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I am begging.

BEGGING.

Arcane fanartists, PLEASE.

Put Jayce in every. Single. One of these.

(and then tag me pls kthxbai)

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Still gonna blame this on the fever if this post is gonna get even longer.

I realized that I didn't even think about Zoro and Sanji's ages! But it's actually an important detail since in this setting in particular it's acceptable for older male to still be unmarried, while women after they reached their mid twenties are considered on the shelf and destined to become spinsters.

And while I do like the idea of an age-gap with Zoro as a younger "girl" at her debut (so probably 17) and Sanji as maybe in his early 30s, my brain just keeps getting back on option B. (And yes I know that kind of age-gap is problematic, but it's consistent with the setting, so please don't take this as me condoning that shit.)

So, Perona in this one is younger than Zoro, and it's her debut year (honestly Persona would probably want to debut at 16 but that's neither here nor there).

Zoro, who's like twenty-four, is sure this is gonna be his last season. And it's absolutely wonderful that he's gonna become a "spinster" in his eyes; like, he has a plan that once Mihawk dies, he's just gonna sell all of the Roronoa estates, and just move far far away. So he can finally start a life where nobody knows who he is, and he can stop pretending that he's a woman when he's not.

Still, for at least this one last season Zoro must be on his best behavior, to ensure Perona can get a perfect match. Mihawk is not happy, but he kind of accepted that maybe it's the best situation for Zoro.

As for Sanji, I still like the idea of him being in his early 30s. And he had crushes in the past obviously (a lot of them), but he's always bouncing around with Zeff, so he never stayed long enough to manage an actual complete courtship. And it's still Sanji! He would never rush things or intentionally break a woman's heart by having to leave them behind with empty promises.

Basically, Sanji accepted that he wouldn't get married for at least 10 more years, when he plans to have his own established restaurant. He wants to give his future wife and kids a comfortable life, after all.

Of course Judge ruins everything, but it just makes Sanji more motivated to destroy both him and his brothers for being so unbearably selfish, manipulative and evil basically.

So imagine Zoro, just trying to avoid some creepy old man from filling his card and groping his ass while dancing, and instead literally falling in Sanji's arms! And everything just goes to shit!

There's so much potential for Zoro being so pissed off at Sanji and blaming him for bumping into Zoro! But then they manage to get a bit of private time just before the wedding and Sanji explains that while he still finds "Azura" extremely attractive, he does not intend to force "her" to do anything.

Like, Sanji wouldn't say immediately that he plans to ruin his father and shit like that. But just by saying that he won't force Zoro to actually be his wife in anything but a contract, it's enough for Zoro to actually at least have normal conversation with Sanji and getting to know him during their courtship (that is still too short for Sanji's standards, but Judge is being a nightmare and Sanji is still pretending to be obedient at that point).

Then right before the wedding Mihawk is insisting on being the one responsible for the staff at the new house Zoro and Sanji are gonna live into, and the whole "I am a man, stop calling me Azura" happens.

Sanji is very confused, but the marriage is already a farce at that point, so it's not like it's gonna be relevant, right? (Wrong, it's gonna become extremely relevant once he realizes that he wants to actually be married to Zoro.)

That's it for now. I might come back to leave more random bullshit since my brain is on a roll.

I am sick but I came up with this idea and I need it out of my brain so I can finally sleep in peace!

So random prompt I guess. A fake/pretend marriage between Sanji and Zoro, but set in a Bridgerton-like world!

I promise it works! Grab a cup of tea and hear me out.

About Zoro:

First of all, Zoro is a trans male AFAB. But because society still sucks the only place where he can be himself is at home with his sister Perona and his adoptive father Dracule.

Plenty of space to add things about Zoro's backstory as well! Even Kuina as the catalyst of Zoro coming out to his family as trans, and the whole drama of her dying and promising that he would shape his life however he wants.

Zoro obviously loves and respects Mihawk because he did save his life and gave him a home and a family when Zoro lost his (yes, Zoro still keeps the Roronoa family name because they are another influential family or something). But Zoro also hates him, because Mihawk forces Zoro to debut in society like a girl, hoping he would find a husband for his "second daughter". Hopefully a husband that will understand that "Azura" is actually Zoro, and that will not cause a scandal when he realizes that it will be Zoro he will be married to.

Zoro also loves Perona, because once Zoro told her that he was a boy and not a girl, Perona immediately respected his wishes and started referring to him as a male. But Zoro still hates that after that he basically was still forced to participate in Perona's fake tea parties or make believe stories, this time as the prince or, when she was in a particularly grim mood (which is quite often) as the evil guy in one of her overdramatic fantastical scenarios. Also, as soon as Mihawk told them that Zoro was gonna debut as a girl with her deadname, Zoro went back to being Perona's favorite doll to dress up before a ball/party in high society.

(Zoro all dolled up and being the angriest looking wallflower ever is just an image that will be stuck in my brain forever.)

About Sanji:

So picture Sanji, the third heir of the (in)famous Vinsmokes and a man that everyone thought was dead, that suddenly pops up out of nowhere and becomes immediately the most talked about bachelor and the dream match for every meddling mama in high society. After all, they see Sanji as an extremely attractive man with perfect manners, which is absurdly galant with women and has the whole mysterious aura that attracts people like flies. Also, you know, there's the Vinsmokes name and fortune for whatever lucky girl manages to marry him and give him a male heir. (Sanji is still Sanji, so he is still gonna melt and simp over every woman. Which just means that after a while he does get the womanizer/pervert reputation.)

There is obviously a lot of gossiping and speculation about Sanji's past, but nobody knows what actually happened. Most people believe the story Judge spins: Sanji had been lost at sea during a storm while they were traveling on a ship, and that he must have washed ashore somewhere far away. That a kind man found him and took him in, but that Sanji had amnesia and didn't remember anything about his family, so he stayed for years with that man. Judge also kind of spins it to his favor that he told everyone that Sanji died because he wanted to spare the pain to his wife, who was already sick. But when his wife was on her dying bed she made him promise to look for their lost son, and Judge did so to honor his wife, that he says died of a broken heart because of Sanji's supposed death. (Sanji is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED by this narrative, of course.)

