#[also this is my first time writing sanji AND zoro AND zosan]

[zolo-san]

Damn it tumblr's tags are not accepting my rant in full so here:

okay I was really torn between Sanji and Zoro tbh both of them are regularly TERRIBLY mischaracterized Like I'm here for a good meme or self indulgent fic/fanart but so many people are out here just warping them into something that is unrecognizable compared to their canon counter parts it's actually a very big pet peeve of mine I try so hard when writing to keep as close to canon as I can so it drives me crazy that so many people can't even seem to get anywhere near the fucking ball park with those two like ??????????? what's the point if you're going to mischaracterize them beyond recognition

I'm a Zosan shipper but I don't want it "at all costs" I ship them because I find their canon characters and relationship interesting and worth shipping romantically (I'm also someone who has never shipped characters because I think they're hot and the idea of them fucking is hot, so take that how you will) but it's not just shippers (don't get me wrong I love 90% of the Zosan community) that are guilty of mischaracterizing tf out of these two It's the stanch anti-shippers too (and sometimes just the normal ass people in the fandom)

worst characterizations I've ever seen are probably something along the lines of: Zoro being nothing but a cold unfeeling beefcake who is like a Zombie for Luffy can't think for himself, is the embodiment of toxic masculinity, and an alcoholic who has no regard for the rest of the crew (like bitch who the fuck is that????????) - also you can't make Zoro too cool lol he's a little dork tbh and then Sanji being represented as a hyper feminine (yet somehow still misogynistic and toxic af?????) subservient sex obsessed weakling

don't even get me started on the hyper feminization of Sanji and the way people LOVE to make Zoro hyper masculine don't get me wrong love me a good twink Sanji/buff Zoro dynamic it's fun (also if Sanji not twink why Oda draw him like that with such gradable waist???) but there's some real toxic shit with some of that (also can we pls talk about fem shippers projecting HEAVILY onto Sanji to the point that he's not longer Sanji???) like ya'll you do you but there are some habits of mischaracterization in this fandom that seriously give me the ick I like the characters because I like them from the source material head canons and playing with them like dolls is all fun and games but pls I need you guys to return to the source material every once in a while

Sanji and Zoro are the most egregious mischaracterization imo but there are plenty of other really bad one's I see on a regular basis off the top of my head the first I think of are Ace, Law, and Luffy tbh (tho Luffy's character is only specifically assassinated in a lot of shipping content - I have opinions on that too but I'm not going to get into it now)

For the record I'm someone who's been in fandoms a long time none of this is new I'm also pretty pro-shipping (even though I hate that word and the stupid negative connotation if comes with 🙄)

weekly one piece poll #6

previous poll result: animal most associated with sanji is: bighorn sheep (37.1%), fox (27.4%), duck/black swan (tied at 12%).

shoutout to other suggestions: dragon, secretary bird, golden retriever, goat, mouse, floppy-eared bunny!

swinging a bat at a hornet's nest :) bonus points if you reblog with examples :)

[nohva]

Zoro drunkenly (or while tipsy) confesses his love to Sanji one night but, in the same breath, tells him it’s okay—he knows Sanji is straight and is fine with them remaining "only" crewmates, he just had to get these feelings out of his system. And Sanji is overwhelmed because ???? Where is this even coming from? Why is the mosshead suddenly saying these things? This isn’t how their relationship is supposed to work. They don’t do the whole talking thing, especially not about serious topics?? When they have emotions to work through they fight each other, maybe throw in an insult or two. But this? This is unfamiliar territory for Sanji, so he’s really not sure how to react, much less respond.

So he doesn’t; he just stares at Zoro, his mouth opening and closing. Zoro takes that as his sign, gets up from the stairs he’d been sitting on, and leaves for the sleeping quarters. It is quite late, after all.

The next morning while preparing breakfast Sanji is oh so tense. He’s still mostly confused because there’s just no way the green-haired brute could harbor any such feelings toward another human being—least of all him—could he? And what if this does change things? Zoro said it wouldn’t, but who's to say?

And Zoro acts like nothing ever happened, he's just the same old moss ball that drinks too much Sake and takes way too many naps during the day and Sanji is so confused and he's getting angry now, because how can he act so nonchalant while the cook is over here losing his god damn mind over this? Does Zoro maybe not remember confessing? Had he been that drunk?

And obviously Zoro DOES remember, and he's NOT calm at all. He's freaking out internally every time he and Sanji are in the same room, but he'd rather lose his remaining eye than have anyone notice. So he does his best to play it cool. And yeah, maybe he takes a nap or two more than usual, and maybe he spends even more time working out in the crow's nest than is strictly necessary, but that is nobody’s business but his own, isn’t it?

Bla bla bla cue Sanji questioning the universe and his existence, freaking out over his sexuality, sloooowly coming to terms with it and then freaking out again about telling Zoro and what it means for the crew dynamic etc etc.

Also Robin being somewhere in the background of the story, smiling to herself, sipping on her tea, because of course she knows something is up, and she has a pretty good idea of what it is about, even if she doesn’t know the whole story, because she knows pretty much everything that’s going on on the sunny, cause she’s the responsible older sister™️.

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I have never attempted to write anything before, not even a rough draft like this, but Zosan has been living in my head rent free for the past few months now, and once the idea for a possible plot popped up in my mind I absolutely needed to note it down. Oh well, I hope I am not embarrassing myself too much by posting this.

Anyways, this is the most I can offer due to a lack of actual literary skills, but I still hope you enjoyed!

The obligatory English isn’t my first language speech: please excuse any spelling and grammar mistakes, I tried my best, I swear!

[zolo-san]

So I started thinking about Skypiea/Post-Skypiea Zosan last night...

and thinking about how there's no way that Sanji had an easy recovery with the full body burns he ended up with and I could see Zoro going out of his way to help Sanji out because Zoro has been there He's been seriously hurt and had to take care of himself and while Sanji has chopper, I think that Sanji would be similar to Zoro (If not worse because Sanji has a worse self image than Zoro) in that he would be afraid of worrying Chopper or being a burden and would try to do a lot on his own or act as if it wasn't that bad But Zoro would clock that shit immediately because he does it too And I think Zoro would also be able to tell when someone is moving differently because of pain or an injury But I think some of the things Zoro would do to help Sanji would be small like grabbing something for him so he doesn't have to move too much and hurt himself or making sure he doesn't spend too much time out in the sun and get dehydrated or over heated I think he'd try to get him to sit tf down more too which would be hard since Sanji is such a care taker and gets joy out of doing things for Nami and Robin (I think Robin would be more insistent that he doesn't do this during this time tho because she's suspicious that he's not totally healed/hiding the pain while Nami may not pick up on it right away, very much to Zoro's irritation) But I think he would also try to help Sanji in bigger, more meaningful ways too, like going out of his way to ask Chopper to teach him how to change Sanji's bandages because he knows Sanji hasn't been going to Chopper when he needs too and he knows how hard it is to do something like change your own bandages, especially when in pain, because he's done it himself in the past and I think he'd know that it's something really vulnerable, so he'd be very gentle about it and not push too hard, but still insist that Sanji let him help And I think Sanji would be seriously blown away by how caring and gentle Zoro is being towards him He'd notice all the things he's doing and be really touched It's not like Zoro wasn't helpful on occasion in the past or never showed any care for when Sanji was hurt before, but I think that this being one of the first time Sanji got seriously injured and the fact that it happened because Sanji was trying to protect others would make a big difference to Zoro I think Zoro would know that Sanji really needed the help and would want to show how much Sanji and his actions meant to him

In my own little Zosan timeline, Skypiea is when Sanji sort of has to come to terms with/admit to himself that he has feelings for Zoro, but I think that he would assume that there was no way Zoro would feel the same way about him because how could he? but I think something like this would be a sort of "Oh...." moment where Sanji realizes that Zoro really cares about him but I also think it would make him really confused and conflicted (in my timeline at this point Zoro almost completely assumes that Sanji is straight and has come to a point of fully accepting that he and Sanji will never be together and he's okay with that, as long as Sanji is happy and he's still allowed to be a part of his life) Anyways.... just some Skypiea stuff I kept thinking about last night~ It'll probably make it into a fic one of these days if the universe would just give me some time to write o(-< I have a full scene in my head and I want to write it very badly, but the whole fic isn't fully cooked yet~

Also thanks to this post for getting my brain thinking about Skypiea Zosan and leading me here lol

[spookieghostss]

Back again with another animatic !!

