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[salmon-pink.livejournal.com]

Title: Sawed
Rating: G
Word count: 277
Pairing: Sanji/Usopp
Topic: Doors


Sometimes Sanji wonders what it might have been like if Usopp really had left them.

He wonders if Usopp would have gone out to sea, but that seems impossible. Merry couldn’t carry him, and then Usopp would be alone to see Merry gasp and stutter and begin to sink.

Sanji can’t even think about that, so he doesn’t.

Usopp could have been a shipwright, and that doesn’t seem quite so bad, which probably just makes it worse. Because Usopp wouldn’t have been as strong as the other shipwrights, but he would be as dedicated, as talented. This was a man who had no real carpentry experience, and yet had managed to keep Merry together through sheer force of will. He’d be a quick learner. They’d like him.

Yeah, Usopp could have stayed at Water 7, and at least Sanji would have known Iceburg was there to take care of him, because even before he’d met him, Sanji could see the Galley-La President was a good man and a strong leader.

Usopp could have been a shipwright, if Robin hadn’t left them, if CP9 hadn’t been the deceptive bastards they were, if the world turned upside down and the Straw Hats had been content to fall to pieces.

Too many ‘ifs’ for something that was never a possibility to begin with, and Sanji feels ill just thinking about it, so in his mind he lets the door close on the idea. A huge door, cast iron, with a large number one etched into it. A door that needs two people to open it, but only Usopp’s presence, sleeping quietly and warm at his side, to close it tight.

Comments

[mishagirl.livejournal.com]

Awww....nice!

[salmon-pink.livejournal.com]

Thanks. ^__^

[printfogey.livejournal.com]

Oh.... a starts with fearful thoughtfulness and ends in grateful contentment. Lovely. Thank you.

A door that needs two people to open it

Would this be Luffy and Usopp?

Usopp could have become a shipwright but I bet he'd still have thought of himself as a pirate.

[salmon-pink.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I couldn't bring myself to make it too angsty, Sanji and Usopp are too warmfuzzies sweet for that.

The door that inspired this was the Dock One door, which required both Lucci and Paulie to open it because it's just that big and heavy, but I was definitely thinking of Luffy and Usopp in a more metaphorical sense. Especially since it's Sanji who tries to stop Luffy saying something stupid during the argument with Usopp, but he's too late because the gist of what Luffy was about to say was obvious, even if he didn't finish his sentence, so the door was already opened when Sanji tried to kick it shut.

Is it obvious I was thinking this one through a little too much. XD

[printfogey.livejournal.com]

Oh! I had quite forgotten that door. Nice metaphorical work!

Especially since it's Sanji who tries to stop Luffy saying something stupid during the argument with Usopp, but he's too late because the gist of what Luffy was about to say was obvious, even if he didn't finish his sentence, so the door was already opened when Sanji tried to kick it shut.

True. I really really like those Sanji moments, and Water 7 has quite a few of them where you can just tell he's so worried about Usopp it hurts.

Is it obvious I was thinking this one through a little too much. XD

That just makes it all the better. ^_^

[salmon-pink.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. The first thing I actually thought of when I saw the prompt was Blueno, but then this accidentally happened when I sat down to write. XD

[oddrid.livejournal.com]

Too many ‘ifs’ for something that was never a possibility to begin with, and Sanji feels ill just thinking about it, so in his mind he lets the door close on the idea. A huge door, cast iron, with a large number one etched into it. A door that needs two people to open it, but only Usopp’s presence, sleeping quietly and warm at his side, to close it tight.

Gorgeous! I love how you write Sanji/Usopp. IT MAKES ME ALL WARM AND FUZZIES