The reality is that Judge disowned him when he was in his early teens (like 11 or 12) for some stupid reason like "you are too sensitive" (idunnow, just Judge being Judge), and tried to kill him by making it look like an incident. So Sanji really almost drowned, but he was saved by Zeff that saw the attempted murder, and decided to take Sanji in as his own child. And everything was alright for a while; Sanji travelled around Europe with Zeff, who was a renowned chef that cooked for rich people and even royalty. Years after that, Judge comes to him with blackmail/a threat: he either comes back to the family and find a good influential girl to marry, or Judge is gonna kill Zeff. Reason for this is that Judge considers his daughter as his own servant, and plans to never let her marry anyone not to squander the family money. His other sons are pieces of shit that think women are only good to be fucked and broken, so they refuse to marry because they want to abuse whores, duel people for petty reasons and get drunk all of the time (still pieces of shit, but of little use to Judge for anything other than running the weapon family business empire). And even when Judge tried to force a marriage to get at least one heir, the poor woman was so severely abused that she killed herself three days after the marriage.

Then Judge found out that Sanji was still alive (maybe from a society paper with a portrait and "his protege" after they got invited to cook for the King) and had him spied on for a while to get some leverage to blackmail him into being his obedient "long lost son" and give him a fucking heir.

Sanji loves Zeff way too much to let anything happen to him, and he decides to sacrifice himself. But he's not a child anymore, and while he's still scared of Judge, he still plans to destroy him once and for all, so he can live peacefully and as he pleases. So he will fake compliance, but will find a way not only to save Jeff, but to ruin the Vinsmokes name once and for all. He just has to carefully move through high society while he does that. While also making sure that he doesn't break a poor woman's heart or ruin her reputation.

Here comes the actual "plot". (I know this post is super long already. Sorry not sorry.)

Judge obviously wants a politically and economically convenient match, so he tries to force Sanji to marry Pudding. And while Sanji thinks that Pudding is perfectly lovely, he also doesn't want to marry her on principle, not only because he wants to disobey Judge, but also because he doesn't like Pudding's family and doesn't want to drag her in all of the familial drama. (Plenty of space for the whole Charlotte family bullshit as well, but I'm not gonna delve into it rn.)

Judge obviously has a whole scheme for trapping him in marrying Pudding (and yes, she is a "willing" part of the scheme). Like, one of those almost fake scandals where the two are found out in a compromising situation and are forced to marry not to ruin the family name bullshit. Which would absolutely work with Sanji since he would never hurt Pudding's reputation.

Everything is ruined by Zoro's abysmal sense of direction. While trying to hide from "Azura's suitors"/getting the fuck out of there, he ruins Judge's carefully planned fake misunderstanding by being the one that accidentally falls into Sanji's lap in a "secluded alcove" and is found out by gossip prone mamas in the compromising situation. Judge isn't happy about it, but still agrees to it because of Zoro's own family name and fortune that will become Sanji's, and the reputation of the Dracule himself which can still be useful to Judge.

Zoro doesn't really care for his own reputation, he almost thinks this is just perfect: if he's ruined nobody will want to marry him and he can live as he pleases. But Mihawk makes it plainly clear that if he does that he will ruin any chance for his sister to have a good match. And Perona is a romantic that hopes for a soulmate to have kids and a happy family with, so Zoro sacrifices himself for her sake.

Sanji thinks that this is just perfect. Judge was played by his own scheming! Now, he just needs to deal with his soon to be wife. She doesn't seem to want the marriage at all, so maybe if he explained the situation she would accept a marriage of convenience, and once Judge is finally dealt with, he can get an annulment for the marriage without ruining Azura's reputation.

After Sanji explains, Zoro is elated: he doesn't actually have to be a wife! And he even admits to Sanji about how he is actually a man and would like to be called Zoro. Sanji is obviously a little bit confused at first, but Zoro kind of implies that he will agree to the farcical marriage only if Sanji treats him like a man, so at the end of the day he agrees that at least in private Zoro can be whoever he wants and Sanji won't bother him.

Obviously Sanji gets rid of all the staff Judge picked for the "happy couple"'s new home, and he replaces them with both people that he trusted from his previous life with Jeff and that will never betray him by spilling his secrets to Judge, and with people picked by Dracule Mihawk's staff that already know about the whole "Zoro, not Azura" thing. Judge doesn't like it, but has to compromise because Mihawk insists that the house (the Roronoa estate maybe) and staff are his gift for the happy couple and he won't budge on it. (Zoro asked for it obviously, and Mihawk agreed since Zoro doesn't ever ask for things and he does feel a bit guilty for forcing Zoro into the marriage.)

After that there is obviously the slow burn of Sanji and Zoro actually falling in love with each other, and probably lots of shenanigans with the rest of the Strawhat crew that are members of high society as well. Or part of the staff, don't know... Not gonna do a deep dive on them as well, but they are there and crazy like always.

My brain is stunk on the idea of Sanji and Zoro riding horses together (with Zoro being dumbstruck by how pretty and carefree Sanji is; also lots of bickering because Zoro almost gets lost in a property he's supposed to know better). Sanji and Zoro having a sparring fencing match (and Sanji is both pissed and turned off when he realizes that Zoro is A BEAST when it comes to fighting and he's absolutely a better swordsman than Sanji); Zoro and Sanji getting super drunk after getting home early from a party (everyone thinks they are rushing home because they are still in the "honeymoon" phase, instead Sanji dragged Zoro home because Zoro was about to punch one of Sanji's brothers after they made fun of Sanji & made inappropriate comments on Perona); Zoro insisting that Sanji let him try smoking (and promptly making a fool of himself by choking on the smoke, while also questioning why the smells if smoke has become so comforting when the taste of tobacco sucks so much). Also Sanji cooking for Zoro until he finds out all of Zoro's favorite dishes (and being appalled by Zoro's lack of decorum when eating something he likes). Literally just these two dorks falling in love in the most domestic way.

Of course at first Sanji is still reluctant to let Zoro do manly things, since he struggles to see Azura as anything other than the lovely lady he transforms into for balls and parties. But slowly things start to change and he gets to know Zoro for real and, "Zoro has such terrible manners! How could he be anything but a man?". He obviously has to deal with the whole "does this mean that I am attracted by a man?" thing as well once he realizes that he doesn't mind being married to Zoro. And then he thinks that he doesn't even mind the idea of calling Zoro his husband and not his wife! Wtf is wrong with him?! And on and on with the crisis.

