#justira

[justira-creates]

their backstory during Water 7 killed me. old comic from 2008.

tumblr absolutely murdered the image quality, much better quality on my AO3!

ID under the cut

[ID: A vertical, wordless comic without panel borders depicted entirely in blue ink on a white background, titled “Franky’s First Cola” with a small cartoonish speedo under the title.

Image 1 contains one large panel.

Panel 1: Iceburg and Franky are depicted at ages 12 and 16, respectively, in their workshop at Tom’s workers. Franky’s desk is scattered with doodles and blueprints for Battle Frankys. He is asleep on his drafting table, his pen in his hand, drooling, snoring loudly, depicted with a speech bubble of a log being sawed. Iceburg, his work area pristine, is glaring at him. The paper in front of Iceburg is blank; he's been completely unable to work due to Franky's loud snoring.

Image 2 contains four panels.

Panel 2: Iceburg, in profile, looks like he’s attempting to concentrate, head propped on one hand.

Panel 3: Franky continues to snore loudly, this time depicted with a speech bubble showing a buzzing bee.

Panel 4: Closeup of Iceburg’s eyes from the front, glaring to the side in Franky’s direction.

Panel 5: Overhead shot of their workstations, Franky still snoring at his messy desk. Iceburg’s neat desk has its chair shoved away, empty.

Image 3 has five panels.

Panel 6: Iceburg is checking the fridge, hand on one hip.

Panel 7: Iceburg yells to the residence in general that he’s going shopping, indicated with a speech bubble showing a stick figure of Iceburg receiving a bag of groceries in exchange for money.

Panel 8: Franky, miraculously and suddenly awake, pops around the corner, eyes wide.

Panel 9: Tom calls out that they need fish (cartoon fish in his speech bubble). He is holding a hammer, mid-job.

Panel 10: Kokoro says there’s a shopping list (speech bubble of a piece of paper indicating various food items). She is chopping carrots.

Image 4 has five panels.

Panel 11: Iceburg is on his way out the door, one hand on the doorknob and the other hand holding the shopping list in front of his face as he inspects it. Franky, much shorter, tugs on his shirt and says he wants to come with (speech bubble with a cartoon Iceburg with horns and a pitchfork and a grocery bag plus a cartoon figure of Franky)

Panel 12: Iceburg looks annoyed.

Panel 13: Franky looks stubborn.

Panel 14: Iceburg hunches his shoulders with a frown, looking put-upon.

Panel 15: Iceburg calls over his shoulder that Franky’s coming with him (speech bubble with non-devilish cartoon Iceburg and shopping bag plus a cartoon Franky with horns and a pitchfork)

Image 5 has three panels.

Panel 16: Kokoro, offscreen, yells that Franky needs to put on shorts (speech bubble with an angelic cartoon Franky plus a pair of shorts). Franky is still holding onto Iceburg’s shirt, looking in Kokoro’s direction. Iceburg, one hand still on the doorknob, is looking down at where Franky is holding onto him and frowning.

Panel 17: Franky yells back at Kokoro that he’s going in his speedo, shaking his fist (speech bubble with speedo and multiple exclamation marks). Iceburg has put the shopping list in his mouth and is attempting to detach Franky from his shirt.

Panel 18: Kokoro, still offscreen, throws a pair of shorts in Franky’s face (speech bubble with shorts and many exclamation marks), causing Franky to fall over, still attached to Iceburg’s shirt, and take Iceburg down with him. Iceburg yells an drops the shopping list from his mouth as he's falling.

Image 6 has a divider followed by three panels

-- a divider of alternating cartoon speedos and shorts --

Panel 19: Iceburg is carrying a bag of groceries. A little behind him, Franky is kicking a rock, wearing shorts and looking dejected, hands in his pockets.

Panel 20: Iceburg frowns back at Franky, looking thoughtful.

Panel 21: Closeup of Franky pouting, in profile, hands in his pockets.