Can you tell I’m having fun with these? :]

Also, like, the craziest thing happened over on Youtube. That other animatic I posted on here az my first post, right? Absolutely blew up. Well, not in like, 100K+ blowing up… But 26K in like 5 days is crazy to me. 💥💥 That video got me almost 300 subs :0

Anyway, back to this animatic! It’s One Piece this time, WOAH!? I love me some One Piece fr fr. Wanted this to be a regular video but unfortunately YouTube decided it’z going to be a short instead. And yea, this is indeed Zosan ( Zoro x Sanji ).

Forgot to mention I originally made a thumbnail for this, but since it’s a short it’s not getting used. I waz lwk liking it tho 😔 I like the thumbnails I make for my animatics, especially the writing…….. So I’m just gonna show off the thumbnail here >:]

[twirlymarimo]

twirlymarimo's 2024 year-end zosan fic rec!

after a full orbit around the sun reading zosan fanfics, i decided to make a list of recommendations bringing light to these beautiful pieces of work, whether it made my heart hurt, made me laugh, or just simply hooked to the story. enjoy reading!

☆゜・。。・゜゜・。。・゜★

i would give you my heart, i think by fairv it's not finished but the first chapter is an absolute banger. multiple angsty trope in one - canonical character death, pining, miscommunication, friends to lovers, secret dating, what more could you ask for. i constantly find my self thinking about this story and i wish i was patient enough to wait for the finished work. this one deserves a lot more kudos!

homesick by summerofspock another mystery banger from summer! the vibe is twin peaks meets teen wolf and the premise is angsty but fluff is sprinkled here and there to keep our hearts stable.

insiduous by riotoftime and aevv the dynamic duo of the century that brought us tin lover is back with a new world to take over our minds with every update. their synchronized writing style reads like a book, just take a look at the world building in this one. the story is starting to pick up just like the intense dynamic between our two faves.

a heavy heart to carry by inkinmyheart i realized none of the first recs are finished, my bad but this one is! i typically avoid vampire aus because trauma from reading twilight but the concept here is interesting! i always enjoy ptsd sanji and the build up to the ending/reveal was satisfying.

the proposal by brunetta6 a well-written adaptation of the rom-com classic, the proposal. the accurate description of hokkaido brought me back down memory lane when i visited in 2023. hilarious dialogues with a tiny slice of angst makes a perfect pick-me-up read in the winter time.

lost myself when i caught sight of you by thecrownofclowns the sigh i let out after reading this. so hauntingly beautiful, like one of the fics that made me believe zosan is canon lol if this was a song, it would be a house in nebraska by our queen ethel cain

the knight shift by strawhatbougie inspired by THAT photo that circulated the internet, the author brought justice to what the audience wants - sanji in white fishnet leggings.

the mummy by greenyogurtelephant i love movie adaptations as you can see lol i read this on my e-reader in the summer and it was so hilarious, entertaining, and truly fits the essence of zosan. i would suggest to watch the actual movie either before or after reading the fic.

loose ends of the night by veto_power_over_clocks if you like pain like me, the first 4 chapters are all about miscommunication and wanting to smack both of these guys' heads and screaming at them the entire time. zoro POV too which is so rare these days but author delivered!

this post has been deleted. by evils if you love social media au but need it in a written format, this one is for you! a mix of comedy, fluff, and a slice of angst thru miscommunication.

seagrain by fruityumbrella ever thought about what would happen if sanji and zoro find out they've both done the one thing that make up their very core? "you know what, hell yeah," author fruityumbrella said.

thank you for reading if you made it this far! i have way more fics that i liked this year but i only got my account a couple of months ago so i couldn't track the ones i read earlier in the year. i also tried to feature ones that are not from well-known authors but i still had to give credit where it's due ;) thank you to all zosan writers for keeping my mental health stable (or maybe not for adding to my delusions about these two) <3

if you liked any of the fics above, please don't forget to give kudos, comment and bookmark! writers work so hard to give us amazing stories and they take so much time out of their schedules to do so.

if you're interested in more of my fic recs, you can check out my ao3 bookmarks here.

[saturninemartial]

Taps my mic. Is this thing on. Ahem.

I'm currently thinking about a modern AU, where everyone is aged up about 9-10 years. And Kaya is a medical resident at the hospital Law works at, and they're friendly enough; and Kaya posts a flier on a bulletin board in one of the lounges, for a drag show, for one of her fiancé's best friends, she explains, the best friend being the headliner Chouquette. Law has no intention of going, initially, but he gets dragged into it by the surgical techs he always has to work with, Penguin and Shachi, and current surgery fellow, Bepo.

(I am thinking that Minks will stay Minks in this AU, bc I never see that in modern AUs. Same with Fishmen, etc. And Devil Fruit powers are instead powers that people are born with, but still have to figure out and "awaken.")

The group goes to the show, and the first couple acts are fine; but then it's finally time for Chouquette, and it's clear most of the crowd is here for her. She clearly has some pretty big fans up front, hooting and hollering as she sings and tells jokes.

When Chouquette is finished with her performance, Law sees Kaya at the bar with some other people, and she's talking to a really cute-looking boy who has his eyes all over Law. Law doesn't look away fast enough, and Kaya catches his eye and waves him over, first introducing him to the cute boy, Luffy, one of her friends through her fiancé, Usopp, who's also sitting nearby. Luffy quickly introduces Law to everyone else, including Zoro, who wraps his arm around Chouquette when she joins them at the bar; and Chouquette as "Sanji, who's a girl when she's Chouquette, but a boy a lot of the rest of the time" (genderfluid Sanji expressing this via drag...and in the bedroom sometimes 🤭💕).

Law gets unwittingly inducted into this friend group, and with Luffy very interested in him romantically.

I don't have much worked out for this AU, but Luffy is a preschool teacher. And zosan, namivivi, and usokaya are all engaged and lowkey in a competition to see who gets married first. And Brook is still a skeleman and Jinbei a fishman, and Chopper a reindeer. <3 Just a chaotic but fun found family modern fic with some more canon elements dashed in.

I am a fic writer, so I definitely want to write in this AU! Feel free to follow for more, and send me your thoughts/ideas. :)

[kittycat10112004]

Guys I had the best zosan fic idea EVER an I needed to share before I forget. Though maybe it won't leave lol.

Anyways, yall know La siene? Well heres my idea.

