pirate was not as recovered as he thought he had been.

Penguin let out a grunt as he hit the deck after taking only a handful of tentative steps. Penguin tried to not let himself become too discouraged, but it was difficult to do so when he never thought that he would ever have trouble walking.

"Again, Penguin." Law said, and it was not a demand, as if was said in a more encouraging tone.

Penguin tried again, as asked, and this time Law caught him before he could fall over again.

"It will get better." Law said suddenly, when Penguin didn't try to stand back up. "You will have to build your strength up little by little." Law steadied his crewmate, before letting go and stepping back. "So keep going."

-x-

Another month and Penguin was starting to become more depressed over the fact that he wasn't anywhere near back to normal, even if most of his wounds had healed over and the stiches were gone. He was sore and tired all of the time, and any prolonged activity left him exhausted. The only thing on his body that didn't hurt was the three claw marks across his chest that he'd received on Zou.

Penguin knew that his captain was trying to cheer him up in his own way, so mostly through sarcasm, and had told his crewmate that he was progressing his his recovery, even if it did not seem like it. Penguin was not as optimistic, but he didn't want to disappoint his captain, so he did exercises as asked, as well as any other activity his captain could think of to try and help him recover and regain his strength.

But Penguin knew that it was not helping as much as he'd have liked it to, because Penguin found more fault with himself a week later when the submarine was attacked by two marine ships.

-x-

Penguin stumbled along the deck of the ship as a canon clipped the side of the submarine. Penguin had made an attempt to get back into the cabins, as he had known that he would not be able to put up a fight with the condition he was in. Penguin was foiled, however, when marines from the nearest ship piled onto the deck to attack, and he was separated from his cremates.

The pale eyed pirate didn't remember much of what had happened because he'd overexerted himself fending off some of the marines. So the next thing he knew, he was overpowered and had his arms forced behind his back by a marine or two in order to handcuff him. Penguin was breathing hard at the time, so he was unable to put up much of a resistance as he was taken from the submarine, and back to one of the navy ships.

Penguin knew that he should have fought back. That he should have done something. Yet his weakened state didn't allow him any means to retaliate. So instead of raising hell on the deck of that navy ship, Penguin was forced to rest his head on the deck instead and listen to the marines chatter overhead.

"Damn pirates."

"Isn't that Trafalgar Law's ship?"

"Yes, it is. We've been looking for it for two weeks."

"What'd you bring this pirate over for?"

"We could use him as bait."

"Law's a pirate. Don't pirates leave behind crew that are useless? This one didn't even put up a fight."

Penguin clenched his hands behind his back, but knew that there was nothing he could do in this position other than wait and see what happened. He didn't have to wait long, as suddenly the marines near him were flopping uselessly in pieces on the deck, utterly confused as to what had happened to them. Penguin was disoriented by then as well, but he knew that it had to have been Law's doing. And he knew for certain that it was his captain when Law showed up next to him and was removing the handcuffs with his power. Penguin allowed his captain to help him upright, and was startled as he was apt to sometimes when he and Law were back on the submarine's deck via his captain's Devil Fruit powers.

"Dive now, while they are regrouping." Law called to the nearest of the crew. Penguin felt sick to his stomach as Law led him into the sub and down the hall to a room. He felt that Law would have easily been able to take care of those two marine ships, but he instead ordered a retreat. Because of him. Penguin had allowed himself to be captured and it was all because he wasn't where he should have been when the attack happened.

"Bepo, chart a course to the nearest island. I need to get more medical supplies." Law said suddenly, as his furred crewmate rushed by.

"Aye aye, captain!"

"Penguin, don't slouch." Law urged his crewmate to straighten up as they walked along the hall. "I would like for you to not be impeded by your own body while you recover your strength."

The pale eyed Heart Pirate couldn't help but let a few tears of helpless frustration bead in the corner of his eyes as his voice came out rough and upset. "I am not any use like this, with my body in such poor shape. That shouldn't have happened." Penguin had never expected to, however briefly, ever fall into marine custody.

"You have to take time to regain your strength. Most anyone else would have died from your wounds, you know." Law opened a door and urged his crewmate inside, before closing and locking it. "Don't expect a speedy recovery with what you were forced to go through. Just be grateful that you're alive instead and are steadily improving each day."

Penguin realized that they were not his cabin, but Law's, and was about to ask why that was when Law turned him around and kissed him. Penguin was startled by that searing kiss that he was given, and stared at Law as the man drew away. Penguin was sure that he was blushing, even if his hat hid it for the most part. He knew that he was blushing for sure when Law retrieved a heart from a nearby shelf and smirked at him.

"I believe I will give this back to you." Law pressed the heart back in place before moving in closer to Penguin, a hand lightly brushing his chest, over his heart. "I want to feel it beating beneath my hands as I touch you."

