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[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

Title: Aftermaths - Sanji
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300 (minor miracle there)
Pairing: Sanji and Zeff in a non-pairing way
Topic: I dearly hope to be able to write a drabble on topic one day. This, however, is not the day.




AN: Like the previous two drabbles, this one is situated two weeks after Sanji's 'defining event'.


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They'd evaded the draconian nurses and night watchmen; Operation Eggplant (so codenamed just to annoy the brat) was a go.

"You're heavy, geezer."

"You're weak, shrimp."

They'd bickered their entire way through hostile territory; no reason to stop now.

Using the kid as a crutch, Zeff kicked open the last door; treasure gleamed beyond-

"Are you two out of bed again?!"

Their doctor! Blast! So close!

Zeff considered fighting. But his stump ached, and the shrimp couldn't fight; something Zeff planned to remedy when his custom-built peg-leg was ready.

"I told you to rest! You both nearly died on that rock!"

Zeff snorted. "That may be so, Doc, but eating that rat-poison you call hospital food is what will finish us off."

"That diet is designed to gradually restore your bodies without harming you-"

"I know the principle. I've starved before," Zeff said quietly. "But it doesn't have to taste bad. You must really not want to give your patients a reason to live."

"That food-"

"Can be improved. I'll show you how." Zeff gestured authoritatively at the hospital kitchen's gleaming appliances.

"...Fine, but the child needs to rest-"

'The child' went from half-starved waif to spitting ball of fury in .3 seconds. "I'm helping the shit-geezer!"

Zeff wondered if the befuddled doctor knew that Sanji hoarded morsels of hospital food and savagely gnawed his knuckles and sheets at night. Probably not. Zeff knew about the gnawing, and he knew what they both needed.

"The busboy's damn useless, agreed-"

"Hey!"

"-but I need his legs. I'll teach him to cook while I'm at it."

"You bast-ow!"

"Manners."

By dawn, those bitten, emaciated hands had been kept busy, and the nutritionally-correct food was delicious. If it was a sign of things to come, Zeff decided he could live with that.



END

Comments

[alita-b-angel.livejournal.com]

AW. This is so...

I don't think anyone has thought of the aftermath of them coming off the little Rock Of Woe. Sanji and Zeff bickering, sharing and creating... I find it nice that this drabble exists. Fills all the cold places in my heart with warm.

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

Glad to warm up your heart ;) Yeah, I think the first year after that island would all make for fantastic tales, Zeff learning how to cope with a kid, Sanji learning how to, well, how to cope ^^;

[nuitari4pwnage.livejournal.com]

Yes, that is beautiful. If it was anyone Zeff would be the most likely to criticize hospital food. And Sanji undergoes such a transformation, beautiful :D.

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

Yeah, hospital food and Zeff would be like gunpowder and a match :P Sanji was one tough kid; that's why Zeff likes him (not that he'd admit it in a million years)

[ptps.livejournal.com]

Dawww. Ohhhhh I love Zeff/Eggplant father/foster-son relationships so much. XDD Sanji's so full of stupid and cute. And Zeff's comebacks to the doctor were hella amusing. XD

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

I love sarcastic ol' geezers and the kids that annoy them ^_^ The Sanji/Zeff relationship was one of the many highpoints of East Blue for me :P

[geuna.livejournal.com]

^__^ Awesome. I always think about what it's like for them after the rock island thing. I always figured Zeff would have to aviod being recognized as Red Leg Zeff, and would have to make sure that treasure stays his no matter what. I mean, depending on who picked them up, who knows what could have happened to them or their treasure!

Here-here to my fav father/son but not relationship! WHOOT!

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, definitely my favorite father/son-ish pair in OP for me ^_^ Sanji's first year aboard the Baratie, with all the slow forging of the relationship - and a hella lot of fights - would be worht writing about.

[riskygamble.livejournal.com]

FINALLY! I've always wanted to see someone take on the 'after' of the rock and the sea and 85 days. Because you know they had to stay in a hospital for a while, and they would both still be so weak from hunger for so long... it's good to see someone touch on this. It seems Luffy and Nami (and recently, Robin) have gotten all the 'tragic fashback' limelight.

Thanks for writing this!

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

Funny fact for the evening; I actually have studied the effects of starvation on physiology and, in a lesser degree, psychology during my Master's degree. The whole 'Rock' episode made me snort and roll my eyes around, it wasn't very probable they'd survive (and that Sanji would grow up to be such a *strapping* young man :P) but I loved the relationship that arose from it.

[riskygamble.livejournal.com]

Yeah, even the super nutritious stuff Zeff makes wouldn't help him THAT much, as starvation like that would very likely have stunted his growth. Oh well, perhaps we can just say it resulted in Sanji's ultra-svelte figure. <3

[dethorats]

This was so...I want to say perfect so I guess I shall. Really just a great imagining of what would have happened next and Sanji is so traumatized and yet coping. I have greatly enjoyed all of your drabbles in this series so far; they are marvelous!

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

Thanks ^_^ Yeah, I liked dropping hints about the psychological and physical impact of their trials on that rock. All that in 300 words, oy vey...Glad you liked it ^_^

[cptn-shinigami.livejournal.com]

'The child' went from half-starved waif to spitting ball of fury in .3 seconds.

I love you. This is just...^^ *appreciative squeal of joy*

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

That'd be Sanji alright ^___^ I love that kid...

[dried-frog-pill.livejournal.com]

They'd bickered their entire way through hostile territory; no reason to stop now
That's my cue to start breaking out into giggles :D Also Sanji's "I'm helping the shit-geezer!" made me crack up again XD XD XD

Such a sweet drabble about Sanji and Zeff ♥ I love how Zeff is like "Your food sucks, I can make it better!" and then totally takes charge. This is fantastic, just like Zoro's and Luffy's :D :D I really hope you're gonna do the others too!

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

For Zeff (and Sanji), cooking = therapy any day :P And damn, he *would* make it better, or die trying. Glad to have cracked you up ^_^

[mishagirl.livejournal.com]

Awww I love scrapy!Zeff&Sanji adventures!! So great!