So, the continuing saga...

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

Title: No Good Deed...
Topic: Punishment and Reward (well, more 'reward and *then* punishment', really)
Word Count: 200
Rating: Implies Stuff, Cussing
Pairing: still a mess! (SanZo; Zo->Us)
Disclaimer: Characters and setting? Not mine. Probably just as well. Here, have them back...
Summary: "Oh, crap." "Now what?"

Excuse: Uh, yeah. Um... Yuki, *AGAIN*. More or less. Bad girl. *grin* Hove for you!

Notes: Follows "See No Evil"; happens before or coincident with "Hear No Evil" and definitely happens before "Speak No Evil."

~~~

"Fuck!"

Sanji drew his head back slowly, swallowed, licked his lips. "Didn't think you wanted to go there, Marimo," he quipped.

A violent headshake was his reply, its fallout tremors spreading through the hands on Sanji's shoulders. "We had company."

Sanji stilled, one hand pressed flat against Zoro's thigh, the other shifting to mirror the first. "Shit. Who, and how long?"

"Dunno how much he saw, but it had to be Usopp. Fuck."

Sanji's swearing after that was muted but creative, involving pork buns, a grater, and savoury flan. Zoro, only half listening as he fixed his pants, was impressed and despite himself, a little revolted.

"Never mind that. Now what?"

"Depends on what he says."

"Fuck that. What do... do we... do I... Fuck." Suddenly, the wall wasn't enough to keep Zoro on his feet, and he slid down it, curling his head into his knees and arms. Broad shoulders shook silently. A strangled hiccup worked its way free.

Shit, Sanji realized. That was his...

"Oi, Zoro," he began. Then, running out of words, he shifted to sit beside the swordsman, offering wordless comfort and feeling more helpless than he ever had in his life.

Shit. Now what, indeed.

Comments

[maldoror-gw.livejournal.com]

Eeek, and it gets messier and messier ^^; Poor Zoro. And poor Sanji, this has to be cutting him up inside too. Usopp's not too happy either, and Luffy's wondering what the hell's wrong and Nami's getting worried- the only people happy on your boat are Chopper and Robin :P

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

*is suddenly possessed of an urge to sing "Happy Together" but manages to refrain*

Yes, poor Zoro (who's only human after all), and yeah, Sanji's not having a good time of it either. Or Usopp. :( *sigh*

[bowlnoodle.livejournal.com]

Gah, this is one of the best series of drabbles ever. If there is anything I love it's love triangles... squares... pentagrams, whatever.

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

*grins* Glad you're enjoing!

[fieryredqueen.livejournal.com]

yay, another chapter in the Love Pentagon! poor Zoro. but he was already shifting his affections, probably part of why he's so upset. and poor sanji, who doesn't know it. whee! this is fun. and i enjoy that it's not written in chronological order. it's like watching a puzzle being built.

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

*nodnod* Guilt is a good sucker-punch, yes, and they're both getting hit with it, really...

:) Glad you're enjoying!

[ptps.livejournal.com]

Messier and messier indeed. x__x;

Also, sorry if this seems irrelevant, but could you possibly have your future entries with a proper rating? I notice you've been writing stuff like "implied stuff, not work safe" for this whole series, but could you perhaps also include a specific rating in your future fics such as G, PG, PG-13/15, R, and NC-17? It makes categorizing the entries easieer for me rather than having to sit and guess and wonder whether "implied stuff" should go under PG or R dependant on your drabbles. .__.; Thank you!

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

*nods* Yes, it is! :) It kinda had to go here, though, didn't it?

And, no, not irrelevant at all, just really difficult without a good list of what each rating means and/or includes, and I got tired of *guessing* every time it wasn't super-obvious. I mean, I watch stuff with my kids, and I don't exactly have the same sorting criteria most people use, so the line between G and PG and PG-13 is pretty foggy. Also, up here, R means (meant? when I learned it yea long ago) "restricted to patrons 18 and over" - and how is that *any* different from NC-17, which means "no children under 17"? And *why*? I mean, back then, bloody violence used to get an R rating, and now it's PG-level.