Image 7 has three panels.

Panel 22: Closeup: Iceburg’s gaze slides to the side.

Panel 23: A wooden hanging sign saying COLA, read vertically, with a dark bottle of cola next to the word.

Panel 24: Closeup of Iceburg’s lower face, just visible above the bag of groceries. He is smiling ever so slightly.

Image 8 has two panels.

Panel 25: A faded wider shot of Iceburg, facing away from Franky, handing a cola back to Franky, behind him. Franky’s body language indicates he’s taken aback. In the faded style, they lack facial features.

Panel 26: A faded closeup shot of Iceburg’s hand, holding the cola, and Franky’s hand reaching for it, about to grasp it and take it.

The word "End" is at the bottom.

/end ID]

[the-24-7-lawlu-library]

Can you rec me the lawlu must-read classics?

Also, thank you for creating this!! You rock!! ❤️

Hey there, thank you for your aks! We actually collected some classics already so here you go:

Into the Sea by shishiswordsman (E)

He looks around, but the Sunny and their broken off battleground are both vacant. His crewmen and the Straw Hats are far away already, probably congratulating each other for their triumph, which means… No one else saw it happen. No one else knows that Luffy’s — Luffy’s sinking. And Law can’t swim.

talk without speaking by trell (qunlat) (G)

They’ve been fighting for days, in that complicated sort of way where everyone wants to be on the same side and can’t be.

Not a Ball or a Chain by HollowIsTheWorld (T)

Trafalgar Law grew up hoping he would be one of the handful of people to never develop a soulmate mark. Now that that hasn't panned out, however, he's willing to settle for just never meeting them. Unfortunately for him, Monkey D. Luffy is a hard person to avoid.

Your Pain on My Skin by GinnyRose (T)

In a world where you share your pain with your soulmate, Law had spent many years believing his soulmate probably hated him. And he wouldn't have blamed them – Law had been sick, beaten, shot at and had gone through hell not just once, but several times from when he’d lost his family to when he lost Corazon and in the struggling years after that. But now, at 24 years old, he knew better. Not only did his soulmate hate him, they were bound and determined to pay back every scrape, bruise, and cut ten times over. When Law finally found the bastard, soulmate or not, he just might kill them himself.

Luffy's Law by JadedCoral (G)

Law thoughtlessly starts a rumour about himself, and it doesn't take long for it to boomerang right back to him in the form of a bloody-nosed Luffy.

The Twillight Phone by huliganships (T)

Ace has a shitty handwriting. Is that a 9? A 0? An 8? Who even knows. Certainly not the person that Luffy accidentally texted.

Acclimating by justira (E)

There are things that Law learns the hard way. One is that, if you involve yourself in Luffy's life, the Strawhats will involve themselves in yours. The other is that he is allowed to want, sometimes. In which Luffy is goodness, and light, and love, and the Strawhats all saw it coming.

no matter how much everything hurts by Tsume_Yuki (T)

In a universe where you can accept half the pain your soulmate is feeling, Luffy wishes he could take it all on.

Curiouser by xairylle (E)

Law wondered whether there was any sense to doing this—reading to a younger pirate stripped down to just wearing boxers straddling your equally as naked self. And expected to be turned on while doing so. [LuLaw]

and all the things that keep us here by trell (qunlat) (G)

In which there is an invitation, and Trafalgar Law gets a second chance. (Or: the one where they get married, in secret, at someone else's wedding, and make Usopp late to his.)

My Love For You Is Choking Me by ObsidionWingsofMidnight (T)

Hanahaki disease: an illness born of one-sided love that causes flowers to grow within the infected patient’s lungs. If left untreated it will suffocate the host and kill them. The growth can be removed through surgery, but it will also remove the feelings along with the flowers. It can be cured without side effects if the feelings are returned. Law wished he had died back under Doflamingo’s gun more than ever.