Penguin let out a muffled sound as Law brought their lips together for another kiss. The pale eyed Heart Pirate wasn't exactly expecting this to happen so soon, so his guard was down more than he would have liked it to be. Penguin gasped as Law urged him backward onto the bed so that the dark haired captain could settle over him.

Law adjusted so that he didn't rest over his crewmate too heavily before he resumed the kiss, licking his way into it and moaning something softly as he urged Penguin to kiss him in return. The kiss broke moments later as Law smirked down at his crewmate.

"What was that for?" Penguin asked, even though he didn't exactly mind that he'd been kissed in such a way.

"You scared me back there, being taken by the marines like that. Especially when I realized you weren't on our ship anymore." Law let his hands trail along Penguin's bare shoulders lightly, running his fingertips along the fabric of the tank top his crewmate wore. "I need to make certain that you were not injured by them."

Penguin felt that at this point in time Law was more interested in something else, as his captain had just ground down against him slowly and obviously.

"I think that it is time for me to give you a very thorough examination." Law commented as he traced his hands lightly along Penguin's chest and then down as the dark haired captain slowly slid down along his crewmate's body until Law took a foot into his hand to press a kiss to the ankle. "As a doctor, I need to make sure that my patent's recovery is still on track and that there are no setbacks."

Penguin took one look at Law's smirk as his captain let go to reach for his belt, and felt, as his pants were slowly tugged off and tossed aside, that Law was about to show that dominant side that he'd been hinting at some months ago. That he'd mentioned to Penguin after that electrifying kiss and comment that he was not always going to be so submissive around his crewmate.

Law's lips brushed the front of the boxers and mouthed his way along to the skin of Penguin's waist, before the dark haired captain leaned back and took Penguin's ankle back in his hand as he started to test for any injury.

"How is that? Do you feel any pain there any longer?" Law questioned as he lightly caressed his crewmate's ankle.

"It's sore, but no, it's not so painful anymore." Penguin let his head drop back and closed his eyes briefly over the thought of Law testing all of his limbs and checking his chest and back and neck, and thinking that he was going to be up for some time just from the sound of Law's voice and how he was clearly intending to enjoy himself with this 'examination' of his.

There was a light bite to Penguin's inner left thigh as Law finished examining the limb, and Penguin couldn't help but squirm over the fact that Law was switching his attention to his other leg to give it a similar treatment.

"Penguin?"

"Yes?" Penguin asked, as he lifted his head slightly to meet his captain's gaze before he swallowed nervously at the intent, hungry look on the other's eyes. When there were no words spoken, Penguin ventured to speak, if a little tentatively. "No restraints?"

Law's golden eyes smoldered briefly at the thought before an incredibly arrogant smirk spread across his features. "What use are they if you're in no danger of running from me?" Law left what he was doing briefly to carefully lean over his crewmate to flick Penguin's hat off and give him another lingering kiss. Law pulled back with a smirk still in place. "I don't need to tie you up. Do you know why?"

Penguin couldn't help but look his captain in the eyes again.

Law rested briefly on top of his crewmate so that he could whisper in his ear. "I don't need to tie you up because you will be holding on to me too tightly to even think about leaving this room."

Penguin was speechless over Law hinting that he was going to, from the sound of it, screw him into the bed and the pale eyed pirate couldn't help but be turned on by the thought. Penguin even had half a mind to leave, just to tease Law a little bit but that was when his captain started on his right leg. Penguin felt that perhaps Law was right. That the pale eyed pirate didn't need to be tied up in any way because he wanted this, had anticipated it for some months, and with the way that Law was taking things so slowly…

It intrigued Penguin. It made him want more. The pale eyed Heart Pirate was interested in seeing what Law had in mind, so he held still and let his captain continue his examination.

Law's smirk grew into an amused one as he moved on to inspecting Penguin's waist with a soft brush of his fingertips against the bare skin from where he'd shoved the tank top up.

One minute later and Penguin was rather regretting not running, however briefly. Law was most certainly letting him know just how he felt about him and just how worried he'd been over his injuries with how thorough he was in examining his crewmate's body. Penguin found that he enjoyed the way Law handled his limbs more than he ought to have, as it wasn't exactly done in a sexual way for most of it, and his captain clearly knew it through his actions.

And when Law did start to do more than was expected of a normal check up, Penguin knew that there was no way he was even going to think about leaving that room.

-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x

A/N: So the next chapter will be the last one for this fic, and most of the chapter it will be from Law's POV (because I do realize that I haven't exactly had him give his views/opinions on the matter, so I'll try to do a bit of that in the next chapter).

And from the way this chapter ended, the next chapter will mainly just be LawxPenguin smut and then a wrap up for the fic itself.