After a long time since they got together at sabaody (long? Perhaps every period of time they were apart was becoming too long for Zoro now.) Luffy finally caught a moment where they were alone. Luffy watched him as Zoro trained as usual. Although Zoro was impressed by the fact that he was watching him without moving and getting bored (He also was very pleased with every moment he could get to see Luffy), Zoro felt uncomfortable when he thought about the reason Luffy was here. Most of the crew seemed to be aware of his overtraining and being angry towards himself for how weak he was 2 years ago. Even if no one spoke openly, everyone's nervous attitude must have been noticeable enough to bring Luffy here. Zoro frowned. There was no problem with him working harder. It was a fact that he could get stronger. He didn't understand why the others were worried.
He added extra sets to his training, but when he realized Luffy wasn't going to leave, he sighed and put down the equipment. He could feel Luffy's eyes on his skin. He didn't want to look back at those eyes that were calmly watching his every move. He didn't want to see it in his captain's eyes. A look saying that beating himself over his weakness from 2 years ago was a stupid thing to do. But it looked like they would be waiting here all night for nothing if he didn't. Zoro thought about doing that for a moment, ignoring Luffy and everyone's worried looks as usual, but after 2 years apart, denying Luffy's requests had become even harder than before. So he took a deep breath and turned to him, his whole body stiff, his face stoic calm, and his arms crossed, facing Luffy.
He was welcomed with a bright smile.
"Shishishi, you're finally looking at me, Zoro." Luffy's eyes were the same as always. Pure and clear. Free and comforting. And full of love.
Zoro felt a squeeze over his heart. All the tension in his body disappeared. He collapsed next to Luffy, as if his knees had given way. All the tiredness and tension of the past two years seemed to have been lifted off him without his notice. His body began to tremble as if he were cold, and as if Luffy was the only source of warmth he could turn to, he snuggled up to him and rested his forehead on his shoulder. When Luffy stroked his hair, he took deep breaths to inhale as much of his scent as possible.
Why did he doubt? Of course, Luffy understood why he did that. Of course, he didn't think it was stupid because he felt the same thing 2 years ago, and he still worries. Zoro pressed his shaking hands to Luffy's scar on his chest and felt his heartbeat under him, pulsing from his hands to his veins. 'He's alive, he's alive, he's alive...' Luffy let him do what he wanted without saying anything and continued to caress his head.
"I missed you." he murmured over Luffy's shoulder, his lips was trembling over Luffy's skin. He felt like the words were punched out from his throat. His voice quivered and came out so small. He felt too vulnerable. After two years, this was the first time he let himself be.
"I missed Zoro, too." he felt Luffy's lips on his scalp, every word going through his body making him shake more. He curled up around Luffy and hugged him tightly as if he were going to disappear. He spent the whole night breathing in Luffy's scent and feeling his heartbeat on his fingertips, hugging him close. And Luffy happily fell asleep in Zoro's arms, his face buried in Zoro's hair.
(Maybe i could improve writing a little more better, but well, this is all my attention span can do, and if I leave it in draft, no way i go back to it, lol)
Soulmates (n.) - being dumb as fck together even when you're not around each other.
headcanons of the spelling bee kids & adults for funzies ( most of which were influenced by fellow cast members )
Olive:
-she doesn’t like the idea of labelling herself but not straight, she/her
-dating barfee she totally forced her and barfee to have a ship name, it’s ovbarfvsky, chip thinks it’s funny
-dream job is a stay at home mom who runs a radio
-likes reading classical books
-still calls marcy occasionally but has lost contact with most of the other spellers
-her mom never came back, so she started sending her letters to mitch, in which he wrote back
Barfee:
-straight white man…, asexual, he/him
-autism
-started his sea anemone collection when he was 5 and has loved it since
-eventually grew out his ego
-also reads classical books but secretly reads those kids books that are diary style (ex: dear dumb diary)
-he stims a lot by tapping his foot or bouncing his legs, also a nail bitter, not out of anxiety but just out of boredom usually
Marcy:
-aromantic/questioning, she/her
-really into piano and violin but now she uses them to play really hard metal songs for fun
-she’s really into pop culture stuff but she’s also an environmentalist, so she keeps a closet of mostly graphic shirts of shows she likes and jeans
-stranger things fan; nancy is her favourite
-but i’m a cheerleader is one if not her favourite movies, she also finds megan relatable
Logainne:
-lesbian, had a crush on olive during the bee and a bit after that (obviously), she/her trans woman
-adhd & half jewish
-wears suits to any occasion, even in her sleep sometimes
-she’ll watch anything with gay or jewish rep in it and give it a surprisingly harsh rating
-her favourite show is bobs burgers
-stims include pacing, jumping, pulling of twirling hair and fumbling with her fingers
-doesn’t have volume control and often speaks too loudly for most people
-had to get braces on her top row of teeth in her later teen years
