zoro who runs eerily cold as a result of onigashima. after his heart stopped, after he met an uncanny rendition of the grim reaper and became the king of hell, zoro's body is cold to the touch. it's like he's not quite human; instead something undead and demonic. zoro doesn't generate body heat anymore.
and luffy who runs frighteningly hot as a result of onigashima. after gear 5 and sun god nika, with his heart pounding so boldly, luffy's temperature is searing at times. his touch is like the encompassing warmth of a summer's day, but prolonged exposure is like sun burn, like sitting in a sauna passed what's safe. luffy's body heat is dialed far past what's possible for humans.
zoro and luffy, hauntingly freezing and impossibly hot, perfectly intertwined. zoro feels warmth he no longer knows, and luffy feels coolness that only zoro can provide. they sit against each other for hours, simply leaning into one another, holding hands, whatever it may be; and they always feel each other's absence when they aren't together. zoro and luffy who feel most at peace, correct, in one another's arms, their own equilibrium. the only ones who can balance each other, hot and cold perfectly content.
Luffy being clingy to Zoro is basically expected of him. In my mind, Zoro had the same change in his attitude towards that clinginess as he did for Luffy’s shenanigans. Pre time-skip he’s flustered/annoyed and post time-skip he just accepts it. Knowing this I love the idea of Zoro becoming even slightly more clingy post time-skip, and Luffy becoming a flustered mess instead.
there isn’t a reality where i can imagine luffy or zoro existing without each other. they’ve found each other, and now they will never lose each other.
and in the same way they slept next to each other and woke up at the same time after wano concluded, in some far future, i can see them falling asleep and not waking back up together too.
my gay beans at the pride festival :3
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
i like when they have the same or similar reactions to things
Reblog if you are also not a straight people.
Ship so good we actually kinda have "you start to see colors after you meet your soulmate" trope as a canon moment
I’m having silly late night very tired shipping thoughts.
So in the beginning of the series, Zoro was called a demon by people in the east blue. Zoro personally called Luffy the son of the devil (at least in the english dub) right before agreeing to join him.
The son of the devil is kind of like a prince, and Zoro (a demon), agreeing to join him was like him becoming Luffy’s personal knight.
So they’re like a demonic Prince/Knight ship. Mmmmmmmm that sounds like a fun AU. I wonder if anyone’s written that already. Somebody should. Maybe me… eventually, but somebody else should too, because the more the merrier.
I’ll imagine it my head before I go to sleep.
just watched a production of 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee where they made Mitch Mahoney a butch lesbian and Douglas Panch another lesbian. Mitch carried douglas in their arms this is the best day of my life
Literally just imagining an animation of Laios looking for Chilchuck and then it’s just them doing domestic things in their shared house similar to this fic ⬇️
This song is very Laios coded
Also thought of a much angstier version, may post later