Seriously. Give me a decent list of what the categories *are* and I'll happily categorize for you. 'Kay?

[ptps.livejournal.com]

orz. Then again it's dependant on the individual, but what I meant when I said rating was just to put the so-called "universal indicators" so I could list it as such. I mean, you could put cussing under PG-15 or PG if you wanted, I wouldn't have anything to correct, I just... sort of need the indicator there so I can categorize the drabbles on the spot. Did that make sense? OTL

For me I'd put a G for 'gen' or 'nothing happening', PG for slight swearing and what not, PG-13/15 for violence and implications, and R and NC-17 for explicit stuff where R is the 'softer' of the two, though I've no idea why, since R is supposed to be 'higher' than NC-17 but I've seen so many other fics categorized this way I just went with the flow. Again this is entirely up to you what you want to rate your drabbles as. Just use the 'indicators'? s'fine if you want to write stuff like "not safe for the kids, implied stuff going on" in the ratings but do drop in a "PG-15" or "R" or whatever somewhere too.

...That okay? O_o;

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

orz.

Oh, please don't. If anything, I'm just frustrated by the silly things and prolly oughta be doing the 'orz' thing myself... And this is perfectly lovely; now that I've got some sort of a clue, I'm good. :)

R is the 'softer' of the two, though I've no idea why

*blinks* Me neither, given that. *shrugs* If anything, you'll get an 'R' from me, or maybe an 'X' or two, depending, 'cause *that*, at least, is easy enough for me to figure out!

So. Let's call this one PG-13 (? 15, maybe?) and I'll see what I can do about getting you a list for the others asap...

[yuki-kokoro.livejournal.com]

I'm with you there. Eventually. ^^;

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

*grins* But drama is fun!!

Hmm... threesome, huh? *ponders*

[vampire-otaku.livejournal.com]

*seconds the threesome* 0:D

[yuki-kokoro.livejournal.com]

THE LOVE! IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER! HONESTLY, THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE PART I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! Zoro's reaction to Usopp seeing them, Sanji's reaction to seeing Zoro hurt and by what they do and Zoro's own attraction to Usopp.

*dies* AND THE WORDLESS COMFORT! AND THE HELPLESSNESS! And the "SHIT. NOW WHAT?" moment. For both Sanji and Zoro. My heart goes out to both of them, hunched over against the wall, hurting. ;_________;

But I think I was feeling slightly unfulfilled not having seen this reaction (not that I realized it 'til now), there were just such CONSEQUENCES on HOLD. ♥ But no longer.

Though of course there still MUST BE MORE. Because now there is the facing of consequences LURKING JUST 'ROUND THE CORNER! *cuddles them both* YOU'LL BE OK! (Right? ....right?!)

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

:) :) :) Glad you like!

And of course there's more! They're a long way from done yet...

[vampire-otaku.livejournal.com]

What a positively f-ed up mess! This series just keeps getting better and better in the maze of twisted affections. *wants to huggle them all* They need to sort each other out, somehow. Or have an orgy and love EVERYBODY.

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

*wanders over into another fandom and picks up a hat that *says* it's for sorting things*

*wanders back in, whistling, trailed by plot-critters*

...

No, srsly, really just no, but... *grins* Yes, they do need sorted, don't they? And huggled, too. And layer cake. Definitely layer cake.

[vampire-otaku.livejournal.com]

*smacks you with a wand* None of that here, you. ;D

Layer cake makes everything better. Sanji can make them some chocolate cake as a sort of relaxation technique, then they can all eat it to feel better (since that's what chocolate does), and then... then... they can lick the icing off of each other. >.> Yeah. *is in a weird mood, if you couldn't tell* XD

[bronzetigress.livejournal.com]

*giggles* I *said* I wouldn't, didn't I? *polishes halo*

Yes, I see you are. Definitely layer cake. :)