Chip:
-bisexual, he/him
-adhd diagnosed early
-a total try hard in school, especially gym
-he stims in ‘discrete’ ways, basically leg bouncing and pacing and his big 2
-kids at his school find him weird, but no one ever talks about it
-had a crush on olive but it went nowhere especially after his, distraction
-secretly a mama’s boy and tries hard to put his heart in his mother’s day gift
-super good at the piano for some reason
-the marigold thing only went on for 3 years before chip started liking a guy in his class instead of her
-great at public speaking and persuasive essays but sucks at talking to one person head on
-has braces AND a pubestache, the braces are colourful
-mom picks out most of his clothes still
-chip is the one that put peanuts in the brownies
Leaf:
-gay, he/they, adhd
-total outdoor kid
-tons of his clothes have pride flags sewn into them but most people don’t notice
-considers the spelling bee kids to be his best friends and sometimes just shows up at their house uninvited
-he likes spending time with logainne mostly because she’s loud and excitable like him
-plays the cat piano in his spare time
-always keeps cat food on him to give to stray cats he finds
-his homeschooling schedule absolutely terrible, sometimes he just walks into the woods for hours and doesn’t come back until dark, and nobody in his house notices
Panch:
-so straight, perhaps even homophobic on top of being misogynistic
-his favourite WAS chip, until the, erection business
-after courting rona and getting a restraining order, he moved onto another realtor, he has a thing for them
-doesn’t know how to iron or wash clothes properly
-went back to, unhealthy coping habits for lack of better words, after rona left
Rona:
-bisexual she/her
-the indigenous farmer she met was a woman obviously
-doing much better for herself after getting rid of panch
-didn’t find out about her sexuality until she met that farmer
-she truly loves kids and hopes to adopt someday
-her original dream job was a hairstylist, but she had no natural knack for the job and was much better at persuasion and public speaking
Mitch:
-TRANS
-acted out and went to jail for beating someone up
-cares about olive the most though he won’t tell
-his least favourite kid is chip but he doesn’t hate any of them
-as the years went on he started giving the losers more than juice boxes, stickers and participation awards were added
-one of those tough guys who has a flock of parrots in his house who he’s suprisingly gentle with
-went through a buzz cut phase, it was not cool.
Imagine old men Zolu but they are both in their 60s and Luffy would still fling himself on to Zoro's back for a piggyback ride. Luffy, who is as large as Garp, and Zoro, who has chronic back pain but Luffy would still insist Zoro to carry him as if they were still 19 and 21.
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But it's actually 60 yo Zoro sitting in front of Luffy's grave imagining a future IF Luffy did lived longer because Luffy didn't live pass his forties. He would rather suffer tha pain of having a giant Luffy hurting his back than his current life where Luffy isn't there anymore.
zoro and/or luffy being given a norse funeral, sent out to sea on a flimsy dinghy boat. everything ending exactly how it began
*enemy attacked*
*Nami and Usopp got scared.*
Zoro's only priority: LUFFY. Save. Luffy.
Also,
The way he doesn't want to let go of Luffy. He just gently place it on Luffy's shoulder...
He's so gentle...
zolu being married feels right on the basis that luffy is selfish/possessive and zoro is prideful alone.
luffy likes having things, he’s wonderfully selfish, he could be nothing other than the captain of a ship. he would call zoro ‘husband’ one time and never stop because, yes, zoro is his husband.
and of course, zoro is his swordsman, his first ever crew mate, but there’s something that makes him feel perfectly content when calling him his. additionally, luffy’s possessiveness paired with zoro’s elation to be his, to worship and follow him. zoro himself would feel delighted to be wanted by his captain so completely, and luffy would bask in that.
and then zoro would reciprocate, not calling luffy his husband out of harmless possessiveness but out of pride. because what is zoro if not too proud to admit to weakness, vulnerability? what is zoro if not in a clamber for ultimate strength, to be best, to never lose again?
zoro being able to call luffy his husband with a puffed chest, because yeah. his husband is the king of the pirates by the way; stronger, kinder and cooler than anyone. his pride in his captain is unparalleled, to zoro there is nothing that nears his perfection. and that’s all his. he’s so proud to be loved by him, to love him; that’s his husband.
it’s funnily sweet how their pride and selfishness appease one another, intertwined so perfectly that they soothe each other’s nagging feelings by simply being themselves and being together. husbands and soulmates
👒"If we fight the Navy together now, you'll be a Government-defying villain! Would you prefer that or being killed like this?" ⚔️"What are you, the devil's son?! Well, whatever. I will be your pirate, if I'm just gonna die here instead!"
ppl r so scared of calling luffy zoro’s best friend (bc “luffy doesn’t play favorites” or other things) but baby that’s legit what’s going on there……………..they’re two kids from the east blue with big dreams on a grand adventure, and every day is better together than it would have been alone
Reblogging this for myself
how to draw arms ? ?