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Do you know other blogs (or fanfics) with dad crocodile (croco as Luffy's parent)AU?

I know two, but I can't tell if I can't find them anymore because they were deleted or if it's because I don't have an account on ao3.

There's of course @mangyraccooon's No Regrets AU (comic) as well as the modern AU fic series We are such a mess, you and I

Also on tumblr are @mjrtaurus various AUs that I'd recommend checking out!

@the-babbering-dabber has two series on AO3 (one Dragon/Croc, the other not I think) so I'm linking the AO3 page that has both on them here.

SalasanaOP is writing a big Crocodad story called The Grand Design of Rise and Fall that is one part villain origin story and one part healing and being a dad.

Day by day by Sebthealienn on AO3 is another fic I return to quite often.

And there are some more WIPs that I'm keeping my eye on but that focus mostly on Dragon and Crocodile's relationship and not Crocodad.

I could rec some more but you can also find more Crocodad things if you check out the Crocodile is Monkey D. Luffy's parent tag on AO3 and here on Tumblr I'd suggest browsing the Crocodad tag too!

Please feel free to add more to this (especially if you, dear reader of this post, have Crocodad AUs that I forgot to put on here!) because I am very scatterbrained X'D

Ah, P.S. you can read my Crocodad fic Maybe This Time on AO3 too *lol*

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It’s lonely at the top

Part 1 | here | part 3

Read on Ao3

wc 1,368 | Steddie | angst

Eddie’s never been popular. He’s never wanted to be popular. He loved being the freak who stood out. He’s not going to conform to anyone’s standards just to fit in.

He was never invited to house parties until they moved to Chicago. His coworker Trick told him about a house off of South Giles that threw parties almost every night. He swore up and down that the party rocked and that everyone would love him.

“Can I bring a friend?” Eddie asked.

“Sure,” Trick said. “As long as they’re cool.”

“So cool,” Eddie nodded. “He’s my best friend.”

Eddie doesn’t know where they went wrong. Steve was excited to go. He was excited to meet Eddie’s coworkers and his new friends.

And Eddie made a lot of new friends at these parties.

Every room he entered people were excited to see him. They gave him shots or a fresh beer. Patted him on the shoulder as they praised him. Eddie felt like he was on stage at a music festival.

This is where he was meant to be.

Everyone here matched his energy. His style. They were his community. He wasn’t an outcast anymore. They were freaks together.

And sure, sometimes he lost sight of Steve. But he always found him at the end of the night.

So he doesn’t understand where it went wrong.

Steve fell into Eddie. Eddie’s beer spilled on Steve. And Steve was in tears. They were just having fun… what happened?

Then there was the fight. Steve was going home.

“You get home safe?” Eddie asked, taking a step back towards the house.

“Not like you care,” Steve said. “We’re over, Eddie.”

“Steve —“

“No, go be the single guy you’ve been telling everyone you are. I’ll be okay.”

And Steve turned and walked away.

Eddie should’ve went after him. Should’ve made sure he got home safe.

But the bus stop was less than half a mile away. He would be fine.

So he went back inside.

It’s not like he wanted to tell everyone he was “single.” Sure, they like him, but that doesn’t mean that they would accept him for being gay.

He guessed he didn’t push the girls away when he should, but Steve never had an issue before.

Eddie was mad. So he drank more than he usually does. He agrees to go out for food afterwards, knowing Steve will be waiting for him when he gets home.

The lights were off when Eddie unlocked the apartment door. He slipped out of his boots, leaving them by Steve’s Nikes. He quietly made his way to the bedroom, slipping out of his jeans and into the bed next to Steve.

“I’m sorry about tonight,” Eddie whispered into the dark. “I know you’re mad. We’ll talk in the morning, okay?”

Eddie knew he wasn’t going to answer. They’ve gone to bed angry more times than he’d like. They’ll make up in the morning, just like they always do.

But this time was different.

When Eddie woke up, he woke up alone. The bed cold where Steve would’ve slept. He climbed out of the bed and slowly entered the living room. It was as quiet as last night.

Steve’s shoes weren’t by Eddie’s boots.

A quick scan of the room made Eddie’s heart drop. Steve’s textbooks were missing. His bookbag. His jacket.

Quick on his feet, Eddie ran into the bedroom and opened the closet. It looked bare, the empty hangers mocking Eddie of his mistake. Steve’s voice echoing in his head. “We’re over, Eddie.“

“Shit — shit!” Eddie ran back to the kitchen, grabbing the phone off the handle. He had to look at the list of numbers on the fridge. He doesn’t talk to Robin as much as Steve did. He dialed the number, tapping his foot on the ground anxiously as it rang.