Dots by petiteneko (T)

It all started out as a joke. But, there was some legitimacy to it too… (Soulmate [AU] where your tattoo shows the first thing your soulmate thought when they saw you, but same universe)

What's A 'Closed' Sign Between Friends by teaandtumblr (G)

A tired, hungry surgeon drops in after hours once and Sanji doesn't have the heart to turn him away. What he doesn't expect is for his friend and this doctor to fall in love right under his nose. A 5+1 story.

heartstrings by hopipp (fancy2na) (NR)

A retelling of events had the Ope Ope no Mi given Law a little more than he bargained for. AKA: the red strings au that's probably been done already

Meat Cute by marimoes (T)

“Meat? I’m hearing you correctly? Your dog is named...Meat?” Law asks putting together everything for the first time. His mind swimming much like his dignity at the moment. The man laughs ruffling Meat’s ears, “Yeah. Meat. Because she’s red and white like a good marbled piece of meat.” “And your name?” Law asks, twisting water from his shirt. “Luffy.”

Stow Away Captains by xairylle (M)

Law sneaks into the men's quarters of the Thousand Sunny. Zoro contemplates on how to deal with it. And Luffy, well, Luffy is just Luffy.

Sating Hunger by xairylle (M)

At the end of the day, even with all the major blunders that almost cost him his life, Law decided that this alliance had been worth it. Until he fucked it up by not being able to hold himself back from kissing Monkey D. Luffy.

This Is What Personal Looks Like by JadeFlicker (G)

So Law had thought the Straw Hats had taken the battle with Kaidou as a personal vendetta for all the tears shed by Momosuke and all sorts of new Wano friends. The Hearts captain had been badly mistaken. Apparently, this was what personal looked like. (In which, Law and the Straw Hats will get angry for Luffy when he's not able to.)

Exchanging of the Hearts by KivaEmber (G)

Post-Dressrosa AU. All they did was exchange hearts, just to make the alliance 'til death did them part. It wasn't as if they were married or anything.

Falling by chenziee (M)

The timing for Law's heat couldn't have been worse; their attack on Doflamingo was just days away, and here he was, too busy fighting tooth and nail against hormones and disgust. Law would really rather jump into the sea and drown than deal with one minute of this.

-Mod Raiya

[mythrilthread]

Acclimating by @justira

Bound this for my resident Luffy/Law appreciator.

🫀 Painted Law’s tattoos on the linen cover;

🫀 Chose the Secret Belgian binding to echo the sutures motif I chose for the scene breaks;

🫀 Hearts for title page and chapter headers, because of course!

🫀 BlackFlag as a title font again, because I firmly plan to include it in all of my One Piece binds.

[grievenotthespirit]

have you read acclimating by justira on ao3?? a bit of a longer read but its sooo good and worth it.. one of my favorite lawlu fics ever !!

i haven’t but gonna read it now thank u!! :)

[hollyhomburg]

dropping this here for a Friday night pick me up 😊

https://www.tumblr.com/justira/729764143941419008?source=share

little storm cloud 🥺 just like bily noodle!!! what a fluff!!!

[sepdet]

Username change

Ah, that's better. I've changed @x-cetra to' @sepdet

I dunno why I didn't do this ages ago. Funny spelling or not, it feels like me-me. I've used it for 30 years for everything from email to website URLs to old bbcode forums in Babylon 5, LOTR, and MYST/RIVEN fandoms (hi @alahmnat and @shoomlah !)

Sepdet started out in 1993 as a RPG character* that I played on a MUSH throughout the 90s.

I used the lowercase version as an ooc handle.

Most people who know me are familiar with this handle from Livejournal/Dreamwidth.

* (Trivia note: The author of the original Silent Strider manual included an overpowered version of Sepdet as a character template without asking. I requested he change her name to Bennu.)

@sevdrag @cirruscastle @owlmoose95 @justira @heavenscalyx @akycha

[iffeelscouldkill]

I posted 1,164 times in 2022

That's 226 more posts than 2021!