Sanji learns the love language of wano while he's there, and is shocked to find out that doing little could mean so much, also the poetic way of saying i love you (the moon is beautiful isn't it?) and that Zoro had cared that much and he never knew, so he wants to make it up to him, by combining his love language with Zoros, he thinks of songs that has to do with the moon and love, then it hits him, La siene would be perfect. (Just switch the her parts to him lol) but he doesn't want the others to know what he's singing and to whom, so he's gonna sing in French, but he's gonna need some help from Robin. (cause Zoro doesn't know French) so events on wano happen and luffy wants another celebration on the ship, (cause why not?) and Sanji comes up with a plan, (and tells Robin too of course) Robin will leave a French book out so Zoro spots it and asks about it, then Robin will tell him about it and translate for him, then later on while the crew is celebrating and singing hed wait for his turn, and sing La siene to Zoro while making sure the others don't notice, and hold onto hope that Zoro accepts his confession. So, thats the plan. Now to put it in place. Robin leaves the book out and as expected Zoro notices and asks, to which Robin translates, (and teaches him how to confess in French too for good measure.) The day goes by and night falls which means the party is happening, time goes by a bit more, Zoro on the railing and watching nearby (at least far enough where the crew doesn't notice him, and checks the lavender rose in his harumaki, then returns to watching the crew) and Sanjis turn comes up, (Zoro expects that he will sing loud and clumsily to the lady's, like an idiot, what he doesn't know is he's about to be very wrong) Sanji steps to the metaphorical stage, starting to sing,

(Idk if its the French ver or not lol) Zoro thinks he's singing to the lady's (like the romantic fool he is) until Sanji looks at him, (I dont know, dont know, so dont ask me why, that's just how we love La Siene and I) (just listen to the song and imagine sanji singing it. and yes I know its a duet, id like to think that he'd sing it by himself to Zoro ok?) Shock is one hell of an understatement to Zoro, but now he sees why Robin was teaching him French earlier (as well as how to confess in French) it was Sanjis plan, of a Love confession to him. That idiot. (Zoros eyes are now completely on Sanji as he sings the rest of the song) and as much as Zoro hates to admit it, that was one hell of a love confession. Sanjis song finishes and the next go up is ussop, so Sanji leaves em be, choosing to walk over to Zoro, being a bit embarrassed, (despite how well it went) "so, what do you say?" (Zoro pulls out the lavender rose) "id say, je t'iame aussi." (I love you too) now its Sanjis turn to be shocked, Robin must have taught him behind his back, still, its such a confession that is still so sweet to him, he didn't have to follow through what Robin said and yet he did, even more so the meaning of the rose, (lavender rose means Enchantment, or "love at first sight") he took the rose and smelled it (he always loved the smell of roses) and, without missing a beat, pulled Zoro in close, and kissed him short, soft, and sweet (Robin watched out of the corner of her eye smiling before turning back to the show) Sanji looks at the strawhats then back at Zoro, "lets go a bit further away hm?" "mh" they go farther away till its a bit quieter, music barely heard in the background. And they stay in eachothers company, enjoying the quiet peaceful night under the moons glow.

(And thats the end, hope yall fellow zosan fans like this idea as much as I did. It was so fun to write.)

[lockes-woods]

My Place Is In Your Hearts

MDNI; You Will Be Blocked

A/N: (Zosan x Nonbinary Reader)

This was a fic that I initially just wrote for myself to process my own emotions about the election. I'm honestly only posting in case others want a distraction too. It's pretty self-indulgent. The reader is AFAB but receives both masculine and feminine compliments. The reader is described with they/them pronouns.

WARNINGS: SMUT, Oral (M & Reader receiving), Politics, Fingering, Naked Reader Clothed Characters, Squirting, Coming Untouched, Daddy Kink, Sir Kink, Fingering

PS: This is my first time writing Zosan, so it may unintentionally be OOC.

Taglist: @nocturnalrorobin

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~You bit the inside of your cheek as you pushed around the remaining food on your plate. You had eaten just over half of the food before losing your appetite completely. You glanced up at the TV from your spot in the corner of your couch. While the show playing was almost always a comfort you had no idea what was going on plot-wise. It felt like you’ve been in a fog since receiving the news of the election winner a week ago today. You lived in a swing state that had flipped red, electing a Republican for not only the presidency but also the House and the Senate. While nothing bad has happened yet the looming doom of the future after January 20th will not leave your mind.

“Baby,”

“Love,”

“Sweetheart.”

“Fleur,”

“Hey-” Zoro said as he squeezed your knee, finally pulling you back into the present. You snap your attention to your left and are met with the concerned faces of your partners. Zoro’s hand rested comfortably on your knee as you tuned into what was happening.

“Love, was there something wrong with the food? Is there something else I can make you?” Sanji asked.

“No,” you answered holding back tears. Outside of retreating back into yourself, crying spells were the main way your body manifested all of your anxiety. So far you have been able to control them to an extent. You tried to pull back from Zoro’s reach and go to the bathroom to ride out your outburst, but Zoro’s grip locked around your wrist made it impossible for you to retreat. Unable to stop your waves of emotion you finally broke down in front of them. You have been trying your best to maintain a brave face amidst all the emotions running through your body. You knew they each had more important things to worry about outside of you. Zoro’s grip slid down your wrist and interlaced with your left hand before pulling it up to his lips for a gentle kiss. Sanji moved down to the floor in between your legs, gently holding your face in the palm of his hand as he brushed away your tears. Both sat patiently as you allowed yourself to finally release all of the pent-up emotions you had been holding in for over a week.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” was all you were able to get out through your tears.

“Shhh, it’s okay love,” Sanji said, focus never leaving you.

“Can you breathe with me, sweetheart?” Zoro asked, squeezing your palm. Through stuttered breaths, you mimicked his breath as he counted out exhales and inhales. You sniffled as you slowly went back to equilibrium. Sanji wiped away the last of your tears before gently tipping your chin up to look into your eyes. Both of your boyfriends waited a beat for you to pull yourself back together.

“Baby, I know you like to have space to process things, but we can’t let this go on,” Sanji said calmly, maintaining a soft grip on your face so that you couldn’t hide away.

“I didn’t want to add to your stress,” You sniffled, finally breaking your silence, “You both have more important things to focus on right now.”

“Fleur, you and Zoro are the most important things to me,” Sanji said softly, Zoro grunted in agreement.

“B-but you run a food bank that is only able to run with government grants from the USDA,” You said finally meeting Sanji’s gaze, before turning to Zoro, “And you’re a prenatal surgeon.”

“Baby, I know the unknown is scary, but we will get through this together,” Zoro said squeezing your hand, Sanji hummed in agreement.

“I know it’s hard not to be focused on what could come after his inauguration, but I hate to see you worry about things that may never happen. We will deal with this together as it comes,” Sanji said looking up at you and Zoro fondly. You nodded, taking in a shaky breath.

“While I know that logically, it just keeps worming its way into my head whenever I have an idle moment.” You sigh.

“It’s that why you’ve been picking up so many hours at work?” Zoro asked.

“Kinda? I just don’t think it’s good for my mental health to be stuck alone with my thoughts.” You sighed, “Plus I’m so tired from work that I’ve only had the energy to shower and go to sleep.”

“Do you want a distraction love?” Sanji asked, smiling up at you. You could feel heat flooding your face at his implication.

“You’re all pent-up baby; you need a release. Will you let us help you get there?” Zoro asked, squeezing your hand comfortingly.