Zoro isn't doing much better because he never thought he could find marriage such a bearable ordeal. Sure, he constantly bickers with Sanji about almost anything, and he doesn't get the whole "women should be cherished" and all. But Sanji is also respectful of his boundaries and not once has he called Zoro by his deadname in private; rather, he almost slipped and used "Zoro" at parties as well multiple times. Zoro also knows that Sanji finds him attractive when he's all dolled up as Azura for whatever high society event they have to attend. But Zoro is not Azura and doesn't want to pretend he is; so will Sanji ever actually love him as a partner, an equal, a man, or will they just split and go their separate ways when they finally deal with Judge?

And in the meantime they still have to find a way to get Zeff to safety and destroy the Vinsmokes (which, Sanji realizes is quite more complicated that he thought at first, since he actually hopes to save his sister somehow after she shows how much she still cares about Sanji; not his brothers tho, they are still assholes).

The rest of the gang obviously helps Zoro and Sanji (lots of trying to actually get them together as well, since they see the love grow between them).

As for the smutty part, they get there eventually. It's for sure more of a slow burn thing compared to the usual Bridgerton vibe.

And that's all I have. I'm gonna go to sleep. Do with this damn thing whatever you want, cause I sure am NOT gonna write this monster.

[apollo41writes]

I am sick but I came up with this idea and I need it out of my brain so I can finally sleep in peace!

So random prompt I guess. A fake/pretend marriage between Sanji and Zoro, but set in a Bridgerton-like world!

I promise it works! Grab a cup of tea and hear me out.

About Zoro:

First of all, Zoro is a trans male AFAB. But because society still sucks the only place where he can be himself is at home with his sister Perona and his adoptive father Dracule.

Plenty of space to add things about Zoro's backstory as well! Even Kuina as the catalyst of Zoro coming out to his family as trans, and the whole drama of her dying and promising that he would shape his life however he wants.

Zoro obviously loves and respects Mihawk because he did save his life and gave him a home and a family when Zoro lost his (yes, Zoro still keeps the Roronoa family name because they are another influential family or something). But Zoro also hates him, because Mihawk forces Zoro to debut in society like a girl, hoping he would find a husband for his "second daughter". Hopefully a husband that will understand that "Azura" is actually Zoro, and that will not cause a scandal when he realizes that it will be Zoro he will be married to.

Zoro also loves Perona, because once Zoro told her that he was a boy and not a girl, Perona immediately respected his wishes and started referring to him as a male. But Zoro still hates that after that he basically was still forced to participate in Perona's fake tea parties or make believe stories, this time as the prince or, when she was in a particularly grim mood (which is quite often) as the evil guy in one of her overdramatic fantastical scenarios. Also, as soon as Mihawk told them that Zoro was gonna debut as a girl with her deadname, Zoro went back to being Perona's favorite doll to dress up before a ball/party in high society.

(Zoro all dolled up and being the angriest looking wallflower ever is just an image that will be stuck in my brain forever.)

About Sanji:

So picture Sanji, the third heir of the (in)famous Vinsmokes and a man that everyone thought was dead, that suddenly pops up out of nowhere and becomes immediately the most talked about bachelor and the dream match for every meddling mama in high society. After all, they see Sanji as an extremely attractive man with perfect manners, which is absurdly galant with women and has the whole mysterious aura that attracts people like flies. Also, you know, there's the Vinsmokes name and fortune for whatever lucky girl manages to marry him and give him a male heir. (Sanji is still Sanji, so he is still gonna melt and simp over every woman. Which just means that after a while he does get the womanizer/pervert reputation.)

There is obviously a lot of gossiping and speculation about Sanji's past, but nobody knows what actually happened. Most people believe the story Judge spins: Sanji had been lost at sea during a storm while they were traveling on a ship, and that he must have washed ashore somewhere far away. That a kind man found him and took him in, but that Sanji had amnesia and didn't remember anything about his family, so he stayed for years with that man. Judge also kind of spins it to his favor that he told everyone that Sanji died because he wanted to spare the pain to his wife, who was already sick. But when his wife was on her dying bed she made him promise to look for their lost son, and Judge did so to honor his wife, that he says died of a broken heart because of Sanji's supposed death. (Sanji is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED by this narrative, of course.)

The reality is that Judge disowned him when he was in his early teens (like 11 or 12) for some stupid reason like "you are too sensitive" (idunnow, just Judge being Judge), and tried to kill him by making it look like an incident. So Sanji really almost drowned, but he was saved by Zeff that saw the attempted murder, and decided to take Sanji in as his own child. And everything was alright for a while; Sanji travelled around Europe with Zeff, who was a renowned chef that cooked for rich people and even royalty. Years after that, Judge comes to him with blackmail/a threat: he either comes back to the family and find a good influential girl to marry, or Judge is gonna kill Zeff. Reason for this is that Judge considers his daughter as his own servant, and plans to never let her marry anyone not to squander the family money. His other sons are pieces of shit that think women are only good to be fucked and broken, so they refuse to marry because they want to abuse whores, duel people for petty reasons and get drunk all of the time (still pieces of shit, but of little use to Judge for anything other than running the weapon family business empire). And even when Judge tried to force a marriage to get at least one heir, the poor woman was so severely abused that she killed herself three days after the marriage.

Then Judge found out that Sanji was still alive (maybe from a society paper with a portrait and "his protege" after they got invited to cook for the King) and had him spied on for a while to get some leverage to blackmail him into being his obedient "long lost son" and give him a fucking heir.

Sanji loves Zeff way too much to let anything happen to him, and he decides to sacrifice himself. But he's not a child anymore, and while he's still scared of Judge, he still plans to destroy him once and for all, so he can live peacefully and as he pleases. So he will fake compliance, but will find a way not only to save Jeff, but to ruin the Vinsmokes name once and for all. He just has to carefully move through high society while he does that. While also making sure that he doesn't break a poor woman's heart or ruin her reputation.

Here comes the actual "plot". (I know this post is super long already. Sorry not sorry.)

Judge obviously wants a politically and economically convenient match, so he tries to force Sanji to marry Pudding. And while Sanji thinks that Pudding is perfectly lovely, he also doesn't want to marry her on principle, not only because he wants to disobey Judge, but also because he doesn't like Pudding's family and doesn't want to drag her in all of the familial drama. (Plenty of space for the whole Charlotte family bullshit as well, but I'm not gonna delve into it rn.)

Judge obviously has a whole scheme for trapping him in marrying Pudding (and yes, she is a "willing" part of the scheme). Like, one of those almost fake scandals where the two are found out in a compromising situation and are forced to marry not to ruin the family name bullshit. Which would absolutely work with Sanji since he would never hurt Pudding's reputation.