25 posts created (2%)

1,139 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@apollo-cackling

@spectralarchers

@madrigaltripletssupremacy

@justira

@wordsinhaled

I tagged 1,156 of my posts in 2022

Only 1% of my posts had no tags

#dreamling - 87 posts

#encanto - 84 posts

#netflix sandman - 67 posts

#tumblr - 61 posts

#dream of the endless - 54 posts

#undescribed - 48 posts

#hob gadling - 45 posts

#uk politics - 37 posts

#the murderbot diaries - 37 posts

#ukpol - 36 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#and how if you weren't that attractive by whatever the standards were at the time you would have much worse prospects on the marriage front

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

*checks watch* Whoops it looks like it's Raid the Penumbra Podcast Tag and Reblog a Bunch of Posts o'clock again

20 notes - Posted June 10, 2022

#4

Me almost missing a jump in Stray and clinging onto a ledge with my little kitty paws: This is what got me down here. Never again

22 notes - Posted August 13, 2022

#3

So the other day I was struck by the urge to relisten to an episode from season 1, and of course it had to be my all-time favourite, Episode 7: Root Systems. (I'm sorry, Parallel, I know I used to say you were my favourite, but I have to give up and admit it's actually your successor). The building drama of the race between the IGR agents' search and Sana's max-speed drive back to the Rumor is just so good, and then of course the defiant getaway followed by the agents' despondency - so I decided to turn it into a fan comic.

Yes, in my head no matter how completely impossible it might be Krejjh is standing in the doorway to the ship flipping off the Agents on the ground as they make their farewell. "But how are they piloting the ship?" you ask. WITH THEIR MIND, next question. Krejjh's second pair of eyes are of course underneath their goggles. (I originally drew Krejjh wearing suspenders and then I was like NO. NEON GREEN LEG WARMERS).

(I don't really have a consistent mental image of Krejjh in my head (though I always imagine the multiple arms and eye-pairs) but this version of them is definitely influenced by @rjmccabe's!)

And then at the bottom we have chibi McCabe comforting a very sad Park. Don't worry, Park, I'm sure your day isn't about to get any worse.

44 notes - Posted May 13, 2022

#2

"The most unrealistic thing about Stray is the idea that an orange cat could be smart" Speak for yourselves, because with me at the controls, this cat is dense af

68 notes - Posted August 7, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

*fires up the official Netflix Sandman playlist on Spotify*

*sees both She Drives Me Crazy and Shattered Dreams on the playlist*

i'm fine I'M FINE

72 notes - Posted September 13, 2022

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[sepdet]

@sevdrag @sarasa-cat @justira @cygnahime

Livejournal veterans represent.

I was a prude back in the day. I think the old "purity test" would give Gen Z a heart attack.

y’all expose yourselves and take this fanfic test i was just forced to by an irl so now i’m making you too

[hellowhyareyouhere]

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: One Piece Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Monkey D. Luffy/Trafalgar D. Water Law, Mugiwara Kaizoku | Strawhat Pirates & Trafalgar D. Water Law, One-sided Roronoa Zoro/Monkey D. Luffy Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Trafalgar D. Water Law, Usopp (One Piece), Nami (One Piece), Roronoa Zoro, Franky (One Piece), Nico Robin, Tony Tony Chopper, Brook (One Piece), Mugiwara Kaizoku | Strawhat Pirates, Vinsmoke Sanji Additional Tags: Asexuality, Asexual Character, Asexual Monkey D. Luffy, Aromantic, Aromantic Trafalgar D. Water Law, Consent, Negotiating Consent, Incompatible Identities, Background Franky/Nico Robin, One-Sided Monkey D. Luffy/Roronoa Zoro, Slow Burn, the slowest of burns, Slow Build, Celiac Trafalgar D. Water Law, Insomnia, Insomniac Trafalgar D. Water Law, asexual dom Series: Part 1 of Achromatic, A-Chromatic Summary:

There are things that Law learns the hard way.