“Jones Hall,” the page answered.

“Hi, uh, I need to talk to Robin Buckley, please,” Eddie said. “Room 305.”

“Please hold,” the page said, switching the call to the third floor’s phone. It rang and rang, and Eddie grew more and more anxious.

Then the phone clicked.

“Hello?” A high pitched voice answered. Not Robin.

“Hi — uh — I need to speak to Robin,” Eddie said again. “Buckley. She’s in room 305.”

“Uh, okay, yeah,” the girl said. “Hold on a second.”

There was a soft thud as the girl laid the phone on the desk. Eddie hoped Robin was in her room. That she knew where Steve was. That there was an ounce of hope left.

He could hear a voice as the phone was picked up. “Thanks Becky,” Robin said to the girl, away from the receiver. Her voice became clearer as she turned her attention to Eddie. “Hello?”

“Birdie, is Steve —“

She hung up with a click.

Eddie listened to the dial tone, feeling his heart sank.

She knew.

Steve was safe.

Ideally, that meant she was harboring Steve in her dorm room. What if she goes back to her room and tells Steve, and he comes out and tries to call Eddie?

Eddie hung up the phone.

He stood there waiting for a call. He leaned against the fridge, sliding down as the minutes turned into an hour, then into hours.

The longer he waited, Eddie wasn’t sure why he was even going to apologize. Sure, he probably should’ve walked Steve home. It’s late. It could’ve been dangerous, but they’ve seen monsters. He would’ve been fine.

Was Steve really that mad that Eddie’s found a community? That Eddie was actually liked for once? That Eddie was the center of attention at a party and not King Steve?

By dark, Eddie’s anger flushed the worry out of his system. He went into his room and threw on a fresh pair of jeans and a shirt, then made his way back to the South Giles house.

He was greeted with cheers, instantly fixing his mood. Soon, the shots were flowing and the beers kept coming.

“Surprised to see you alone,” Trick said, handing a lit joint over to Eddie. “You get rid of that loser roommate once and for all?”

Eddie’s brow furrowed. “What?”

“That loser you were with,” Trick said, leaning against the wall. “With the dumb polos that followed you like a lost dog. Thought you said he was cool.”

“He is cool,” Eddie said slowly, handing the joint back to Trick. “That’s my best friend.”

“Don’t know why,” Trick shrugged. “Seemed like a total dumbass. Don’t know how you put up with that loser —“

Eddie didn’t realize he swung until he saw Trick stumble backwards.

“What the fuck, Munson?” Trick snapped.

“That’s my fucking boyfriend you’re shit talking,” Eddie gritted. He felt someone’s hand push against his chest, trying to keep him back from Trick. “Say something again. I dare you.”

“So what?” Trick said, wiping his nose with the back of his hand, smearing blood against his skin. “You ditched him for us? Some boyfriend you are.”

“Yeah,” Eddie huffed, stepping back. “I’m figuring that out.”

Eddie ran his hand through his hair as he pushed through the crowd. The rest of the evening felt like a blur as he walked to the bus stop, rode the 3 until he arrived home He took the phone off the hook, dialing the dorm’s number again.

“Jones Hall,” the page answered.

“Can I speak to Robin Buckley,” Eddie said. “Room 305.”

“Hold, please.”

The phone rang a few times before some giggly girl answered. “Hello?”

“Hi, can you leave a message for Robin in 305?” Eddie asked.

“Uh — I can see if she’s in —“

“No, I just need to leave a message,” Eddie said. “She’s got a whiteboard on her door if you can —“

“Yeah, sure,” the girl said. “What’s the message?”

“I’m sorry’ from Eddie,” Eddie said. “He — She will know what I mean.”

There was a pause. “Okay,” the girl said. “You sure you don’t want to talk to her?”

“I’m hoping I can say it in person,” Eddie said. “Just need her to answer me first.”

“Sure. Good luck, Eddie.” The phone clicked as she hung up.

God. Eddie was gonna need it.

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Steve is telling Eddie about a boy that had approached him. About how he was flirting with him and Steve had to carefully, gently, tell him no while assuring him he is alright.

"God," Eddie says with a shake of his head. "You are so- I can't believe I ever thought you were-"

"Straight."

"An asshole," Eddie says at the same time. "Wait what. What do you mean straight."

