This came to me at 1 AM....

[beanchan.livejournal.com]

Title: Worth the Price
Topic: Consolation
Rating: G
Pairing: Zeff/Sanji (Well kinda...)
Word Count: 180




The pirate ‘Red Shoes’ Zeff was dead.

He’d come to live with that fact.

There was no point in complaining about what he couldn’t change.

Even on those nights, staring down at the piece of wood where he’d one had a leg. It was alright....because ‘he’ was there.

The stubborn little eggplant. With his baby fine blond locks falling over his face as he slept. Wrapped up in a nightshirt that was way too big for his still childish frame. Making him forget what a terror the boy was turning the day.

Maybe it was because of that...he just couldn’t turn Sanji away whenever his stuck up to his room and asked to sleep in his bed because the other cooks were being too loud.

Even though he knew this couldn’t last forever. One day the boy would grow up and have to make his own way in the world.

And even though he’d never say it to his face.

For the price of his leg...for the price of one dream...

Having the eggplant around...

Was a pretty good consolation.

Comments

[sherriaisling.livejournal.com]

Just touching, just perfect. ^_^

[dethorats]

slightly angsty fluff! I like.

[bluepard.livejournal.com]

Why do completely inappropriate thoughts pop into my head when I try to come up with comments to drabbles? ("I ate a leg for you and I can throw it back up!") What I meant to say is that Zeff is a good papa. Very cute. ^^;

[beanchan.livejournal.com]

And thus you cause me to have inappropriate thoughts back...

*imagines Zeff singing* "I love it when you call me big papa!"

[japanpeterpan.livejournal.com]

Wow, I was skeptical about the pairing before reading, but it was so heartfelt and natural. <333

[beanchan.livejournal.com]

I'm glad...I like hitting people with stuff they didn't quite expect

[mishagirl.livejournal.com]

so nice~!!!