Everything is ruined by Zoro's abysmal sense of direction. While trying to hide from "Azura's suitors"/getting the fuck out of there, he ruins Judge's carefully planned fake misunderstanding by being the one that accidentally falls into Sanji's lap in a "secluded alcove" and is found out by gossip prone mamas in the compromising situation. Judge isn't happy about it, but still agrees to it because of Zoro's own family name and fortune that will become Sanji's, and the reputation of the Dracule himself which can still be useful to Judge.

Zoro doesn't really care for his own reputation, he almost thinks this is just perfect: if he's ruined nobody will want to marry him and he can live as he pleases. But Mihawk makes it plainly clear that if he does that he will ruin any chance for his sister to have a good match. And Perona is a romantic that hopes for a soulmate to have kids and a happy family with, so Zoro sacrifices himself for her sake.

Sanji thinks that this is just perfect. Judge was played by his own scheming! Now, he just needs to deal with his soon to be wife. She doesn't seem to want the marriage at all, so maybe if he explained the situation she would accept a marriage of convenience, and once Judge is finally dealt with, he can get an annulment for the marriage without ruining Azura's reputation.

After Sanji explains, Zoro is elated: he doesn't actually have to be a wife! And he even admits to Sanji about how he is actually a man and would like to be called Zoro. Sanji is obviously a little bit confused at first, but Zoro kind of implies that he will agree to the farcical marriage only if Sanji treats him like a man, so at the end of the day he agrees that at least in private Zoro can be whoever he wants and Sanji won't bother him.

Obviously Sanji gets rid of all the staff Judge picked for the "happy couple"'s new home, and he replaces them with both people that he trusted from his previous life with Jeff and that will never betray him by spilling his secrets to Judge, and with people picked by Dracule Mihawk's staff that already know about the whole "Zoro, not Azura" thing. Judge doesn't like it, but has to compromise because Mihawk insists that the house (the Roronoa estate maybe) and staff are his gift for the happy couple and he won't budge on it. (Zoro asked for it obviously, and Mihawk agreed since Zoro doesn't ever ask for things and he does feel a bit guilty for forcing Zoro into the marriage.)

After that there is obviously the slow burn of Sanji and Zoro actually falling in love with each other, and probably lots of shenanigans with the rest of the Strawhat crew that are members of high society as well. Or part of the staff, don't know... Not gonna do a deep dive on them as well, but they are there and crazy like always.

My brain is stunk on the idea of Sanji and Zoro riding horses together (with Zoro being dumbstruck by how pretty and carefree Sanji is; also lots of bickering because Zoro almost gets lost in a property he's supposed to know better). Sanji and Zoro having a sparring fencing match (and Sanji is both pissed and turned off when he realizes that Zoro is A BEAST when it comes to fighting and he's absolutely a better swordsman than Sanji); Zoro and Sanji getting super drunk after getting home early from a party (everyone thinks they are rushing home because they are still in the "honeymoon" phase, instead Sanji dragged Zoro home because Zoro was about to punch one of Sanji's brothers after they made fun of Sanji & made inappropriate comments on Perona); Zoro insisting that Sanji let him try smoking (and promptly making a fool of himself by choking on the smoke, while also questioning why the smells if smoke has become so comforting when the taste of tobacco sucks so much). Also Sanji cooking for Zoro until he finds out all of Zoro's favorite dishes (and being appalled by Zoro's lack of decorum when eating something he likes). Literally just these two dorks falling in love in the most domestic way.

Of course at first Sanji is still reluctant to let Zoro do manly things, since he struggles to see Azura as anything other than the lovely lady he transforms into for balls and parties. But slowly things start to change and he gets to know Zoro for real and, "Zoro has such terrible manners! How could he be anything but a man?". He obviously has to deal with the whole "does this mean that I am attracted by a man?" thing as well once he realizes that he doesn't mind being married to Zoro. And then he thinks that he doesn't even mind the idea of calling Zoro his husband and not his wife! Wtf is wrong with him?! And on and on with the crisis.

Zoro isn't doing much better because he never thought he could find marriage such a bearable ordeal. Sure, he constantly bickers with Sanji about almost anything, and he doesn't get the whole "women should be cherished" and all. But Sanji is also respectful of his boundaries and not once has he called Zoro by his deadname in private; rather, he almost slipped and used "Zoro" at parties as well multiple times. Zoro also knows that Sanji finds him attractive when he's all dolled up as Azura for whatever high society event they have to attend. But Zoro is not Azura and doesn't want to pretend he is; so will Sanji ever actually love him as a partner, an equal, a man, or will they just split and go their separate ways when they finally deal with Judge?

And in the meantime they still have to find a way to get Zeff to safety and destroy the Vinsmokes (which, Sanji realizes is quite more complicated that he thought at first, since he actually hopes to save his sister somehow after she shows how much she still cares about Sanji; not his brothers tho, they are still assholes).

The rest of the gang obviously helps Zoro and Sanji (lots of trying to actually get them together as well, since they see the love grow between them).

As for the smutty part, they get there eventually. It's for sure more of a slow burn thing compared to the usual Bridgerton vibe.

And that's all I have. I'm gonna go to sleep. Do with this damn thing whatever you want, cause I sure am NOT gonna write this monster.

[apollo41writes]

I am sick but I came up with this idea and I need it out of my brain so I can finally sleep in peace!

So random prompt I guess. A fake/pretend marriage between Sanji and Zoro, but set in a Bridgerton-like world!

I promise it works! Grab a cup of tea and hear me out.

About Zoro:

First of all, Zoro is a trans male AFAB. But because society still sucks the only place where he can be himself is at home with his sister Perona and his adoptive father Dracule.

Plenty of space to add things about Zoro's backstory as well! Even Kuina as the catalyst of Zoro coming out to his family as trans, and the whole drama of her dying and promising that he would shape his life however he wants.

Zoro obviously loves and respects Mihawk because he did save his life and gave him a home and a family when Zoro lost his (yes, Zoro still keeps the Roronoa family name because they are another influential family or something). But Zoro also hates him, because Mihawk forces Zoro to debut in society like a girl, hoping he would find a husband for his "second daughter". Hopefully a husband that will understand that "Azura" is actually Zoro, and that will not cause a scandal when he realizes that it will be Zoro he will be married to.