"What do you mean what do I mean straight. I am telling you about a boy that flirted with me?"

"And you rejected?"

"Only because I've been trying to date you. Duh."

"WHAT"

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All right the idea is that Eddie's famous but not because he's a singer. He tried it, but it didn't work out. He got a little popularity but mostly because a few people tied his music to dnd. So he stopped trying to make it with his band. Instead he shifted to doing videos. Those videos were of him and hellfire playing d&d and surprisingly it gets famous. Like critical role famous. His channel is filled with sessions, talks about his ideas he had the party deal with, what he found helpful when dming, creating different kinds of characters so it always fits you, and some music that was more bard core than heavy metal, although heavy metal did poke through at times.

The kids are all a part of it too. Some have more popular side jobs, but for the most part they're all just there to play. And hang out together, talking about shit they loved. Steve obviously gets dragged in but he doesn't play for years and years. He kind of helps them with the business aspect of it, making it into their own brand and shit. Because although he didn't want to admit it, he did have the knowledge of all that shit from his dad. He doesn't hate it when it's for his friends anyways. It's not a terrible corporate job he's just working with his friends.

So while the party, even Robin, are doing their thing, playing games and talking shit, Steve does the more behind the scene shit. And it goes really well for years. But then Eddie and Steve start dating. It's not obvious at first. People hadn't really ever even seen Steve except for random videos where he's in the background. But on Eddie's side, he isn't subtle about having a partner. It goes all over the internet and people are trying to figure out who Eddie's partner is. They all know it's a man because Eddie is out to the world. But they don't know who.

They don't even really know who runs the accounts. And that is a huge question that starts popping up for everybody. They start wondering if, maybe, the reason Eddie doesn't have any shown interest in anyone is because the person that runs the account stops that from happening. Then one day Eddie gets control of their accounts and the first ever video of Steve is posted from their account. It's of Steve with headphones on editing a video while singing out loud to a Sabrina Carpenter song, Slim Pickins. With the caption "should I be offended???" and people go crazy.

After that Steve brought into more videos usually by one of the kids instead of Eddie, who was under strict rules not to make every single video about his relationship. But the kids would still drag Steve in from where he was behind the cameras or where he was trying to figure out an issue. And everyone is feral for any sign of Steve. He quickly gains the love of most of the fan base, except for the few that have for some reason been under the belief that they would one day have a shot with Eddie. But most of the people are just happy for him and the relationship. And one day Eddie gets his own tike tok account and the first video is a behind the scenes video of Steve. He's bent over one of the chairs for their DND sessions, replacing one of the legs. Eddie just zooms in on Steve's muscles flexing as he twists the bolt back into place. And it broke their fan base for like a week

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Rockstar Eddie having an emergency with one of his stunts for his show, and having to call emergency. Thank God it was just rehearsal, and not the actual performance.

He's even more grateful when Firefighter Steve comes up to get him down, carrying him bride style to safety. Eddie is not one to be in silence for too long, but the sheer beauty of the firefighter face and the smile he sends his way while telling him that his little brother and his friends are big fans make him lose all words.

He signs an autograph on muscle memory, eyes never leaving the swoopy hair and hazel eyes and pretty moles and shy smile. He doesn't even know the name of this demigod sent from Olympus until he has to leave.

"Hey, Steve, come on! We're leaving."

"Coming, Robs!" He smiles again before jogging back to the fire engine and getting a shit eating grin from the lady who called him back.

Eddie only wakes up from his haze when Chrissy shakes him and asks if he's okay.

"I think I've met the love of my life..."

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Eddie as a True Blood/Twilight "hot" vampire, but he's really embarrassed about it.

Steve: ... Did your jawline get sharper?

Eddie: Stop.

Steve: Wait, why is your hair shinier? What conditioner are you using??

Eddie: Please stop.

Steve: Are you sparkly? Aren't vampires supposed to burn in the sun?

Eddie: GOD, I WISH I WAS DEAD!!

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I’ve been dragged into the steddie fandom and there is no crawling back out…

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You know when you reach the point with your friend’s parents where they can lecture you and parent you like they do with their own kid?

Yeah, that’s Wayne with Steve to me.

I can vividly picture Eddie being told off by Wayne (for nothing that serious tho), while Steve watches on, kind of side-eyeing and trying not to laugh- as one does when your friend is being lectured by their parents in your presence.