“O-okay,” you barely managed to get out, you could feel the heat of embarrassment crawls up your neck up to your ears. You let out a surprised squeak, as Zoro manhandled you into his lap. He pressed your back against his chest. He pulled a whine from you as he held you firmly against him; you could feel the prominent pulsing of his cock against your lower back. There was no mistaking it, even now when he wasn’t fully hard yet. You couldn’t help but let out a whine at the sight of Sanji looking up at you between Zoro’s legs. In a move they’d perfected since you started dating Zoro gripped your hips and lifted you up so that Sanji could tug down your sleep shorts and panties. Once your bottom half was bare Zoro hooked your legs over his exposing you fully to Sanji.

You began to squirm as the cool air of your open living room was replaced by the sensation of Sanji’s hot breath on your cunt. Zoro grunted at your inadvertent grinding against his cock; his grip on your waist tightened to still your movement. You whine as Sanji’s long fingers spread your lower lips with his right hand while stroking up and down your thighs with his left.

“Beau,” Sanji, groaned to himself as he took in sight of your pussy. He took his time slowly working closer and closer to your core as he admired your anatomy.

“Sir,” you all but begged as he traced his fingertips gently against your labia minora. While this was standard practice at this point you were feeling especially needy and wanted him now.

You gasped as Zoro slapped your inner thigh inches away from where you needed stimulation the most.

“You know better than to interrupt Sir while he’s enjoying his meal. Be a good boy and apologize or you won’t even get my tip tonight.” Zoro reprimands you, his hot breath and gravelly voice doing nothing to help satisfy your appetite.

“Yes, Daddy,” you groaned as Sanji lightly pet your clit as he raked his fingers up and down your slit, collecting your slick as he went.

“I’m sorry I was rushing you Sir- Fuck,” you cursed as he breached your pussy and flexed his fingers inside of you. You couldn’t help but moan as Sanji locked eyes with you as he licked a long strip from your opening to your clit, while simultaneously curling his fingers in a ‘come hither’ movement against your front wall. You squirmed against Zoro’s iron grip as Sanji gave your clit one last kitten lick before pulling back.

“It’s okay amour,” he started, not breaking pace as he continued to finger you, “I know how antsy you get when your little flower doesn’t get the attention it needs,” he teased.

You bit your lip to stifle a whine as he dipped his mouth back down and once again sealed his lips around your clit. You gasped as Zoro gripped your chin harshly pulling your face to the side and up to meet his gaze.

“Baby, what have we said about holding in your moans?” he asked, lips centimeters away from your own. You share a breath before responding.

“B-but Daddy, it’s embarrassing. What if the neighbors hear me?” you whined. He grunted before responding, the grip on your chin tightening.

“Baby, I don’t care if the whole block hears you. Your sounds are rewards for us fucking you right. Do you really want to take that away from Sir and me?” he asked, “I wouldn’t want to punish a good boy like you, but if you keep acting like a brat, you’re gonna get treated like one.” He said with no room for argument. You couldn’t help but clench around Sanji’s fingers at Zoro’s threat.

“Oh, they like that,” Sanji said, pulling back from your clit and looking up at you both with a teasing smirk.

“Is that right baby?” Zoro asked with a matching patronizing smirk, eyes locked with Sanji’s as they spoke like you weren’t centered between them.

“Mhm,” Sanji hummed in response, “They’re squeezing me so tight it feels like they’re pushing me out.”

“N-no I-I,” you tried to start embarrassment rushing through your body.

“Oh, love there’s no denying it, bet you’d love Daddy taking you over his knee and spanking you until you behave,” Sanji commented, before once again shifting his focus back to your now puffy clit.

“That can be arranged baby,” Zoro rasped against your lips, before smashing them against yours. You couldn’t help but moan as he dominated the kiss. His hands migrated upward from their place on your hips up to your chest.

“Is this alright baby?” he asked, after pulling back from your kiss and resting his forehead against yours.

“Yes Daddy~” You were cut off by a deep moan as Sanji hit, that, spot. Zoro wasted no time in snapping the thin spaghetti straps of your tank top, before yanking your top down to your waist, causing your boobs to bounce out before they settled against your chest. You inadvertently whined as Zoro began to kiss down your neck, while simultaneously pinching and twisting your sensitive nipples causing your back to arch.

“Fuck,” you moaned unabashed, it was all too much too fast. Between their teasing, the kissing, Zoro’s stimulation of your chest, and Sanji’s fingers’ unrelenting pace you could feel the coil in your gut tightening exponentially tighter than you were used to.

“Fuck-no. Fuck please, please. I’m gonna- I’m gonna. Fuck,” You moaned as tears kissed the corners of your eyes for the second time tonight. This time from overstimulation. There was no time for you to react as an overwhelming feeling of pleasure shot through you. Your eyes widened at the sight of Zoro’s hand threaded through Sanji’s hair, keeping him flush with your pussy. Your eyes shut tight from overstimulation as you road out your orgasm. You were unabashedly grinding against Sanji’s face, moaning only amplified by the stimulation of his nose on your clit and the sensation of his facial hair rubbing roughly against your smooth inner thighs. Your thighs quaked as you came down from your extreme high. Lazily cracking your eyes open, they immediately widened as you took in Sanji’s wrecked form.

Your brain was still a bit fuzzy from your intense orgasm as you laid eyes on him. His entire face was covered in cum, from just below his eyes, down his face to the collar of his button-up. His initial look of shock was quickly replaced by a look of hunger in his eyes.

“Fuck, didn’t know you could squirt.” Zoro groaned as you shifted, grinding against his now fully hardened cock.

“Amour,” Sanji started, drawing your attention back down to your lover on the floor.

“Y-yes Sir?” you asked cautious of his tone. He pulled another whine from you as he eased his fingers out of your cunt. His fingers tightly gripped your thighs pulling you down to his lap.

“Did you know you could squirt?” he asked in a firm tone; the same one he used on the rare occasion he punished you.

“No, Sir,” you rushed out. His gaze softened slightly as he cupped your face in his hands.

“Good,” he hummed, “That’ll be far from the last time.” He said, like a promise.

He pulled you in for a sweet kiss, that quickly devolved as a spark of pleasure formed in your core. You moaned unabashed at the taste of you on his lips as you both became desperate. You grinded down against him pausing as something felt off, or rather the absence of something. Sanji whined as you pressed on his shoulder and pulled back from the kiss. Your eyes widened as you took in the large wet stain on the crouch of his trousers.

“Did you-,” you started to question as you looked up from his crotch. You paused as a lovely blush rose high in his cheekbones.

“Erm-yes, I suppose I did” he answered turning his head away as the blush grew.

“But both your hands were on me?” you questioned.

“Fuck, you came untouched,” Zoro goaded, “One little taste of our little one and you already creamed your pants.”

“Fuck off Marimo,” Sanji snapped, now focused past you to your other love, “See how long you last when you get them to squirt. Or should I say ‘if’ considering you haven’t done it yet.”

“Oh, I’m gonna make them squirt,” Zoro seethed, “For all we know yours was just a fluke.”

“I’ll show you a fluke-” Sanji started before you began to tune your lovers out for now. You had to be careful with your next move. Any missteps could lead them to waste the rest of the night bickering. While they were distracted you slipped off the remains of your tank top, now fully nude between your clothed partners. You slid up on Sanji’s lap so that his flaccid penis was resting between your lower lips. Only a thin piece of fabric keeps you away from him. Next in one fell swoop you tilted his chin down to face you as you purposefully pushed up your chest and gave him your best puppy dog look.

