pairing- lucci, zoro, doflamingo, law x f!reader [separate]
cw- smut, thigh riding, reader wears a skirt (except the last one), partially proofread (im eepy hehehe), hints of dumbification, specific cw under each character! lmk if i missed any!!
𑣲a/n- AHH its been so long since i've writtem multi-character one-shots! this request had me bouncing up and down (and i wish it was on law's co-). i was low(high)key high when i wrote this and all im thinking about is being dumbed out on these mens' thighs!! i dont even think i worked so fast on a request too omg....ANYWAY i hope you enjoy this MUAHH thank you for the delicious req, mlem
(ps, lets ignore how long doffy's cw list is...he's a walking hazard)
Irritation doesn't even begin to describe what Lucci was feeling right now-it just scrapes the surface and the last thing he needed was his lover acting like a needy brat. A simple assassination mission, a complete bust due to a certain pirate with a straw hat intervening and saving their target. Safe to say Lucci was far from happy, if the man was capable of feeling such a concept.
To his demise, you were ovulating and being exactly what he did not want. Not even two seconds in the door, and you're already whining. Hattori flew to his enclosure, leaving you two alone, to which you were grateful for.
"Lucci baby! What took you so long?" You clung onto him, kissing his cheek. The older man grumbled, taking his hat off and kicked off his shoes.
"Not now, doll." Lucci spoke quietly, a hint of irritation underlining his words. He sat on the couch, legs spread and crossing his arms. You glared at him.
His uniform that was open at his chest.
His thighs that was flexed beneath his ivory pants.
His predatory eyes.
All of it made you muddled in the brain. Your core clenched around nothing as you padded over to him, soft pink skirt swaying with every step. "Lucci," You whined, "it's been so long since we've spent time together." Lucci's eye twitched in irritation. "Yesterday, we were out all day, might I remind you?" You shook your head.
"No! I mean yeah but I'm talking about...y'know?" You grew timid and Lucci raised an eyebrow. He didn't miss your thighs pressing together.
"I don't know what you're talking about. Enlighten me, doll." His fingers moved in a 'come hither' motion and you obeyed.
"Sit." Lucci patted his right thigh and you straddled it, perching there. He flexed it and you gasped. "Now tell me...what is it that you're referring to? I thought I was spending plenty of time with you. " Lucci tilted his head, smirking.
"I-I..." You couldn't speak. He sat there with a heavy hand on your hip. Lucci shifted you, making you grind on his thigh. You bit your knuckle, letting out soft whines. Wetness was already building up and it had not even been ten minutes.
"Better yet, show me since you want to a slutty brat." Lucci gripped you hip and forced you to move your lower half. You let out a breathless gasp as lewd sounds filled the atmosphere. "Lucci..." You sighed his name. Your hand braced his shoulder while the other gripped his knee. Your hips rolled hypontically against his thick thigh. You just sat on his thigh and you already felt stupid.
Lucci's hand caught your hip and halted your movements. He clicked his teeth and observed the prominant wet spot on his slacks. "Look at that. Such a mess you've made and I have not even touched you." Lucci tugged on your panties, causing you to lurch forward. "Ahh-! Lucci!" Your hips stuttered and chased the friction of your damp panties against his slacks. Lucci was gripping onto your waist while you rolled your hips against his thigh, head tilted back in utter pleasure.
"Fuck, how long have been feeling this needy, hmm? Was I neglecting my pretty bunny?" Lucci condescendingly cooed. His hand slid down, moving to your ass under your skirt and gave your ass a firm spank. "Lu-shit ahh-Lucci!" Your hips moved desperately against his thigh. Your panties were completely soaked. Lucci looked down at the mess you're creating between the two of you. He lifted the front of your skirt, cock throbbing at the sight of your cunt drooling all over his one clean pants. Lucci watched as your movements grew more desperate, signaling you were close. He flexed his thigh and the thick muscle caught your clitoris and you lurched foward. "So dumb already and I haven't even fucked you yet." Lucci growled against your ear. His rough words pushed you to the edge.
"Fuck, I'm-hah- I'm coming. Please let me come!" You cried and gripped his shoulders. With a tilt of his head and an iron grip on your waist, Lucci pressed you down harder onto his thigh.
"Come. Break apart for me, doll." He took his free hand to behind your neck and whispered raggedly to your ear. Your cries were music to his ears. The way you moaned, hips stuttering as you orgasmed. Lucci's hand slowed your hips as you came down from your high.