Wayne sees Steve barely hiding his smirk and is like “Boy, you should hear this too, you ain’t innocent” and Steve is like 👁️👄👁️

I can also picture Wayne lecturing them both about something completely unserious, while they both sit on the couch, side-by-side, desperately trying not to laugh every time they make eye contact.

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Steve that gets quiet when he's comfortable with someone

It freaks Robin out the first couple times when she realized she'd been ranting for like an hour and he hadn't said a word but after some reassurance and him asking questions showing he was listening she realizes it's just a part of him

Eddie has spilled every errant thought and idea about his next campaign before he realizes Steve has just been sitting there the entire time he tells Steve to "just tell him to shut up next time no hard feeling" Steve just offers a besotted "I like listening to you talk"

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random omegaverse gang leader!eddie idea that popped into my head. Not sure if I'll expand it, but figured I'd throw it out into the ether

Omega Steve who's heading back to his car late one night and gets lightly kidnapped by a local gang because they think he's the kid of a local politician.

he rolls his eyes and tries to explain that he's no one worth kidnapping, but they still tell him to get in the suv. He huffs and says 'fine, take me to your leader. we'll get this straightened out. and you're personally paying if I come back to a parking ticket.'

he sits in the backseat on the drive, arms crossed, mouth down turned, side eyeing anyone who speaks.

they arrive at some bar, motorcycles lining the front. Steve hops out willingly, but one guy still grabs an arm to pull him through the bar's door. Steve yanks his arm away, steps into his space, glares at the guy and points a finger in his face. 'what was the point of that, hm? I was already coming in! hmph! I'm gonna speak to your little ringleader about this behavior. completely unacceptable treatment of an innocent kidnapping victim!'

the guy looms over Steve (what is he? 7ft tall?? rude) and gives him a shove backwards, Steve stumbles back into someone. the guy sneers, 'yeah? go ahead. see if he cares about some yappy omega we can use to protect our pack.'

the hands on Steve's shoulders push him back to standing and the familiar voice of somebody that he used to know says, 'what's all this about a yappy omega?'

and confusing every gang member in the entire bar, Steve's face lights up. he spins around, eyes bright and grinning. 'Eddie!' and throws his arms around Eddie's shoulders in a tight hug.

Eddie's arms encircle his waist, holding on tight. after a long moment wherein not a single gang member breathed, he lifted his head from where he'd instinctively tucked it against Steve's throat and sent a cold look at the guy who shoved his Steve

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Original post date: July 24, 2022

Original caption: idea from p1ant_pot <3

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I can’t imagine Crocodile doing his laugh when he sees and reunites with luffy in stinky child au. Is he freaking out instead?

In Impel Down? He was freaking out before, when there were rumors that Luffy broke into Impel Down because Luffy's just a child and this is Impel Down, no way was he going to survive just with his dumb luck alone. He was freaking out when Ace was put into a cell and got taken away to be executed. (And they couldn't even talk properly, he couldn't even comfort him.)

But when Luffy's standing in front of him? Together with Iva? I think he feels relief. Because Luffy survived this long and now Crocodile can make sure he's going to survive escaping too.

Luffy's pretty upset that Crocodile was sent to Impel Down though. He thinks it's his fault, but they don't have the time to unravel that trauma right now.

Bonus Iva

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So, I was reading a pregnant Ace fic last night and it got me thinking about ultrasounds in the One Piece universe. The fic in question just had an inaccurate our world version of it, but like all their photography and communications tech is snail based. So now I have this picture in my mind of pregnant Crocodile (or Ace or Xebec or Buggy or Zoro or whoever) getting an ultrasound via having snails crawling all over them.

Iva made him do it because Crocodile had no idea he was pregnant for months and there is no data of Logia type devil fruit users being pregnant/ having children. It stands to reason that it's not possible but here they are.

Getting a snail ultrasound also has the added bonus of bringing out Dragon's crybaby tendencies.

I have no idea how this would work but hell, why not! X'D (Technically since there are submarines in OP they most likely have some sort of sonar system which is basically the same technology, right...? But the issue with OP seems to be a lack of energy sources. So relying on snails - living organisms - for these things seems to be the easiest route to take.)

(Pregnant Ace fic you say? *eyes emoji*)

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I'm throwing this Monkey Family WIP at you~

(It's going to take me 5 years to finish this *lol*)

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Can you draw Crocodile and baby Luffy please ? 🥺

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He melted their hearts, but who can resist?

And happy (late) father’s day! I’ve made this draw for that day.

Bonus:

If you asked why they felt so ooc, Iva explained it haha