“Please Sir,” you started, “Daddy didn’t get off yet, and I want you inside me,” you paused looking between your two partners before finishing your thought, “Both of you.”

The two men groaned at your admission.

“Sorry, baby”

“Sorry, love”

They both said in sync.

“Can you help me take care of Daddy?” you asked looking back up at Sanji, “You can take him so much deeper than I can.”

He gave you a tight lip look before easing his face and letting out a sigh.

“Anything for you, amour,” he relented, positioning you so your back was pressed against his chest. Zoro scooted forward, lifting his hips so that Sanji could tug off his joggers along with his underwear. Your gaze locked in on his cock as soon as it came into sight. While Sanji was not small by any means, Zoro was thick. Despite taking his cock many times you were still amazed at how it fits in you. Sanji lightly slapped your hand away when you went to wrap your hand around it.

“Baby, you know better than that, ask Daddy for permission before starting,” he hummed into your ear, resting his chin on your shoulder.

“Fuck, Daddy, can I? Can I please?” you asked looking up at him between his spread legs.

“Fuck,” Zoro groaned, “Go ahead baby, do whatever you need.”

With his permission, you gripped his cock in a light hold as you teasingly sucked the head of his cock into your mouth, while simultaneously looking up at him through your eyelashes. Zoro let out a groan as you began to work down his cock. Sucking in as much as you can while pumping what was left with your hands. The corners of your mouth stung the closer you got to his base.

“Baby,” Sanji chastised, “You know better than to hog Daddy’s cock”

Zoro moaned at the sensation of you whining around his cock as Sanji pulled you off it. A string of saliva was now all that connected you to his cock. You panted lightly as Sanji’s right hand stroked up Zoro’s thigh at a leisurely pace, his left arm curled around you to keep you flush against his chest. You watched with bated breath as Sanji teased and cupped Zoro’s balls before stroking upward to the base of his cock.

“Ready love?” Sanji asked, leaning over your shoulder, his mouth now centimeters from the head of Zoro’s cock.

“Mhm,” you hummed in response, you and Sanji began to lick and tease at his cock simultaneously, while Sanji set a steady pace of jerking him off. Zoro was a moaning mess as he watched you two come together to share a sloppy kiss around his tip. He began helplessly thrusting upward; chasing the stimulation of your tongues. Sanji pulled back, encouraging you to once again take Zoro back into your mouth.

“Go on love, be a good boy, and finish Daddy off.” Sanji panted against your right ear. You hummed around Zoro in confirmation. You knew he was close as his cock throbbed over your tongue. Your and Sanji’s hands laced together around the base of his cock and stroked him in time with the bobbing of your head. The only warning you got of his release was a drawn-out, “Fuck,” before he laced his fingers through your hair and pulled you down hard against his cock. Tears flooded your waterline as held you firmly down on him, thrusting harshly up into your mouth as he released. You focused on your breathing as he came hard, his excess cum spilling out the corners of your mouth. You stayed still until he had fill, slowly pulling off of him as he fell back onto the couch.

Sanji tilted your chin up, thumb tapping at your chin prompting you to open wide for him. You once again felt a rush of embarrassment as you opened wide to show off a pool of Zoro’s cum in your mouth.

“Good boy,” Sanji praised, stroking your cheek, before tapping your lip one more time to signal that you could swallow. You sucked in as much air as possible as you panted in an attempt to regulate your breathing. Your attempt was short-lived as Sanji pulled you back into a demanding kiss, rutting his now hard cock against your ass.

“As much as I love to watch Sir fuck you on the floor, I think you’d feel better tomorrow if we continue on our bed.” Zoro cut in before Sanji could go any further, pulling off his tank top and tossing it to the side. Sanji pulled back and sighed, leaning his forehead against yours.

“As much as I hate to agree with Marimo, he does have a point,” Sanji admitted reluctantly.

“Okay,” you nodded, bottom lip sandwich between your teeth as you attempted to hide how desperate you were. You let out another inadvertent squeak as Zoro scoops you up throwing you over his shoulder as he made his way to your bedroom. Sanji followed along, stripping as he went.

While you had been struggling with gratitude lately, you never felt more privileged to know that the men that you loved would always be in your corner.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~As always thank you so much for taking the time to read. I may write a part II with continued smut; I just wanted to get this out of my WIPs.

-Locke

[wonderlandsakura]

Niche Things I Think People should Write/Read More: Part 2

I ran out of tags, anyway Part 1 here. If part 1 and/or 2 gets like,, 100 notes, I'll add recs if they exist (someone asked so I did it anyway hehe)

- Fics where Izuku is such an amazing analyst (and the UA staff know it) that they just. Let him teach the class (or anything where they aizawa know he's more skilled and just leave him to teach so they aizawa can nap)

I would prefer it if he's a literal child that just gets the position, but sadly I haven't found that

The UA Analyst Kid of RogueVector's Announcer AU series on AO3 is the closest I think

I do have fic recs of him being an analyst and/or teacher at UA tho, but I'm too tired to find them

- Zuko is given A Child and Will Die For Them (he is so mother coded)

There's Bound To Be A Ghost At The Back Of Your Closet by anactualforrealadult is what I was thinking of when I wrote this, but it doesn't fit perfectly (btw it's zukka)

- Danielle Phantom and Dark Danny are Standard Danny's kids, I need this please I must be FED

Like a few of my reblogs, but I'll see if I can find them

- Monkey D. Wyvern, if you know you know

I'll add this soon, but you can find art for it on Tumblr too :))

- The Reluctant Kings friendship (Danny & Din Djarin)

The Phantom Mandalorian series on AO3 has Danny essentially adopted by Din, but it would be nice if there were fics where they're just friends who are unknowingly OP

- Mandalorian S3 dinluke fix-its /hj

I haven't been able to stomach actually reading these yet, but they do exist

- Gottlieb/Geiszler + Jayvik Xovers where they get to Science!

forming new limestone by wobbeegong on AO3, actually a favorite fic of mine, I was sad when I couldn't find anything like it after I read it but that might have changed

- Jinx being Silco's daughter even after time travel (Jinx the Sapphire of Zaun)

And I know this body's not mine (Wish I could crawl out) by Hopelessjoy14 is where I got this from, it's incomplete but good so far

- Co-parenting Koushirou and Mihawk; like not together but these 2 sword obsessed men are co-parenting Zoro

Doesn't exist yet, and I don't recommend looking if you don't want to get bombarded by bad misogynistic parent Koushirou fics :/, anyway I'm working on it

- the Shimotsuki-Dracule siblings, where in a Kuina lives! (but is severely injured/paralyzed) AU, Zoro gets to be hounded by not only little sister Perona, but also Big Sis Kuina (bonus if modern au)

Same as what I wrote for co-parenting Koushirou & Mihawk, I actually have a fic outlined (it's not modern au tho, but could be), but I'll probably never finish writing it. If I post it on Tumblr I'll link it tho

- Zosan gets accidentally married at WCI AUs cause why not, it's absolutely hilarious

Sadly doesn't exist somehow?? I'll have to check if that's still the case

You can see me screaming about the idea here tho

- I somehow didn't mention Agatha/Gil/Tarvek last time? But yeah, from Girl Genius, I want them to get married and rule Europia, is that too much to ask?