One is that, if you involve yourself in Luffy's life, the Strawhats will involve themselves in yours.

The other is that he is allowed to want, sometimes.

In which Luffy is goodness, and light, and love, and the Strawhats all saw it coming.

[solosvejs]

  I was tagged by @runawaymarbles​

List 10 different female favs from 10 different fandoms, then tag 10 people! In whatever order I think of them: 1. Capable, Mad Max Fury Road

2. Starbuck, Battlestar Galactica

3. Shuri, MCU

4. Ensign Tilly, Star Trek: Discovery

5. Scorpia, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

6. Nomi Marks, Sense8

7. Donna Noble, Doctor Who

8. Kassandra, Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

9. Andromache the Scythian, The Old Guard

10.   Toph Beifong, Avatar the Last Airbender

Tagging: @kyrstin, @starfollies, @naryrising, @cassyblue, @paperpaperowl​, @kainoliero​, @petrichordiam​, @coaldustcanary​, @badwolfbadwolf​, @justira​

[silversoulstardust]

@goldenandhappy it's acclimating by justira on ao3 💕

um hello??????? this slowburn just hit me like a goddamn truck

[the-24-7-lawlu-library]

i’m so sorry to ask this if someone already has, but i feel like i’m going crazy because i can’t find this one fic and i’m starting to think i made it up??

it’s post-dressrosa where luffy makes law exchange hearts with him so he can make sure law doesn’t do anything stupid (like k!ll himself). i remember it being angsty… like law was basically su!c!dal because he spent years planning to take down doffy and now that it’s over, he feels lost & doesn’t know what to do.

it’s not “your heart, to keep me with you” or “feel the rhythm in my chest” or “exchanging of the hearts.” i’ve reread all three of those fics and none of them are the one i’m remembering.

i will seriously cry if you find this because i feel like i’ve been searching for at least a year. but if you can’t find it and have any other fics where they switch hearts, i’ll gladly take those too! you’re out here doing the lord’s work 😭 thank you so much!

Hi lovely reader,

could this be the fic you are looking for?

Acclimating by justira (E)

There are things that Law learns the hard way. One is that, if you involve yourself in Luffy's life, the Strawhats will involve themselves in yours. The other is that he is allowed to want, sometimes. In which Luffy is goodness, and light, and love, and the Strawhats all saw it coming.

-Mod Raiya

[ketunhanska]

hello i am here to spread the good lawlu word of the fic Acclimating by @justira (reupload bc i had to fix something orz)

[demishock]

Couple of FFIX fic recs because I went hunting in honor of the 20th anniversary and found some real good ones!

the unexpected wild card by @createandconstruct

and not a stone tell by @justira

I’m a year or so late to both parties, but they’re both fantastic! Exactly the sorts of fics I was looking for on this nostalgic occasion.

[leviathiane]

Fic Rec Friday - One Piece (SFW)

I am going to make this a thing. Even if its just me and like 3 people see it lol 

Ao3 Edition!

The Wanderer (MaiKusakabe) - Marco isn’t the firstmate of the Whitebeards. He’s never even met them, actually– he’s not even a pirate. But Whitebeard wants him to be one. Badly. // High Contender for my Favorite OP fic I’ve read out of all of them. Im just weak in the knees for reluctant/In-denial!Marco and the entire crew trying to reach out to their (future) eldest brother. Also has Immortal!Marco implications and im LIVING for it

Being Human (MaiKusakabe) - Slave!Marco gets taken in by Whitebeard // Listen yall know im gay for Marco-centric angst but this one really takes me by the lapels and shakes me to pieces ok i am laid low 

To Build a Home (endlessblankpages) - ASL pirates get recruited (read: kidnapped) by the Whitebeards as an apology for a misunderstanding and it All Spirals From There // Very well put together, and Completed! Incredible found-family affection and fondness, som brotherly angst, All Good All Good. 

wish by spirit and if by yes (midnightluck) - Sabo has his memories. A series of shenanigans of him and Ace just trying to take care of each other even with all their chaos and distance, with the Whitebeards and Koala as unwitting audience. // The exasperation and family affection got me fucked all the way up. Midnightluck consistently has my favorite characterization of Sabo out of everything I’ve read. 