Zoro also loves Perona, because once Zoro told her that he was a boy and not a girl, Perona immediately respected his wishes and started referring to him as a male. But Zoro still hates that after that he basically was still forced to participate in Perona's fake tea parties or make believe stories, this time as the prince or, when she was in a particularly grim mood (which is quite often) as the evil guy in one of her overdramatic fantastical scenarios. Also, as soon as Mihawk told them that Zoro was gonna debut as a girl with her deadname, Zoro went back to being Perona's favorite doll to dress up before a ball/party in high society.

(Zoro all dolled up and being the angriest looking wallflower ever is just an image that will be stuck in my brain forever.)

About Sanji:

So picture Sanji, the third heir of the (in)famous Vinsmokes and a man that everyone thought was dead, that suddenly pops up out of nowhere and becomes immediately the most talked about bachelor and the dream match for every meddling mama in high society. After all, they see Sanji as an extremely attractive man with perfect manners, which is absurdly galant with women and has the whole mysterious aura that attracts people like flies. Also, you know, there's the Vinsmokes name and fortune for whatever lucky girl manages to marry him and give him a male heir. (Sanji is still Sanji, so he is still gonna melt and simp over every woman. Which just means that after a while he does get the womanizer/pervert reputation.)

There is obviously a lot of gossiping and speculation about Sanji's past, but nobody knows what actually happened. Most people believe the story Judge spins: Sanji had been lost at sea during a storm while they were traveling on a ship, and that he must have washed ashore somewhere far away. That a kind man found him and took him in, but that Sanji had amnesia and didn't remember anything about his family, so he stayed for years with that man. Judge also kind of spins it to his favor that he told everyone that Sanji died because he wanted to spare the pain to his wife, who was already sick. But when his wife was on her dying bed she made him promise to look for their lost son, and Judge did so to honor his wife, that he says died of a broken heart because of Sanji's supposed death. (Sanji is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED by this narrative, of course.)

The reality is that Judge disowned him when he was in his early teens (like 11 or 12) for some stupid reason like "you are too sensitive" (idunnow, just Judge being Judge), and tried to kill him by making it look like an incident. So Sanji really almost drowned, but he was saved by Zeff that saw the attempted murder, and decided to take Sanji in as his own child. And everything was alright for a while; Sanji travelled around Europe with Zeff, who was a renowned chef that cooked for rich people and even royalty. Years after that, Judge comes to him with blackmail/a threat: he either comes back to the family and find a good influential girl to marry, or Judge is gonna kill Zeff. Reason for this is that Judge considers his daughter as his own servant, and plans to never let her marry anyone not to squander the family money. His other sons are pieces of shit that think women are only good to be fucked and broken, so they refuse to marry because they want to abuse whores, duel people for petty reasons and get drunk all of the time (still pieces of shit, but of little use to Judge for anything other than running the weapon family business empire). And even when Judge tried to force a marriage to get at least one heir, the poor woman was so severely abused that she killed herself three days after the marriage.

Then Judge found out that Sanji was still alive (maybe from a society paper with a portrait and "his protege" after they got invited to cook for the King) and had him spied on for a while to get some leverage to blackmail him into being his obedient "long lost son" and give him a fucking heir.

Sanji loves Zeff way too much to let anything happen to him, and he decides to sacrifice himself. But he's not a child anymore, and while he's still scared of Judge, he still plans to destroy him once and for all, so he can live peacefully and as he pleases. So he will fake compliance, but will find a way not only to save Jeff, but to ruin the Vinsmokes name once and for all. He just has to carefully move through high society while he does that. While also making sure that he doesn't break a poor woman's heart or ruin her reputation.

Here comes the actual "plot". (I know this post is super long already. Sorry not sorry.)

Judge obviously wants a politically and economically convenient match, so he tries to force Sanji to marry Pudding. And while Sanji thinks that Pudding is perfectly lovely, he also doesn't want to marry her on principle, not only because he wants to disobey Judge, but also because he doesn't like Pudding's family and doesn't want to drag her in all of the familial drama. (Plenty of space for the whole Charlotte family bullshit as well, but I'm not gonna delve into it rn.)

Judge obviously has a whole scheme for trapping him in marrying Pudding (and yes, she is a "willing" part of the scheme). Like, one of those almost fake scandals where the two are found out in a compromising situation and are forced to marry not to ruin the family name bullshit. Which would absolutely work with Sanji since he would never hurt Pudding's reputation.

Everything is ruined by Zoro's abysmal sense of direction. While trying to hide from "Azura's suitors"/getting the fuck out of there, he ruins Judge's carefully planned fake misunderstanding by being the one that accidentally falls into Sanji's lap in a "secluded alcove" and is found out by gossip prone mamas in the compromising situation. Judge isn't happy about it, but still agrees to it because of Zoro's own family name and fortune that will become Sanji's, and the reputation of the Dracule himself which can still be useful to Judge.

Zoro doesn't really care for his own reputation, he almost thinks this is just perfect: if he's ruined nobody will want to marry him and he can live as he pleases. But Mihawk makes it plainly clear that if he does that he will ruin any chance for his sister to have a good match. And Perona is a romantic that hopes for a soulmate to have kids and a happy family with, so Zoro sacrifices himself for her sake.

Sanji thinks that this is just perfect. Judge was played by his own scheming! Now, he just needs to deal with his soon to be wife. She doesn't seem to want the marriage at all, so maybe if he explained the situation she would accept a marriage of convenience, and once Judge is finally dealt with, he can get an annulment for the marriage without ruining Azura's reputation.

After Sanji explains, Zoro is elated: he doesn't actually have to be a wife! And he even admits to Sanji about how he is actually a man and would like to be called Zoro. Sanji is obviously a little bit confused at first, but Zoro kind of implies that he will agree to the farcical marriage only if Sanji treats him like a man, so at the end of the day he agrees that at least in private Zoro can be whoever he wants and Sanji won't bother him.

Obviously Sanji gets rid of all the staff Judge picked for the "happy couple"'s new home, and he replaces them with both people that he trusted from his previous life with Jeff and that will never betray him by spilling his secrets to Judge, and with people picked by Dracule Mihawk's staff that already know about the whole "Zoro, not Azura" thing. Judge doesn't like it, but has to compromise because Mihawk insists that the house (the Roronoa estate maybe) and staff are his gift for the happy couple and he won't budge on it. (Zoro asked for it obviously, and Mihawk agreed since Zoro doesn't ever ask for things and he does feel a bit guilty for forcing Zoro into the marriage.)