Sprocket for Your Thoughts by zombiecheerios on AO3 is a good fic about them getting together, if incomplete (also you kinda need to have caught up on the comic)

The Most Stable of Polygons by 1_NoName_among_many is like a shorter version of it tho

Then there's the Sparkgate series that originally introduced me to the concept of them ruling together (I've not finished even the first fic tho)

- Zoro being Soba Mask aka Stealth Black aka Sanji's overprotective guard dog/tiger (I read a really good fic okay??)

Fic is Stealth Black Unmasked by HaveMyWeedCookies on AO3

[ms-all-sunday]

im such a zoro/nami liker i think ive mentioned it was my first ship before in op but it was (also the realization that i shipped every character at the time in arlong park was very real) (and then i said id never ship sanami but im a liar. and a fraud) but like ignoring the sexual part of their dymanic inherently invalidates the important character writing being done. nami and zoro and sanji are supposed to be a trio, thematically. im not saying you have to ship them just acknowledge whats there in the text (zoro being a brat who wants attention and gets jealous towards sanji holding namis attention) and youll have better zoro characterization. its like if you completely ignored how sanami affects sanjis characterization.

zosan people i am looking at you. looking at you very intently. if you acknowledged more how zoros relationship with sanji is affected by his relationship with nami and how zoro and nami are similar i think you'd have better zoro characterization than is standard AND bonus- you'd stop reducing namis characterization down to "sanjis heterosexual love interest". which do not get me started on how that affects sanjis characterization as well.

[theroyalsavage]

What are your favorite fics for ZoSan

oh gosh this is actually pretty hard to answer :'> we're lucky to have a ton of really wonderful zs fics out there. just glancing over my bookmarks, here are some faves (in no particular order)

imo Hazel_Athena writes the best aus in the business. i've read pretty much all their stuff but just to pick two of my faves, i love love love Facade and Arm in Arm (which was actually the first zs fic i ever read)

@demonzoro is also consistently so so good. and then the sun came out made me pace around my room like an animal. gnawing on the drywall like a bug

a few others i really like:

for all we know by srididdledeedee - postcanon get-together fic

this, at least by adietxt - character/relationship study about zoro's feelings for sanji. so so sweet

Precious Thing by hllfire - sanji takes care of wado for a bit, wado takes care of him back

go back to sleep by itsmylifekay - canonverse, post-time skip exploration of zoro and sanji's relationships with touch

happy reading, and if anyone else has any faves, please feel free to drop them in the replies!!

[multi-babii]

fic idea i might write after my exams (inspired by the song good luck babe by chappell roan):

basically zosan are in sorta relationship (more of a situationship) but sanji is still really in denial about being into men and he's still looking for women to be with just to end up in bed with zoro.

the scene that i thought up first is where sanji breaks it off with zoro, basically saying they will forget that anything ever happened between them. but he also feels bad so he says he didn't want to hurt zoro. he's surprised when he realizes that zoro is actually okay and zoro tells him that he knew what he was getting himself into and that he thought that this might happen so he's fine.

the only one who's not fine is sanji because he's in love with him but he still can't get over his internalized feelings.

it ends with sanji realizing what a mistake he made when he sees zoro with someone else and they get back together properly this time.

so what are we thinking??

[asliceofzosan]

New zosan fan here! I've seen once an AU of Zoro getting hit with personality/body split and it's such a brain worm.

Three Zoros (obviously) crushing on Sanji in such different ways that kinda messed with his head.

First we have the personification of his pre-time skip confidence and goofiness. Boisterous and teasing in such a manner I miss. "Love cook, swirlybrow, pretty boy." Sanji is blushing and slightly annoyed but secretly enjoying the attention.

Second would be the aggressive fighter. Blood thirsty, itching for a fight, he is the brute that sanji gets prissy about. The way he flirt is to taunt for a fight and every time sanji falls for it Zoro teases him with such the raunchy, dirty confessions. "Perv cook, nose bleed, shit cook." Sanji has almost fainted from the amount of blood rush to his head.

Finally the third Zoro is the discipline and stoic swordman he trained to be. He's the embodiment of self control for the other two. He would be the closest to the original but feels like a blank soldier. He still stay near Sanji's company to keep an eye on the other two but if it's just the two of them, he says the most heart felt, gut punching dialogue I can't write. "Sanji" Practically sounds like a marriage proposal since when Zoro devotes to a person, it's all or nothing.

Sanji is just having a time with all of this. 😵‍💫

BRO HOLY SHIT THATS CRAZY YOU THINK SANJI CAN ALSO HAVE THREE ZORO D-*gets pummeled with gum gum gatling*

i kid, i kid. hhahahaha... unless 👀

BUT JOKES ASIDE THIS IS SO INTERESTING 🤔 i wanna try writing this out ! sanji getting flustered and flirted with three ways is such a fun way to explore his relationship to different aspects of zoro's character

and i feel that eventually he'd be like... three zoros is fun but i want my zoro.

[vinsmokewife]

Ghost's zosan headcanons: nsfw headcanons for roronoa zoro

hello! i have been considering doing more formalised headcanon posts for my boys. i got asked about kinks and i really wanted to do more nsfw headcanons. i promise i will at some point write more sfw stuff as i have had a few requests to do so! but zoro has been the most interesting for me to write in my drabbles so i wanted to kind of info dump headcanons i have for him. i use these to write my own stuff but i should make it clear i'm not 100% caught up (in dressrosa) and i don't write for him therefore these are personal headcanons. anyway, cool, let's go. also these ALL have ZoSan in mind as i'm a zosan writer.

Sorry SanZo fans...I see him as being a top. I don't think he would be opposed to bottoming but I do see him as being dom orientated.

Likes rougher kinks like hair pulling, scratching, hitting and man handling.

I don't think he's that experienced previous to the straw hats. He had travelled around a little so maybe once or twice but is not overly experienced

Into BDSM and as said before, takes the more dominant role most of the time.

Has a thing for tears but i struggle to put it into words. like if someone is sucking him off and has tears streaming down their face, that's hot but actual crying is just like immediately off.

Zoro is actually a really good dom though. He gives good aftercare. He's not the most lovey dovey person but takes good care of his person.

Is willing to try most kinks even if he doesn't think he'll like it.

Enjoys prey/predator dynamics (I once wrote one where he roleplays back into his pirate hunter days and captures Sanji which was a whole thing)

Not great with feelings and sex though at first. He's never had much of a relationship before so sex and relationships don't tend to mix. He's happy being friends with benefits with someone but as soon as feelings are involved...no.

Good at dirty talk. Not afraid to say some nasty shit. Good with humilation dirty talk.

Can be quite dirty too... idk how many times I've written him doing stuff to Sanji like slapping him with his cock and stuff like that.

Prefers bareback. Will talk about breeding, even if he's having sex with a guy.

Risque sex is fine by him but consent is important to him. He would never purposely embarasse someone.

Sex in the Going Merry/Thousand Sunny gym? Absolutely.

He's bossy when he's dominating or he's just manhandling the other person until they do exactly as he's told.

[leventart-den]

Interactive ZoSan fanfic. Ch.01

AN:

Hello dear Straw Hearts!

So here we begin our journey with the first chapter of the interactive ZoSan fanfic. Please remember that I am not a writer and English is not my native language. But I will try and I hope we all have fun. I have some ideas but your choices are what decide where the story goes. In the vote, you chose that our story will take place in the canonical One Piece setting. But since I have not yet seen many events and am not familiar with all the characters (I only just met Brook in the anime at the time of writing this but I happily spoiled some things for myself so I know roughly Sanji's story), my vision may conflict with canon. There may also be spoilers here, so be careful. This first chapter is just setting up the scene.

