Habit

[tripoverhercats.livejournal.com]

Title: Habit
Challenge: Sanji’s Left Eye
Word Count: 322 - over the limit, but that’s OK, not really in this for the contest, just a pushy muse
Pairing: Zoro/Sanji
Rating: Teen



“So why do ya keep your hair pulled over that side of your face all the time?”

Sanji blinked idly at Zoro, still pleasantly worn out from a rare evening of sex and still more than a bit buzzed. “Mmm… no reason,” he mumbled. “Jus’ a habit.” Sanji stretched and curled around Zoro lazily, long fingers deftly tracing the patterns of muscle under the swordsman’s skin. When he started mumbling the various meat cuts of the area he began following, Zoro stopped him before he got too low. He did not want to know what sort of dishes Sanji could make from those pieces of flesh.

“Hn. It suits you, but it’s a weird style.”

The cook chuckled and slid over Zoro’s body, propping himself against his broad chest and favoring his lover with a tilted grin. “Really, not much of a story. My mother started combing my hair over when I was still little to hide my birth defect. Even when I got all rebellious and ran away to apprentice as a cook, I didn’t end up changing the style very much.”

Zoro blinked a moment at the matter-of-fact statement as the cook began to nibble on Zoro’s collarbone. Then his body decided that he’d had enough cooling off and was quite ready for another round. The thought neatly banked itself into a hind portion of his brain while the rest of him concentrated on driving the cook into screaming bliss.

It was afterwards, bodies slick with sweat and seed, Sanji’s lithe legs unwrapping from Zoro’s waist and the cook fumbling for his post-sex cigarette that Zoro brushed the heavy fall of blonde hair back. A perfectly normal eye blinked back, dark blond brow arching in query.

“I don’t see any defect. Moron, you made that up.” Zoro poked at Sanji’s ribs. The cook smiled, slow and soft, not his usual response to one of Zoro’s insults.

“If you say so.”

Comments

[pleasance.livejournal.com]

Very nice, but I really don't get it. What is Sanji talking about? Was it alluded to in the story? I feel so thickheaded right now.

[tripoverhercats.livejournal.com]

Maybe I was being a little obscure there. The defect that Sanji's mother tried to hide was his right eyebrow.

Zoro doesn't "see" it because he's always seen it.

[mishagirl.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!

[sherrymarie.livejournal.com]

Lovely. Such a great feel in this piece. I especially loved this part:

Sanji stretched and curled around Zoro lazily, long fingers deftly tracing the patterns of muscle under the swordsman’s skin. When he started mumbling the various meat cuts of the area he began following, Zoro stopped him before he got too low. He did not want to know what sort of dishes Sanji could make from those pieces of flesh.

too cute!!!

[tripoverhercats.livejournal.com]

^__^ The hazards of sleeping with a half-drunk cook.

Sanji was surprisingly mellow this time out, I think I need to go check and see what the boy is really smoking.

[snarkymonkey.livejournal.com]

Lovely piece. I adore the easy, relaxed feel throughout the entire thing. *heartage*

[tripoverhercats.livejournal.com]

The relaxed bit was a change, normally those two are snarking and flipping each other off. I guess even muses want some down time to just be content.

[arelente2.livejournal.com]

itc so cute

[tripoverhercats.livejournal.com]

<3

Thanks!

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

Wow. I didn't think this idea could be done in a non-cracky manner, but you succeeded beautifully. I always figured that Zoro would thwap Sanji because he could look like a normal, non-curly-eyebrowed person and he doesn't.

"You mean...you CHOOSE to look like that?"
"Like what?"
"Like THAT."
"Eh? Are you trying to insult me?"
"You...that...eyebrow...ARG!" *beatbeatbeat*

Then again, I'm silly.

[tripoverhercats.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's probably more like what really happened! But the boys went for a quiet night of sex, drinking, sex, fooling around, sex, offhand revelations about some the deepest mysteries, and more sex.

[paxnirvana.livejournal.com]

Calmly sexy, connected and absolutely gorgeous. Just one, eh? Oooh, I like!

But Sanji tracing Zoro's muscles and naming cuts of meat... *howls* Oh man... I can so see that weirding Zoro out!

[tripoverhercats.livejournal.com]

That was all Sanji. I started with a little post-coitial petting and Sanji takes over my fingers and starts going "spare ribs, short ribs, flank cut..." and Zoro went... "OK, that's enough of that. We don't need to know about the Red Line Mountian Oyster Secret do we?"

I've seen a few manips that give Sanji two eyes and for some reason, two curly brows is too much for me. One is sexy, two is just wierd.

[mango-32.livejournal.com]

The cook chuckled and slid over Zoro’s body, propping himself against his broad chest and favoring his lover with a tilted grin.

Sanji's so cute here! *squeals happily*

Then his body decided that he’d had enough cooling off and was quite ready for another round. The thought neatly banked itself into a hind portion of his brain while the rest of him concentrated on driving the cook into screaming bliss.
Gosh, it was hot in a way, this is SO like Zoro.^^" I love this part.

A perfectly normal eye blinked back, dark blond brow arching in query.
*slapping my hands together* Aah! So he's normal after all.

So sweet, I love this story.XD

[plotbunny-tiff.livejournal.com]

Ah! This was like a cup of warm jasmine-mint tea for my weary soul. So lovely! Many many thanks for sharing! ^_^

[kikkuma.livejournal.com]

Oh my. =^_^= I very much liked this one, yes indeedy. And I choose to add to the comments of how wonderfuly relaxed and easy-going it all felt. It was, well, very refreshing for a change.

Very nice job. ♥

[utopiantrunks.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful! Subtle and sweet. As several people have already commented, I like the atmosphere, too.

[dustyjack.livejournal.com]

Aahhh, I love ZoSan fluff that manages to stay IC. This was absolutely heartwarming. X3 And it's weird somehow it had me imagining them drawn in a completely different style... like reading doujinshi. I'm not sure any fic has done that for me before, quite that vividly.