LSL Week Day 5: Scars
Sanji couldn’t sleep. That wasn’t unusual, it was often that the cook of the Strawhat Pirates could not sleep. Whether it be from nightmares or his own self pity, undeserved self pity mind you, he was absolutely the failure Judge made him out to be. He had so many failures he could sit there for days and name them. The biggest was asleep next to him as he sat up in their shared bed. A big red ‘X’ on Luffy’s chest proved his failure to the captain.
The day Ace died.
Sanji had a litany of scars as well, the biggest was a surgical scar on his back, from when he kicked Luffy and Nami out of the way of an avalanche on Drum Island. A necessary kick because them living was more important than him dying. Most of his scars on his legs and feet being his weapons, it made sense that's where they would congregate. The ones from Germa, from when he was a child, all faded by the time Baratie had opened. The scars on his hands nearly indiscernible from his normal skin, cooking lessons and mishaps from his first years cooking.
Sanji sighed and wrapped an arm around Luffy, sleeping soundly and snoring as Sanji buried himself into the man's side. Sanji doubts he'll be able to sleep. Which isn't unusual for him. Sanji traces the scar with his eyes over and over again. He doesn't need to, not really, it's been burned in his head since they reunited on Sabaody. He shifts his focus to the scar underneath Luffy's eye. He knows the story behind it, the disappointment. Sanji had baulked the first time he heard it but then remembered how utterly lonely and pirate obsessed Luffy had been as a child.
Sanji supposes he's also lucky given his childhood. The ring around his neck gone, the ‘X’ on Luffy will fade, he will grow more to encompass all his grief in only a small section of him. Just as Sanji had done with his mother. Then again, Sanji thought, the deepest scars were never the physical ones. They were the ones left deep in memories, for Sanji it was family, even his mother, for what had happened.
But Sora would have loved Luffy. Sanji is positive of that.
“You're supposed to be sleeping.” Luffy whines in a whisper.
“Sorry, got caught up in my own head.” Sanji whispers back his apology.
“What about this time?” Luffy asks as he looks at the tired man.
“About how my mom would have loved you.” Sanji answers as he keeps his eyes on his captain's chest.
“Well she loved you, so I love her too..” Luffy answered. “Try to sleep, breakfast later.” Luffy grumbled as he pulled the cook closer.
“Yes, Captain.”
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OUTFIT SET 1 of 4 // Underfell
By popular demand! The first pair of brothers!! (And the most important character of all: Doomfanger)
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I like to headcanon that Tale!Papyrus (Cyperus) got really into a bunch of hobbies once arriving on the surface, one of which would be visible mending (which you can kinda see in the previous lineup) so well...
This is simply the obvious conclusion.
(don't worry, hes fine, really)
ALSO. A few more details about Red's outfit because even though theres less of them compared to Edge, I still put a lot of time thinking about his clothes/style ajdmjdjb
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"son, i could move the sky for you"
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so...midnight and sol in the rewrite... (more info below the cut!)
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in the scorched ruins of a long abandoned ravine awaits an elderly badger. for seasons, midnight retraced the ancient claw-marks of those before this time; fading echoes of now forgotten spirits. every night she patrols the worn stone, accompanied only by the distant pelt of stars above her.
the low humming of wind bouncing off the gorge walls was scarcely broken--be it by a passing critter or occasional loner--but tonight, something was different.
she follows the shrill wailing--lumbering after it with more energy than she had showcased in moons--down the ragged cliff edge, and into the hollowed out stone. there lay a scrawny cat--a kitten. midnight's ears itch at it's mewling, and her throat tightens.
she reaches out a clawed paw, and pulls the shivering scrap towards herself. the kit whimpers still, but unscrews it's eyes. brilliant sunburnt irises burn into her own; and a warmth she had long been deprived melted the aches of age away--if only for a moment.
those pools of yellow observed her curiously. after a heartbeat, the child nuzzled deeper into her wiry coat.
how long had it been since held new life? how long had it been since was held by someone?
regardless of the answer, she couldnt let go now.
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i love sad old people
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