 If you prefer to read on AO3, then the first chapter is here.

This is also beta-readed by wonderful @dad-cahoon ! Thank you so much for your help!

So, without further ado, buckle up and let our journey begin!👀

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-= My 4am Sun =-

Ch.01 "Distraction and consequences"

Sanji really thinks that Zoro will be the end of him one day. One way or the other. He's such a distraction. And he doesn't even know about it. And Sanji would never tell him. His sword work is blinding. Every time it catches the light and the glare hurts his eyes and Sanji hates it. He hates how it makes him freeze and silently demands “look at me.” 

Look at me. 

Look.

And Sanji looks.

Because he can't not.

And he stares.

Because no one really knows but Sanji loves.

He loves endlessly all the big and small things in this world that he finds beautiful. And now he loves how the 4am sun embraces the swordsman and grazes the steel of his swords. It stole the breath away from him in the same way it did on that momentous day when Zoro took a blow from Mihawk with his arms open and his gaze determined. Something shifted in him that day. Something sparkled and he treasures it still, keeps safe deep in his heart. Sanji will never admit it but Zoro became someone special to him that day. Someone he looked up to and strived to become in some way. Zoro was strong, passionate, and a man of his word. He was ready to follow his dream no matter what. Sanji was the same in some parts. Objectively speaking he was strong and passionate himself, but he always lacked self confidence. He always sought so much less of himself. Although It was always compensated for by him trying his best. And actually doing his best no matter what circumstances he was in (no, we are not talking about his weakness for women in this house). But nevertheless, Sanji was almost always blind to his own achievements. He never praised himself, even a little, and took the praise of others as if it was the biggest treasure. He never thought of himself as deserving anything good but still he dreamed of kindness and love and friendship.. 

And he always wanted to be friends with Zoro. And after all these years, he kind of thought they were. Even though from an outsider's view their friendship looked more like hatred, in reality it was just rivalry and they both loved it, at least Sanji thought Zoro liked it too. 

Sanji enjoyed their bickering and fights, he truly did. But there were times when he could get tired of it. In those moments he really wished they could have a “calm” friendship. Sanji tried from time to time to guide their relationship in that direction, but Zoro never got the message. It always ended up with sharp jokes, insults, or fights and every time Sanji–with an inner sigh–followed Zoro's lead. 

But also Zoro sometimes surprised Sanji by looking weirdly happy, or even proud when seeing the cook coming to the fight scene. It really throws Sanji off every time because he doesn't know what to think of it. It is too weird. And other times Sanji thinks that Zoro may even care for him. Like that time on the sea train when Zoro screamed at him to not go along further and wait for them because it was too dangerous. Of course it was turned into a joke in the end, but nevertheless. And if Sanji would be honest it drives him crazy every time. Every time he thinks they may have their “ordinary friendship” moment, Zoro snatched it away as fast as his swordwork. And once again Sanji sighs and goes along. Although to be fair, Sanji himself often starts the fight or bites first so he has nothing to complain about, really. Right?

Right.

So, he's completely okay with not having a normal friendship with the stupid mosshead.

It's only fair, he thinks. And dives down at the last moment, barely avoiding a killing blow from the enemy. It's a really bad idea to be distracted right now, in the middle of the battle on the deck of their ship. Sanji was actually starting to feel tired, and not only him, judging by the way others were fighting. The attack happened suddenly, late at night. A huge ship appeared as if out of nowhere, fortunately Zoro, who was on watch, quickly raised everyone. Their opponents were fast and tiring. And there were many of them. Although the entire attack was strange, as if they had a specific goal unknown to the Straw Hat Pirates. And their captain hasn't even shown up yet. They were also terribly silent, making the atmosphere of the battle sickeningly depressing and oppressive. Sanji and everyone else were used to the fact that their opponents were usually loud, demanding attention to their person, no matter how deadly, the atmosphere was almost always like a chicken coop fight. Noisy, bright and reckless. That's probably why Luffy loved these moments so much. He had a lot of fun, of course, when the situation wasn't life-threatening for his nakama. But now even their captain looked out of place. 

Suddenly, Sanji felt a long-forgotten but familiar chill running down his back. That kind of dark anxiety that cannot be explained because there is no reason for it.. But nevertheless, something inside begins to scream heart-rendingly, “run!”

And perhaps Sanji would have run, if in the next moment he had not felt a firm push of someone's palm to his back. Everything around seemed to freeze for a moment, for one painful heartbeat. The place where palm touched felt numb, but after a moment there was a tingling spreading throughout his body along with an increasing ringing in his ears. His head started to hurt. For a second he thought something had snapped inside him and a terrible heat exploded. He couldn't even scream.

He took a breath.

And blinked. 

And time seemed to rush forward again, drowning him in a cacophony of sounds

He felt confused. What just happened? Where was he? What was he doing?… Why is it so light already?

He almost jumped out of his skin when he heard a familiar voice next to him.

"Hey Sanji! I'm terribly hungry, can you cook something? No, not something, meat! A lot of meat!" Luffy slapped him on the shoulder as he passed by, making him step forward from the force of the impact. He shouldn't have though. Of course, their captain was many times stronger than any of them, but such a movement should not have moved Sanji so easily. He almost lost his balance. He felt shaken.

He blinked again, gritting his teeth and realizing that there was no cigarette in his mouth. He couldn't light a new one though. Not now, when his hands are shaking so much, hastily hidden in his pockets.

He looked around. Everyone went in different directions. The battle was over, they were moving away from the smoking ship of the unknown pirates behind them. Judging by the sun, it was now about eight in the morning. He lost time.

He lost time.

Sanji swallowed nervously. He should think about something else. He can't spiral  now. He can't fall apart. Not here where everyone can see him. He must be just tired... There is no reason to worry and especially no reason to give others reasons to worry. It sounded stupid even in his own head, but he has no choice but to persuade himself like this at such moments. He has a lot of practice. He just needs to hold on a little longer. 

And he will. 

He always does.

He exhaled, glad that Luffy did not wait for his answer and apparently did not notice his confusion. He will think about everything later, but now he needs to get to breakfast. Everyone is probably terribly exhausted and needs to replenish their strength. Sanji would make them the best breakfast he could. Something from rice. And not at all because the stupid Marimo loves rice dishes. Again. Sanji will never admit it, but he loves to surprise that stupid swordsman. He feels it as a small victory and grins proudly every time he sees that he likes his food.

He thought to himself as he walked to the kitchen and desperately tried to ignore the trembling which threatened to take over all of him. Nervousness was creeping through his entire body and as soon as the door to his personal temple slammed shut, hiding Sanji from prying eyes, he leaned against it wearily, hastily taking out a new cigarette and lighting it. It took him several attempts before a small flame touched the tobacco tip. He took a drag and exhaled, closing his eyes and resting the back of his head on the wooden surface.

He lost time. A few hours. What happened at that time? Has he passed out? Is he even awake now? No, no. He can't go there. He will drive himself crazy. He can't afford it. He must trust his crew. If he's passed out and it's a dream, they'll wake him up. If not, then to hell with it. Whatever happened during the lost time is not so important if no one asked him about it. 

As if in mockery, the hand mark on his back reminded him of itself with an already familiar numbness, as if someone else's palm was still touching him. It was disgusting.