After that there is obviously the slow burn of Sanji and Zoro actually falling in love with each other, and probably lots of shenanigans with the rest of the Strawhat crew that are members of high society as well. Or part of the staff, don't know... Not gonna do a deep dive on them as well, but they are there and crazy like always.

My brain is stunk on the idea of Sanji and Zoro riding horses together (with Zoro being dumbstruck by how pretty and carefree Sanji is; also lots of bickering because Zoro almost gets lost in a property he's supposed to know better). Sanji and Zoro having a sparring fencing match (and Sanji is both pissed and turned off when he realizes that Zoro is A BEAST when it comes to fighting and he's absolutely a better swordsman than Sanji); Zoro and Sanji getting super drunk after getting home early from a party (everyone thinks they are rushing home because they are still in the "honeymoon" phase, instead Sanji dragged Zoro home because Zoro was about to punch one of Sanji's brothers after they made fun of Sanji & made inappropriate comments on Perona); Zoro insisting that Sanji let him try smoking (and promptly making a fool of himself by choking on the smoke, while also questioning why the smells if smoke has become so comforting when the taste of tobacco sucks so much). Also Sanji cooking for Zoro until he finds out all of Zoro's favorite dishes (and being appalled by Zoro's lack of decorum when eating something he likes). Literally just these two dorks falling in love in the most domestic way.

Of course at first Sanji is still reluctant to let Zoro do manly things, since he struggles to see Azura as anything other than the lovely lady he transforms into for balls and parties. But slowly things start to change and he gets to know Zoro for real and, "Zoro has such terrible manners! How could he be anything but a man?". He obviously has to deal with the whole "does this mean that I am attracted by a man?" thing as well once he realizes that he doesn't mind being married to Zoro. And then he thinks that he doesn't even mind the idea of calling Zoro his husband and not his wife! Wtf is wrong with him?! And on and on with the crisis.

Zoro isn't doing much better because he never thought he could find marriage such a bearable ordeal. Sure, he constantly bickers with Sanji about almost anything, and he doesn't get the whole "women should be cherished" and all. But Sanji is also respectful of his boundaries and not once has he called Zoro by his deadname in private; rather, he almost slipped and used "Zoro" at parties as well multiple times. Zoro also knows that Sanji finds him attractive when he's all dolled up as Azura for whatever high society event they have to attend. But Zoro is not Azura and doesn't want to pretend he is; so will Sanji ever actually love him as a partner, an equal, a man, or will they just split and go their separate ways when they finally deal with Judge?

And in the meantime they still have to find a way to get Zeff to safety and destroy the Vinsmokes (which, Sanji realizes is quite more complicated that he thought at first, since he actually hopes to save his sister somehow after she shows how much she still cares about Sanji; not his brothers tho, they are still assholes).

The rest of the gang obviously helps Zoro and Sanji (lots of trying to actually get them together as well, since they see the love grow between them).

As for the smutty part, they get there eventually. It's for sure more of a slow burn thing compared to the usual Bridgerton vibe.

And that's all I have. I'm gonna go to sleep. Do with this damn thing whatever you want, cause I sure am NOT gonna write this monster.

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jayce/Viktor (League of Legends), Jayce & Viktor (League of Legends), Caitlyn & Jayce (League of Legends), Jayce (League of Legends) & Ximena Talis Characters: Jayce (League of Legends), Viktor (League of Legends), Caitlyn (League of Legends), Ximena Talis Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Esports, Alternate Universe - Teenagers, esports au, Jayce Needs a Hug (League of Legends), Swearing, First Meetings, Cait and Jayce are childhood friends, Sexism, Sexist Language, Implied/Referenced Ableism Series: Part 1 of Hextech Dream Team (Arcane esports AU) Summary:

Eighteen-year-old Jayce “Defender” Talis and his best friend Caitlyn “Sprout” Kiramman are among the top ranking players of a popular MOBA game called Arcane. When they struggle to break out into the world of professional play, Jayce feels hopeless and lost. An encounter with a fellow player might change the course of his life.

First instalment of a collaborative AU series I’m planning with a group of friends.

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I came back to the One Piece fandom a couple of months ago after a very long time away from it. So I am still unsure on which headcanons are popular/widely accepted.

Was wondering, are there fanon theories (or even canon things I forgot) about Sanji just being uncomfortable with nudity in general?

Not just the usual nosebleeds when women are basically naked in his presence (or in his thoughts).

Like, it just seems to go well with him having a preference for suits that cover basically all of his body, but also with his self-esteem issues and his very idealized way of thinking of women (and romance in general, honestly).

I can just picture a teen Sanji being uncomfortable when taking a bath with other people on Baratie.

Because 1) he is naked, 2) everyone else is naked and also 3) what happened with Yamato but with a young Sanji and Zeff having to give the whole sexuality and gender talk.

Soooo, I guess I just want to know if it's a thing or not?

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Yes yes yes.

dancing.

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OMG I LOVE YOU, THIS IS PERFECT! 😍

You just perfectly got what I was picturing!

The pose, the tension, their expressions! And chibi Zoro blushing is just AAAAAA ❤️❤️❤️

I agree with the crew, 10/10. Chef kiss.

tango dancing zosan!! based off of this post by @apollo41writes!

funny how zosan is one of my favourite ships but this is the first time ive drawn them XD

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Zoro and Sanji fighting, but make it tango.

Just think about it.

The legwork, the lifting, the eye contact, the proximity, the tempo, the tension...

And sure, that's in basically any form of dancing, but for some reason in my head their dance is the tango.

I just want this!!!

^^^ I need Zoro and Sanji doing this in my life.

I don't care if it's two people doing a little routine while in cosplay, if it's fanart or if it's fanfiction.

I need it.

Please, anybody! There must be someone out there that thought about this already, right?

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Just 50 songs that give me Polin vibes in no particular order.

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Elisa's 2023 Reclist

Since this year I'm not participating in any reading challenges, I decided to at least pick my favorite fics to shout-out. Here's what I have in my list so far.

Naga gonna give you up by Definitively_Different_Drivel (Teen Wolf - Sterek - 17.146 words) It's just a very lovely read with the right mix between Humor and H/C. Loved the characterization and I just love Stiles being some kind of weird werecreatere.

Star Eater by Ki_Ken_Tai_Ichi (Star Wars Sequels - Kylux - 54.388 words) I must say, the thing that made me love this one is the way the Knights of Ren are basically pushing these two assholes together. And Force-Sensitive Armitage is an absolute wonder; the flashbacks of his childhood abuse are heartbreaking in the best way.

