text: Ace stretched as he headed down the hall to the room he'd seen Luffy go to last night. Honestly he was stunned the smell of cooking meat hadn't woken Luffy up yet…maybe the crew had done something to the captain's quarters to make it harder to smell what the kitchen was up to? Would be a good precaution with Luffy…
  
  He knocked and then pushed the door open, "Hey, Luffy, breakfast is in-"
  
  He stopped talking.
  
  Trafalgar Law was in bed with his brother.
  
  Trafalgar Law was in bed with his brother.
  
  Ace let himself ignite and lunged. "You asshole!"
  
  Law's eyes snapped open and he quickly yelled, "Room! Tact!"
  
  And suddenly Ace couldn't move, stuck suspended mere moments from impact with his target. "What the hell, Law?"
  
  "Huh?" Luffy asked, sitting up. "Ace? What are you doing…hey, Traffy why are you levitating Ace?"
  
  Law appeared to be twitching, "Because he is either going to burn me, choke me, or do both if I stop."
  
  "True." And Ace took the consolation prize that Law looked nearly petrified. Good.
  
  Luffy frowned, "Huh…Ace, why do you want to hurt Traffy?"
  
  "Do you really need to ask?" Ace demanded.
  
  "He's mad because I'm in bed with you," Law said tightly.
  
  "Whoa, Traffy, you okay?" Luffy asked.
  
  Was Law okay? Ace considered spitting a little lick of flame at the asshole—nothing too bad, just to spook him—when he looked and…oh.
  
  Law was gripping at the mattress looking even more freaked out by the second.
  
  "Yeah, you really don't want to wake Traffy up like that," Luffy sighed. "Uh…you didn't see this, okay?"
  
  "…Okay," Ace agreed slowly. Now that he'd had a little more time to look, Luffy and Law were both dressed, so maybe they really hadn't done anything but sleep.
  
  "Traffy, can you put my brother down?" Luffy asked, gently rubbing Law's shoulder.
  
  Law didn't move, didn't even seem to breathe, for a moment but then he exhaled slowly and waved his hand, pushing Ace backwards and depositing him on his feet.
  
  "Thanks, Traffy," Luffy said. "You all right now?"
  
  Law took another deep breath and shot Ace a weak but annoyed look, "Don't do that again."
  
  "I figured," Ace said. "What was that?"
  
  "Something you will not talk about," Law said firmly.
  
  "I agreed to that, yeah," Ace said.
  
  Law continued to glare at him.
  
  "…Hey, it's morning, let's get breakfast!"
  
  Thank goodness for Luffy's ability to kill negativity.
  
  "Fine. That's what I need first thing in the morning anyway, a sneak attack and then watching you stuff your face…" Law chuckled. "Why did I ever come up with this alliance?"
  
  "Because you had no idea what you were in for!" Luffy laughed, hopping out of bed and digging through a pile of clothes. "Hey, Traffy, you've only got a shirt here, gonna have to re-wear those pants."
  
  "We're pirates, Luffy-ya, no one cares," Law said and when Ace looked at him he was already shirtless. And beating Ace in the tattoo count more than two to one. "Toss it here, will you?"
  
  "This been going on long then?" Ace asked.
  
  "A little while," Luffy said. "Mostly after Dressrosa."
  
  "What can I say, you really feel a connection after someone's carried you all over an island," Law said.
  
  "Seastone chains," Luffy explained, tugging on his red coat.
  
  "Sabo told me," Ace said.
  
  "Sabo tells everyone," Law said, sounding annoyed. "He thinks it's funny."
  
  "It kind of was," Luffy said. "Especially with you yelling like you were."
  
  "You had me upside down for way too long!" Law said.
  
  "I was trying to fight and carry you at the same time!"
  
  "And you needed to do a better job!"
  
  Ace started laughing, "You two are nuts!"
  
  "Yes, yes we are," Law said idly. "I accepted that a long time ago."
  
  "Traffy is very practical," Luffy snickered.
  
  "Shut up," Law muttered. "Man, I need coffee…"
  
  "Well, good thing breakfast is ready," Ace said.
  
  "It's already ready?" Luffy yelled.
  
  Ace barely had time to react before Luffy had him and Law by the arms and was dragging them to the galley t top speed yelling about meat.