Clipped Wings (Beyond_Kailani) - Sabo gives up everything, as long as it means his brother’s live freely. Away from his parents. // Angsty and INCREDIBLE found family trope usage. The mental struggle to do what Sabo thinks is necessary to survive vs live his life freely is A+

Trapped in Eternity (Skyleaf19) - Ace is stuck in a long term time loop and his mental health is really, really suffering from it. // this is an angst MELTING POT and i love it. It recently updated off of hiatus but im so excited about it i literally cant focus enough to read it adefsgrth LOTS of the whitebeards trying to help Ace and Ace struggling to pretend he hates them. fantastic. *chef’s kiss* 

Living Dreams (Maikusakabe) - Canon-timeline!Marco wakes up two years in the past. Before Whitebeard died. Before Ace died. Before Thatch died. He doesnt handle it well. // I dont even know where to start this is a bundle of some of my favorite tropes in one completed fic. The angst, the disbelief, the denial– it’s perfect. I’m in love

Inanition (Taizi) - small fic about how Luffy’s body works differently than his crewmates. // Short, and yet I keep coming back to it. It’s unebelievably sweet, and the tension of things left unsaid and suppressed anger out of worry is incredible.

Beginning the Next Dream (RikoJasmine) - Future!Luffy gets reborn as his own uncle, Garp’s kid and Dragon’s little brother. This changes a lot, esp. the ASL future. // Its still sort of in the beginning and already has 50k and my Heart I s2g every chapter i see updated makes me have to take a moment to calm down before I read it. Really worth the read. Very soft and sweet with the family vibes, and Luffy is a Hysterically overpowered child with haki. 

Guardian (Petiteneko) - Zoro’s POV for pre-post Dressrosa, and how Law slowly, quietly works through his frankly suicidal revenge plan. Includes lulaw // Im weak for outsider!POV mental health and trauma fics. That’s really all you need to know tbh

Acclimating (Justira) - Luffy may be the outspokenly crazy one, but he hand-picked his crew and the rest of the Strawhats are just as on his bullshit despite what they say. Law is struggling through a very nosy crew. // Similar to the fic above, Law trying to leave himself to his own self-harming tendencies and the Strawhats collectively having None Of It. 

Lionheart (cyan96) - Past!Law and Corazon get dumped into canon-timeline!Law’s submarine after a devil fruit incident. Trauma everywhere. // Manages to be funny and heartbreaking at exactly the same time! Lots of deeply buried trauma manifested suddenly and overwhelmingly. Incredible. 

The Games (Stormy1x2) - Humorous little fic about the Whitebeard’s participating in a sort of public-sport game, in which Ace volunteers and has a great time throwing shenanigans everywhere. // very cute!! another outsider!POV type as its in Marco’s POV while Ace runs around and is just excited and adorable. 

Older Brother’s Insight (Abyssal_one) - short fic about Older-brother!Luffy and Younger-brother!Ace w/ the Whitebeards // short and sweet! Im a sucker for role switch AUs and this one really highlights Luffy’s own eccentric sort of capabilities. 

Portgas D. Anne and the War of Shirts (glowingjellyfishtreelights) - Anne just doesnt like shirts. this has nothing to do with anyone else. // it’s Really funny. also incredibly accurate. 

Into Flame (Kurgaya) - Phoenix!Zoro, and the art of Not Actually Being Human But Never Saying That. // includes Zolu! Which usually isnt my jam, but im All Over non-human!AUs and this one is incredible. Zoro has three pairs of wings. Three. That’s wicked.