The Ride by QueenOfCarrotFlowers (@flowerofcarrots on twitter) (Star Wars Sequels - Reylo - 55.878 words) This is a dark one, what with both of the characters being serial killers. But I just love these kind of twisted fanfics. Definitely a Dead Dove, but if you like the genre, a must read.

she's not going to die today by zerospoons_onlyknives (oprime) (Marvel Comics - Spideypool - 97.359 words) Despite being very twisted and Dead Dove, there are some moments of sweetness in the middle of these two being 50 shades of wrong. Might be because it is a soulmates AU... Again, a must read.

Cut it out and then Restart by onborrowedwings (@weshallflyaway) (Game of Thrones - Sansan - 105.775 words) I was kind of missing reading Sansan, but I also wanted my happily ever after. And this fic was absolute perfection. The right amount of angst, action, fluff. The relationship between the Starks is also so nice in this one! To put it simply: one of those fic you'll struggle to stop reading.

The Long Road by Chifuyu (@StaticRaining on twitter) (Star Wars Sequels - Kylux - 148.104 words) The slowburn is strong with this one, but I can easily say that this is one of my absolute faves of this year. It's kind of a fix-it, but not one of those where they become both good people and stuff like that. Both Armitage and Ren are just problematic pieces of shit that have no idea of what to do with themselves. Which is exactly what made it impossible for me to stop reading. We see both good and bad with them, but it's their imperfection that make them so lovely.

That's it for now. I'll be back if and when I feel like I have enough for another post.

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Prompt List 2023 - alt text under the cut

January

first kiss | mission fic | fake dating | "whenever I look at you..." | snow | historical au

February

valentine's day | pollen/fear gas/truth serum | established relationship | "if i kiss you, will you shut up?" | different | mermaid au

March

fresh starts | road trup | getting back together/mutual pining | "make me" | acceptance | fairytale au

April

pranks | canon divergence | (seemingly) unrequited love | "no, i'm not dating your brother" | peace | university au

May

flower language | sick fic | pet/child acquisition | "who are you" | sunshine | fantasy/medieval/dark knights of steel au

June

wedding/proposal | saving the world | (accidental) love confession | "you aren't what i expected" | downpour | soulmate au

July

vacation together | power swap | enemies to lovers | "batman won't like this" | stars | coffee shop au

August

au of your choice | time travel | meet cute/blind date | "you're the only one i could turn to for help" | storm | vampire/werewolf/dc vs vampires au

September

high school/college sweethearts | hurt/comfort | meeting the family | "i wrote this for you" | flood | shifter au

October

couples costume | test messaging | identity shenanigans | "you can't bench me!" | lightning | sports team au

November

life changes | de-aging | secret relationship (reveal) | "be careful what you wish for" | growth | music/band au

December

holidays together | crack treated seriously | moving in together | "that's my favorite thing about you" | forgiveness | tattoo parlor/flower shop au

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Goodnight prompt 61/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Original Trilogy Ship: Alexsandr Kallus/Garazeb Orrelios, background Leia/Han AUs/Tropes: Fantasy AU (but still in a Star Wars setting), Wedding planning Prompt: Garazeb Orrelios' Bakery is very well known for the best magical wedding cakes in the whole Galaxy. As the best wedding planner on Coruscant, Alexandr Kallus just has to get one of those cake for the wedding of the century between Princess Leia and very well known scoundrel Han Solo.

Extra details: This is idea is literally just at it's bare bones. I just enjoy the idea of Garazeb kind of torturing Kallus by requesting that the couple have multiple taste tests until they find something they both like and not just let Kallus pick.

In the meantime, Zeb kind of finds Kallus' grumpy expression adorable and he makes it his mission to have Kallus be in awe of something Zeb bakes especially for him every time he gets to the bakery with the two lovebirds.

I also kind of like the idea of both Han and Leia noticing the weird chemistry between Zeb and their wedding planner and plotting for them to end up stuck together alone.

Basically something very silly. Don't ask me what exactly would be the magic stuff in this universe, I just wanted the bakery to be magic somehow. My brain is just weird like that sometimes.

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Goodnight prompt 60/∞

Fandom: Detroit: Become Human Ship: RK900/Gavin Reed AUs/Tropes: Machine RK900, Slow build (like, really really slow) Prompt: Faced with the only android unable to understand human emotions and deviate, the entire precinct makes a challenge out of making RK900 become a deviant. No one expects Gavin to be the one to succeed.

Extra details: Okay, this would be set in a basic best ending with the Jericho gang going back to Cyberlife to find all of the other androids still left. They obviously find a bunch of prototype, some that can be activated, some that are just not programmed/built enough to do so.

And they find RK900 too, of course. They manage to break the whole "Amanda" thing thanks to Connor's help, but unluckly that does not mean that RK900 immediately becomes a deviant, no matter how much both Connor and Markus try.

There is just something about RK900 that prevents them from the deviation to happen in that way. It just has to be more natural, like it happened for the first androids.

Everyone at Jericho gives it a try, but all of the other androids are just as confused by having emotions, since it's so new to them. So, Connor asks for help to all the human he knows. Which is basically he asks his human co-workers to help.

RK900 starts to work at the precinct. Mostly because Connor thinks it's the best place for him to organically deviate, like he did. Don't know if I necessarily want this one to be one of those fic where RK900 is Gavin's partner. Actually, I think that should not be a thing in this one.

I imagine RK900 just rotating with different people trying to fit in, everyone giving it their best to make Rk900 deviate.

I also think that Gavin would be laughing at whatever everyone around his is trying to do to make the damn Pinocchio become a real kid. He obviously wants to stay as far away from RK900 as he can, and refuses multiple time to give a go himself to deviate the damn thing.

That is until Tina kind of dares him to do it while they are both drunk. They would have both forgotten about the bet by the following day. If it wasn't for RK900 himself, that was, at the time, Tina's partner.

Gavin is absolutely furious with Tina for making him take that bet, with himself for drinking so much that he actually agreed, but most of all to RK900 that is already sitting in front of Gavin's desk and shows him footage of him and Tina drunkenly shaking their hands.

When faced with a challenge, Gavin is not one to simply give up. So, begrudgingly, he does his best. He already knows where everyone else failed. After all everyone was always complaining about why this or that didn't work. So Gavin knows what NOT to do.

