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Fic recs for Usopp pairings except Luffy/Usopp and Zoro/Usopp

For @blackusopp and anyone else taking an interest! Er, these are mostly pretty old because I haven't gone looking for fics as much in the last few years. My recs for Luffy/Usopp and Zoro/Usopp fics have already been posted. (See the tag "myficrecs" on my blog if you're curious.) There's a lot more than these out there, many of which I haven't read! Especially for Sanji/Usopp, which I think is probably the most popular Usopp ship overall.

(One might think from this list that I don't like Usopp/Kaya, but I do! It's just that I can't remember at the moment any particular fic with that pairing that really stayed with me.)

Please, let me know if any of the links below no longer work! (Or if I messed up the formatting and that's why they don't work.)

Luffy/Sanji/Usopp/Zoro

I actually only know one fic for this ship, and it's very brief, but nice: Reconciliation by chibi-trillian. PG-13. Post-Enies Lobby but written before the real crew reunion took place in canon

Merryshipping (Luffy/Zoro/Nami/Usopp/Sanji)

Five's Bad Company by Guardian 1. Author's summary: "It's indecently hard to get privacy on this ship. Luckily, nobody wants it. Nobody ships like Nami ships". Note: I read this fic fairly early on in the fandom and loved it. It struck a chord in how I like to approach Strawhats shipping in general, I think.

Merryship 50 by Lonicera Japonica. Author's summary: "Fifty sentences of piratical polyamory".

Nami/Sanji/Usopp

The Art of Getting What You Want by tFantasyFan. Sanji/Nami/Usopp, rated T. Author's summary: "Nami is the master of figuring things out. It all goes her way from there."

Nami/Usopp

The Lies That Bind by Guardian1. Fifty onesentence challenge for this pairing, with perhaps just a hint of Merryshipping as well.

Something Worth Saving by Loniceraa Japonica. Brief ficlet, set after Arlong Park.

Turnabout Is Not Fair Play by spiderflower. Hard R. Before you click on this one, I should warn you that this is replete with Water 7 angst and does not end in happy fluff. Both characters are in a bad place here, especially Usopp, but Nami's not in the best state of mind either. They both do and say some pretty messed-up things. But it's well-written stuff if one is in the mood for dark-tinted angst.

Sanji/Usopp

All Very Romantic by tFantasyFan. Author's summary: "The first consideration and the first acknowledgment of the desire. Kissing, Sanji-style."

Ashes NC-17 and That Other First Time by Tonko. Both of these are NC-17 and part of a Vampire Sanji AU where the main couple is really Sanji/Zoro: Sanji and Usopp are very close FWB here. You can also find them on AO3 as part of this series.

Happy by Lonicera Japonica. Author's summary: "It takes a lot to make Sanji really laugh."

In Good Hands by Tonko. Hurt/comfort: Sanji gets a massage, and gets lucky.

Music Box by midnightdiddle. (PG-13, Sanji/Usopp) Two castaway pirates start going nuts. Set early on in the canon (before Chopper joins).

Sanji/Usopp/Zoro (This pairing used to be known as "Red Shirt Trio" on the old LJ fandom once upon a time)

Pathetic Excuse For a Flirt, Really, But At Least He Smells Good by runic-binary. Short and funny to the prompt "vanilla".

Yes, He Could by plotbunny-tiff. R. Getting Zoro to truly unwind is no mean feat. Note: Another fic that's influenced me a lot. It's fairly short, but the intimate atmosphere in this one just stuns me. When I wrote my own fic with this pairing much later on, I kept comparing it to this one and felt mine fell short...