Heavy pants and breaths filled the air. Your hand moved to his bulge subconsciously and he shuddered.
“Look at what a mess you’ve made, bunny,” Lucci taunts as you cams all over their thigh. “But you're not done yetーyou don’t look sated."
Lucci tilted his head and you caught his predatory glint. You nodded dumbly and began moving your hips again, to which Lucci chuckled darkly.
"That's my good girl."
𝐑𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐀 𝐙𝐎𝐑𝐎
cw- fingers in mouth, clit stimulation, spitting (in ur mouth yum), he's such an ass man (prove me wrong)
The Sunny was quiet at night.
Everyone was asleep, except for you and a certain swordsman. Zoro often stayed up, keeping watch while everyone was peacefully dreaming. You offered to stay up because you felt bad he was mostly alone but he often brushed it off.
You were crisscrossed on the floor of the crow's nest while Zoro worked out. While reading, your mind drifted to his grunts with every rep. You peeked over your book, catching the way his thighs flexed with every heavy lift of his weights under his shorts
Zoro caught you spacing out, placing the weights down. "Hmm? What are you looking at, baby?" Your eyes widened and averted, trying to look anything but him. "Uh, nothing...?" The question in your tone convinced Zoro what he was thinking.
He walked over, setting your book down. "You're such a liar. That pretty face of yours tells me otherwise." Zoro lifted you with ease, arms settling behind your thighs and under your skirt. He sat on his training bench where he does bench presses. Zoro slotted his thigh between your legs as he set you down.
"You've been oggling at me for awhile now. Mind tellin' me what's going on up here? Or are you already dumb?" He tapped your temple. Zoro's chuckle rumbled deeply as he watched you, already posing a pleasure-drunken face as you shift your hips over your thigh.
Curious, he lifted your skirt and to his surprise, you had no panties on. "No panties huh...you've been needing this, yeah? Is that why you offered to stay up with me?" Zoro tilted his head, his golden earring catching the moonlight. Your answer came out as a broken moan as he flexed his thigh.
Zoro's grip on your ass was tight, preventing you from moving. "Answer." His voice was commanding, sending a shiver down your spine and making your cunt clench around nothing. You nodded dumbly, "Yes, I-I've been wanting to ride your thighs for so long." His hands crossed behind his head. "Go on then, use me like you need me." Zoro leaned back, licking his lips as you grinded onto his thighs. Soft pants filled the air of the crow's nest.
"Zoro, please...I need you."
"Yeah? But you already have me."
You pouted and pulled his hands to your waist. Zoro always loved when you took charge when he wad lazy (which was most of the time). He smirked and pressed you down firmer on his thigh and simultaneously flexed his thigh. More wetness accumulated. Zoro took his ring and middle finger, flicking against your hardened clitoris. With every swipe of his fingers, more and more of your arousal coated his fingers.
Your soft pants evolved into needier moans, increasing in volume. Zoro took his fingers and shoved them into your mouth, muffling your perverted cries.
"Shh, can't have the rest of the Straw Hats know you're a nasty slut for me, right?" You moaned around him as you tasted yourself. "Fuck, you enjoyin' the taste of this sweet pussy, yeah?" Zoro's words shot straight to yout quivering cunt, pushing you closer to the edge.
"Fuck, just make make a mess on me." He continued to move your hips roughly. "Coming, 'm gonna come!" You moved faster, chasing your high. Zoro's fingers found your clit again and pinched it once, making you see stars as you climaxed. Your body shook as you came and Zoro's fingers soothed over your clit, riding out your high.
He brought those fingers into his mouth, savouring it like a cup of sake. Zoro caught your chin and uttered one word, "Open." You obliged and felt a glob of spit land on your tongue, swallowing it.
"Yeah, that's my nasty girl." Zoro maneuvered so he was flat on the bench and your cunt was right over his hardened cock.
"I still gotta do hip thrusts. Mind staying up 'nd helping me, pretty girl?" Zoro spanked your ass once and you let out the prettiest squeak.
Who are you to deny?
𝐃𝐎𝐍𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐗𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐎
cw- degredation (slut), pet names (cariña, birdie, lady), innappropriate use of devil fruit (come on, its doffy!), size kink, titplay, intoxication, mentions of violence (no action taken), biting
You don't even remember what the celebration was for.
Did Doflamingo meet his quota of SMILE fruits?
Did his crew successfully manipulate another kingdom of its sources?