So he has a good starting point on that. But no clue of what he should actually do since apparently all of the good ideas have already failed. While he thinks, then, he just treats RK900 like he would any other partner. Like shit, then.

RK900 at first seems his usual robotic self, but after working with Gavin for months... They both realize that there is something different about RK900 actually. It's subtle most of the times, but... Whatever Gavin is doing, seems to be working. And, despite how Gavin would never admit it out loud, he kind of enjoys RK900's company and help. He would even go so far as to say they are friendly.

And it takes more and more time, and Gavin starting to slowly accept that he does like RK900 A LOT actually, when he finally realizes that what RK900 needed was time. Like, literally exposure therapy but not all at once, like he could learn about the human experience in just a pinch.

It has to be a gradual thing, living like a human to actually learn what humanity is. Which is how they become actual friends, and Gavin, the less lovable and loving person in the whole Detroit, also decides that he should teach RK900 what love is.

At first he thinks it would be a good idea to adopt a new pet, letting RK900 name it and taking care of it from day one. And it seems to work. RK900 learns how to show affection to others.

What he does not expect is that Gavin himself is the person he shows that affection the most. And that's coincidentally when Gavin realizes he himself has fallen in love with RK900... Which is bad, because, with how Gavin has basically babysat the thing for basically two years at this point, there is no chance that RK900 sees him as a lover.

Rk900 probably sees him more as a father figure or a brother, right? Damn Tina and her bet! He doesn't even want to gloat to her about succeeding where everyone else failed and gave up when things got too complicated!

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Goodnight prompt 59/∞

Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends Ship: Jayce/Viktor AUs/Tropes: Modern AU, Veterinarian Viktor Prompt: Jayce saves an abandoned kitten that is barely hours old and he immediately brings them to a vet. He's not really sure how exactly to keep the poor thing alive, but Viktor, the veterinarian, is sure he can do it. Things get complicated when Jayce's landlord finds out about the kitten and Jayce either gets rid of the cat, or has to move out.

Extra details: Most of the stuff I already put in the prompt, but I like this idea of the kitten imprinting on Jayce and he really doesn't have the heart of leaving him to Viktor, despite him being absolutely amenable to take care of the poor kitten.

For a couple of weeks Jayce even manages to keep the existence of the kitten a secret, but he's well aware that pets are not allowed in his building. And after a while one of his neighbors rats him out to the landlord.

And Jayce is too in love with the tiny kitten to just leave him to Viktor, which still is okay with taking care of the cat. So, Viktor suggests that he keeps the kitten in his apartment and Jayce can come and go as he pleases.

Like, he literally gives Jayce a key and tells him that he's always welcome to sleep on his couch. Which, Jayce ends up doing even if the couch is small and uncomfortable.

They kind of become very domestic before they even realize that they have fallen in love with each other.

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Goodnight prompt 58/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Prequels Ship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Anakin Skywalker AUs/Tropes: Modern AU, Hitchhiking Prompt: Obi-Wan isn't usually the kind of person to pick up hitchhikers. But he feels kind of bad for the young man that seems to be about 10 minutes away from a heatstroke on the side of the road.

Extra details: Welp, while this might be a pretty basica idea, I kind of had a twist to it. And not, this time it's not one of them being a creep or whatever.

Doesn't make this idea less angsty. Basically I was thinking that Obi-Wan is actually travelling for work. He was supposed to go by plane, but it's not that far and he hates plane. So he just drives to whatever he needs to be.

He finds Anakin maybe at a gas station and Anakin kind of seems picky about who he's gonna hitchhike with, like he maybe does this a lot and knows how to avoid creeps and stuff.

Which just makes Obi-Wan even more sympathetic, so he stops and offers Anakin to travel with him at least for a little while.

And it's all fine and peaceful. They have a very lovely conversation, Obi-Wan even offers Anakin lunch at a certain point. And right when Anakin thinks Obi-Wan is just gonna leave him at this second gas station, Obi-Wan looks offended and says that if Anakin still need to go in the same direction there is no reason for them to split up.

So they keep going together. And, like, not more than a couple of hours later they get in some kind of car accident and while Anakin is just a little banged up, Obi-Wan isn't as lucky and he need to stay in the hospital for a while.

Anakin of course makes sure the hospital contacts whatever family Obi-Wan has. But he also absolutely refuses to leave Obi-Wan's side until whoever they called arrives to take care of Obi-Wan themselves.

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Goodnight prompt 57/∞

Fandom: Star Wars Prequels Ship: Obi-Wan Kenobi/Qui-Gon Jinn AUs/Tropes: Historical AU Prompt: After moving to America, Obi-Wan is down on his luck and decides to pretend being a woman when answering an announcement on a newspaper. Things get complicated when he finds out his supposed "husband" isn't a businessman always traveling around for work, but an abolitionist of the Underground Railroad.

Extra details: I don't know much about american history, but this idea at first was just Obi-Wan pretending to be a woman and answering to Qui-Gon's announcement and following letters just to find a place where he could live since he was absolutely broke and unable to go back to his own home all the way on the other side of the ocean.

I just imagine Qui-Gon presenting himself as a businessman that is barely at home and needs the firm touch of a woman that can manage his estate and all of the people working for him while he's away for work.

Obi-Wan kind of sees this as a huge opportunity because if Qui-Gon isn't at the house when Obi-Wan gets there, he can just spin a lie to the rest of the staff, and try to gather some money somehow.

So he does just that, and pretends like he's the brother of the woman Qui-Gon supposedly is married to by proxy, since she got extremely sick right before she had to leave the old continent and need to gain back her strength before she embarks in the crossing.

The help is of course suspicious, but Obi-Wan is a very charming man, and he seems like he knows enough about how to run a house that nobody truly think he's up to no good.

It gets a little dicier when Obi-Wan finds papers and letters in Qui-Gon's study that make it obvious that whatever business Qui-Gon is running is just a face that hide his work for the Underground Railroad.

So, unexpectedly, Obi-Wan ends up falling in love with Qui-Gon just with the continuous exchange of letters and how the people that actually know him talks about him.

And he's aware that he's gonna end up heartbroken and on the streets when Qui-Gon finally comes back and finds out about the rouse. He is, of course, wrong. Because Qui-Gon doesn't really care that he's a man.

Especially when it's thanks to Obi-Wan if his unlawful activities aren't discovered by the authorities.

And I mean, there is space for so many other character to be there in the background that I just love the potential for this idea.