Pardus (ImperialMint) - A devil fruit materializes Ace’s worst fear. Which means he’s returning to the Moby Dick with Gold Roger himself at his heels. // funny, sad, and cute all at once. Cute family affection moments, lots of Ace being emotionally hurt and confused. 

Legacy (Anjelle) - Ace died and was sent back, all the way back to when his dad still was a pirate on the Oro Jackson. // Lots of emotional turmoil and childhood trauma neatly tied up with some cathartic mental revaluation ;) 

Paperwork of a Phoenix (ventusleone) - Marine!Marco and Marine!Izo happen to meet the Whitebeards during their downtime, every now and then, and, well, its not like theyre on duty. // Recently was completed! Slowburn platonic found-family vibes, a lot of Marco biting off more than he can chew and essentially being adopted in the process. 

Tension Headache and Migraine (JuHuaTai) Marco overworks himself and accidentally snaps at his crewmates, including Ace. // Very tense in the beginning and smooths out to something apologetic and softer. Has some nsfw in the end, overall Fanastic lmao

Tomorrow Never Happens (Midnightluck) - Sabo pickpockets the wrong marine and gets caught. Which sucks on a normal day, except this one is huge, and burly, and an admiral, and apparently his grandfather. // humorous and slightly angsty all at once! Another Sabo-Gets-His-Memories-Back-Canon-Divergence type story, because I am simple and predictable and it’s still fantastic. 

Blue Moon (MyLadyDay) - Werewolf!Marco protects the forest. It just so happens that (Witch?)Ace does so too. // Has some very quiet vibes I really dig, very calm and makes me think of a deep grey-blue color for some reason. Like Full moonlight through the trees. Very cute

[justira]

31,402 words, featuring aromantic Law, asexual Luffy, interactions with every single Strawhat, slow burn, negotiating consent, and food as a love language! 

posting again because I’m excited about almost being done with the sequel! =D

Summary:

There are things that Law learns the hard way.

One is that, if you involve yourself in Luffy's life, the Strawhats will involve themselves in yours.

The other is that he is allowed to want, sometimes.

In which Luffy is goodness, and light, and love, and the Strawhats all saw it coming.

Snippets:

It wasn't precisely sparring, and it wasn't precisely teamwork. Half the time Strawhat seemed intent on fighting him, and the adrenaline snap of it could steal Law's breath, sometimes: Strawhat, grin feral, sweating and fierce, muscles tensing and stretching. It was, Law could privately admit, beautiful. It was also a distraction, and Law concentrated instead on finding ways to match Strawhat's raw power, outthink him, surprise him. Sometimes Law didn't know what the point of this was, as far as Dressrosa went. For the purposes of this mission, he and the other captain were allies, and would not be fighting each other. Strawhat had started out as an enemy, and Law supposed this knowledge would be useful after their mission ended, after Dressrosa.

After Dressrosa...

Well. It was good to know what his ally was capable of, anyway.

---------------------

"Strawhat-ya," Law says, mouth dry. He licks his lips, cautiously tips his head back onto Luffy's shoulder.

"Mm?" Luffy hums. He... nuzzles against Law's jaw, nose against his neck.

"Why are you always touching me?"

"Because I want to," Luffy says against Law's neck. Law feels Luffy's lips move, feels his breath against Law's skin. Law suppresses a shiver. His hand feels hot on Luffy's ankle.

Law closes his eyes. "Why do you want to?"

Luffy raises his head. Law can't see him, but he can imagine Luffy blinking at him. "Because it makes me happy. Doesn't it make you happy?"

Law keeps his eyes closed. "What if... we don't want the same things?" he evades.

Luffy presses his face into Law's neck again. "That's fine," he says, and hugs Law closer.

Is it? Law opens his eyes, stares into the darkening sky.

Zoro seems to think so.

Law's other hand drifts up. Hesitates. Buries itself in Luffy's hair.