Whatever it was, you were here celebrating; dolled up and at least three glasses of wines deep. You were clinging to Doflamingo's side and he marveled at your tipsy state. "Oh? Is my little birdie already drunk out of her mind?" His hand soothed your side, up and down before resting on your ass. "Mmm, noo," You giggled, "Just had a few glasses." Doflamingo looked your flushed appearance and chuckled with a grin.
He felt your hips shift against his thigh but luckily the lewd sight was blocked by the table cloth. The Donquixote family couldn't know what was going on unless they really paid attention.
"My lady's being awfully bold. Should I punish you right in front of everyone, or are you going to continue this in the bedoom..." He lowered his head so his mouth was right against your ear, "...like a good slut?" He bit your ear and you buried your face into the crook of his neck.You shook your head, trying to maintain some decorum.
Doflamingo chuckled, lifting you in one arm as you clung to his neck. His hand rested against your ass.
"I'm retiring for the night. My little birdie here isn't feeling too well. Make sure everything is in order." Doflamingo commanded Diamante and he nodded without a word, already knowing what his captain was up to...
...and it was far from pure.
Doflamingo shut the door with a kick and set you down on your feet at the edge of the bed. He shrugged off and tossed his pink feathered coag somewhere and sat up against the bedframe, watching you fiddle with your skirt. Your face was flushed warm from the alcohol as it made you fuzzy. "Remove your panties, wanna feel how needy you've been all night." You slid off the lace, tossing it somewhere. He held his hand up, beckoning for you.
Obeying, your crawled onto the bed, immediately straddeling his thigh. The dampness caught him offguard for a momet, feeling how aroused you were already. "Seems like someone doesn't want to be punished. Look how good you're being for me, cariña." He pressed his lips to your temple, giving you a false sense of softness before you felt his strings snap to your wrist and hips. He binded your hands behind your back. He adored how small you looked on his thigh; One of them was larger than both of your thighs.
"And here I thought you were here with me to celebrate a successful excursion I accomplished. Shall I consider this my reward?" You nodded, kissing his cheek. "Of cou-hic-course. You're so strong." You let out a slurred giggle.
Doflamingo withdrew the strings from your hips but kept your hands pinned. "Come on, put a show on for me since you wanna be a needy slut." He slightly propped his leg up, the new angle making you slide and clit catching the rough fabric of his pants.
His degrading words only spurred you on more. You moved your hips desperately, moaning pathetically with every thrust. Doflamingo smiled as you broke apart. A large hand landed on your waist and moved up until he cupped your bouncing breast, squeezing it, feeling it fit into one of hid palms completely.
"Tell me, how long have you been wanting this, birdie." He tilted his head in curiosity, massaging the underside of your breast as you rutted against his thigh. "Since you-hah...-you came back all bloodied from your last excursion." You slurred your words with a pleasure-filled smile, making the blonde laugh. "My lady loves seeing me covered in blood of those who defy me?" You nodded dumbly, eyes half lidded.
Doflamingo flexed his thigh, bouncing his leg to meet your thrusts. The sloppy movements of your lower body and your moans growing louder and desperate were tell-tale signs you were close to an orgasm.
"Doffy, coming, I'm so close, I'm gonna come!" You cried, leanimg forward on his chest. You felt the rumble as he laughed. "Make a mess, my nasty little birdie." He bit your shoulder while you trembled as you orgasmed.
“It’s so cute, so pathetic just how easily you get off with just my thigh, don’t you think?” Doflamimgo gave your ass a harsh spank when you didn't answer. "I let you rut against my thigh like a needy dog in heat. I expect you to answer.
"Ahh! Yes, 'm so needy for you, Doffy." Your cheek pressed against his chest. He flipped you on your back, pinning your hands above your head and tearing off your panties.
"Good. Now I think you owe me a little in return, right, cariña?" You stared at his cock which sprang free, tip slapping his abdomen, smearing precum.
"That's my perfect little slut." He captured your lips. Feeling the tip stretch your entrance, you knew you'd be stuck in bed for at least a week.
𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐆𝐀𝐑 𝐋𝐀𝐖
cw- kinda of somnophilia, soft law, praises (baby, love, sweetheart), reader wearing nothing but panties and law's sweater yummy, use of devil fruit
Two insomniacs in a relationship meant one or both of you made up ways to fall asleep.
Watching the ocean lap at the submarine.
Counting sheep.
Reading old and boring medical textbooks
All of which work exactly once and never again.