"Fuck." His hand hit the wall before he even thought about what he was doing. He desperately tried to convince himself that everything was okay, but the truth is that he is scared to the guts. Sanji takes a breath and relaxes the fingers that he hadn’t noticed he had clenched into a fist.

Okay…

Okay.

Breakfast.

Taking another drag from his cigarette and exhaling through his nose, Sanji determinedly headed to the countertop, gathering the necessary ingredients as he went. After washing his hands, he took out a cutting board and a knife, forcing his hands to stop shaking, feeling the pressure in the back of his head starting to build up again. It made his ears ring disgustingly. He ignored it, clenching the cigarette between his teeth and starting to chop the vegetables. He will do what he should do. For what he became a member of this crew. Sanji would not allow himself to be a burden or a problem for this team. For his team, he corrected himself. Because he's part of it. He should not forget or deny it, even if at times he considers himself unworthy. 

His knife made the first “knock”, cutting through the vegetables and connecting with the board. 

It sounded oddly muffled.

He blinked.

Sanji watched dumbfoundedly as something was burning in a frying pan. He choked on his breath, dropping the extinguished cigarette from his mouth and hurried to turn off the heat, putting the frying pan aside. Feeling the world shift from the sudden movement, he hurried to grab the countertop to steady himself. A cold shiver ran through his body, his heart was pounding wildly, and his bones and muscles ached as if he had just taken a severe beating. Sanji sucked in a raspy breath, watching with incomprehension as dark blood dripped onto the surface of his precious kitchen, staining it. He touched his face, feeling the warm stickiness running down his lips and chin. 

This was wrong. 

He never bled out of the blue.

Sanji heard laughter coming from somewhere outside and winced. He hurried to the sink, washing the blood from his face and then wiped the countertop with a napkin, tossing it in the trash and throwing the scraps on top. 

He almost sank to the floor after that, but kept himself on his feet, making an incomprehensible quiet whining sound through his teeth, full of anger and something deeply painful. 

He felt weak. 

Again. 

He didn't understand what was happening or why. 

He will be a burden to them. 

He did not want that. 

Fucking hell. 

He didn't want it.

His eyes stung, but he took a breath. He must stop.

Breakfast.

He looked around the kitchen. Everything was ready, all that remained was to set the table.

Whatever happened to him during the lost time, his body apparently continued to work. That was good.

A small mercy.

He took another breath and lit another cigarette. His body ached, but felt calmer. It felt as if it was healing. Maybe it was. 

Okay.

He will set the table, get through breakfast and then decide what to do.

He's not weak. Not anymore. He can handle it.

Sanji felt something was torn somewhere in his body, he felt cold. He spat the blood into the sink and washed it off with water. 

He'll get through this, damn it.

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TBC.

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If you made it to the poll you probably read the chapter, so thank you for that!

It's time to decide where the story will go next! Keep in mind that some choices may lead to similar results just in a different way.

[kotaka-kun]

Fanfiction Author Interview Game

Thank you for the tag, @missiemoosie, this was such a fun way to reflect on my work!!

How many works do you have on AO3?

284

What's your total AO3 word count?

395,574

Your top 5 stories by kudos/likes:

 thank you for the food - ATLA | rated T | 2,378 words | Zuko/Sokka

Simple Happiness - ATLA | rated M | 3,126 words | Zuko/Sokka

Bucky has a belly kink, but Steve doesn’t mind in the least - Captain America, MCU | rated E | 1,739 words | Steve/Bucky

Surprise - Captain America, MCU | rated M | 2,597 words | Steve/Bucky

New Colors - One Piece | rated G | 1,881 words | Zoro/Sanji

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Always! If I don’t respond the moment I get the email notification, I usually get to it the next time I’m on AO3 to upload a new fic... I do make it a point to reply after I’ve hit post though, because it’s like a reward to get to respond. Sometimes with the really sweet and/or lengthy comments that make me smile or feel really proud of what I’ve written, I’ll literally hold off on replying so I can experience the high again, right after I’ve posted a new fic. 

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Probably overboard -- I wrote it based on my first impression of the ending of the LOTR trilogy, where I took Frodo’s leaving for Valinor as a metaphor for suicide. 

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

I don’t know that I can pick a single fic for this. I generally write happy endings, because that’s what I like to read, so there’s just too many to choose from. 

Do you write crossovers?

Hell yeah, I do! Crackfic crossovers are my favorite kind of self-indulgent fic to write. I’ve also written crossovers in the sense that I take blorbos from one series and put them in the setting or roles from another series, but then I wonder if that isn’t just an AU... 

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

I don’t think so...?

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I definitely write more smut than I post, that’s for sure. I think it’s generally all omegaverse, praise kink, breeding/pregnancy kink, light d/s... that sort of thing :) 

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Nope! At least, not that I’m aware of, haha

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes, New Colors was given a Chinese translation! 

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I’ve co-written with my friend that I’ve affectionately dubbed beta-san ever since we got into writing fic back in high school. Few fics have been finished and cleaned up enough to be posted though. 

What's your all-time favorite ship?

I think I’ll forever consider ZoSan (Zoro/Sanji) to be my OTP... I haven’t read or written anything about them in a long time, but they’ll always hold a special place in my heart for being my gateway to online fandom and shipping communities. 

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

Bit of a deep cut for this one, but I’d have to say Zoro’s Promise. I started it so long ago that it’s still only on FF dot net. I do think about it often though, I won’t lie. 

What are your writing strengths?

I’m easily inspired, I use the intensity of my emotions as fuel, I find myself often wanting to write, I make time to write whenever I can -- on the commute to and from work, in bed, on a walk, etc. 

What are your writing weaknesses?

My brain only wants to write certain scenes of a fic, and has no interest in filling the gaps. I have a tendency to tell instead of show. I use too many commas. I don’t write consistently enough to make it a habit. I focus on the numbers social media has trained me to perceive as validation, instead of just being able to feel satisfaction from writing what I want to. And perhaps worst of all, I still care so much of what other people think of me, of my writing -- so much so that I overthink and overanalyze my words as I’m writing, forcing my brain to edit while I write, which is entirely counterproductive and also not what I’m here to do. 

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

As someone who speaks a language that too many people have Google Translated and then slapped into their fic for the vibes... hard pass. 

I don’t think I’ve ever written full lines of dialogue in another language. The worst I’ve done would probably be using nicknames, pet names, or endearments from canon, but honestly looking back, even that feels like I was pushing it. Unless it’s a fantasy language like Sindarin or Khuzdul or whatever else, I really feel like there’s no reason to be doing it. 

As a reader, it’s distracting at best when I can’t read it, because it takes me out of the moment and forces me to scroll down to the author’s notes to understand what it says -- or even just Google Translate it myself -- and at worst, I can read it, and it gives me a painful amount of secondhand embarrassment from how awkward and wrong it is. 

Just put the sentence in italics, imply that it was spoken in another language, and be done with it. 

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

My writing is at the mercy of my hyperfixations, so I don’t think I’ve not written for a fandom or ship that I wanted to yet... 

What's your favorite fic you've written?

I honestly don’t think I have a favorite. I’ve written so many fics at this point, and across so many fandoms, that I simply cannot choose one over the rest. 

Tagging: @lauralot89 @perplexedhedgehog @wheel-of-fish @backlitmademoiselle @flora-gray @from-aldebaran @intothemertensverse @textsfromthefifthbasement and anyone else that wants to use this as an opportunity to do some reflecting on your works!!