Tonight was no different. The Polar Tang was quiet, save for the snoring from a few of the rooms down to the sound of Law flipping through some old text. The small lamp illuminated his room, casting a soft yellow glow.
You tossed and turned on the bed and Law sensed your discomfort. "Something wrong, love?" He turned his head and saw you padding over in nothing but his hoodie. "Can't sleep." You rubbed your eyes and Law pushed himself away from the desk.
"You wanna sit on my lap while I bore you to death with medical facts?" He smiled softly and lightened the atmosphere. You shook your head, mumbling, "Wanna try something new. Is that okay?" Law was curious and agreed, "Sure." He watched you straddle his thigh. His breathing hitched, feeling the outline of your cunt through your flimsy panties where were damp and his sweatpants.
"Is my pretty girl feeling needy?" He tilted his head, one hand om your hip, the other cupping your cheek. "Mhm...I learned that oxytocin can help with sleeping better." Law smiled at your words, "Ah, so you were paying attention to me. Good girl." You leaned forward with both hands on his shoulders.
You slowly moved your hips. Heavy breaths started low, filling the room with soft pants and ruffles of clothing. “My thigh feels good, doesn’t it?” Law murmered as you continued to rut against his thigh. Muffled whimpers escaped your mouth as you buried your face into his shoulder.
"Feels so good." You babbled into his shoulder. Law bounces his leg lightly as you rode his thigh. Every bounce made your breath airy with every ministration. "Shit, you’re doing so fucking good for me, sweetheart,” Law whispered, hands gripping onto the sides of your hips as you rubbed yourself against his thigh in a needier pace. He smirked, watching you whimper at his praise.
Your voice grew louder. "Ahh, Law! Been needing you so bad." Law bit down on his lip, afraid you'd awaken the other crew members. He held out his hand, a blue sphere forming. "Re-room...Silence." Law created a small sphere to mute any lewd sounds coming out of you.
You felt yourself nodding off. Law tsked and gave your thigh a light slap. "Nuh uh, no sleeping yet, you wanted this." You whined, unable to stop your hips.
"But 'm already so sleepy." You whine softly
"And I can feel you growing close. You're trembling." Law teased quietly. His grip on you tightened as you pushed yourself harder on his thigh, chasing that delicious high. "Law, I'm coming. Gonna make a mess." You babbled as your hips spasmed, clit catching the soft fabric of his sweats. You bunched the sweater, pulling it up and watching your wetness drag over his sweats. His arms wrapped around you, hugging you tightly as you mumbled incoherently and dumbly.
Law felt your body grow heavy.
"Let's go to bed now, yeah?"
"What about you?" You asked, knowing he's probably aroused too and he just shook his head. "Don't worry about me. Seeing you fall apart on my thigh was more than enough. He carried you to bed, resting you on his chest. "You did so well for me, baby." Law's hand was on your back and on the back of your head. He planted soft kisses atop your head while you fell asleep; perfectly tired and satisfied.
Law smiled, against your head before succumbing to sleep, joining you in dreamscape.
You looked to the side, glanced down at the newspaper in Lucci’s hands and then back at the book in your own. You did a quick check to make sure you were still the only other person sitting beside your pool.
It was a lovely day with warm sun and sparkling blue water. Nothing to have prompted that kind of comment.
“Excuse me?”
He folded the newspaper in half and placed it beside him. “You should be aware of my thoughts when they involve you in this manner.”
You frowned, opened your mouth once, and then closed it again. You sat up straighter on your lounge chair, shut your book and placed it on the ground beside you.
“I… Okay,” you said. “I don’t know if I should thank you for telling me? Or maybe ask you not to? I would very much prefer if you didn’t do that.”
He nodded. “Understandably.”
The silence stretched unbearably long while you tried to figure out what had brought this on. Hattori cooed softly and you looked toward the bird settled on his chair before deciding that if he was actually intending anything, he likely wouldn’t have mentioned it. Probably.
“Do you maybe want to sleep on the couch tonight then or…?”
“I’m not struggling to stop myself from doing so,” he said. “It’s nothing so instinctual. This is far more practical. Your life is at risk as long as I am here. If I kill you now, the danger will disappear immediately. No need to concern yourself with it any longer.”
“I like the danger,” you said. “It keeps me young.”
“You won’t enjoy it anymore if the wrong person finds out who you are.”
Alright, this conversation wasn’t about killing you then. You recognised the patterns even if the words themselves sounded threatening.
“I suppose I’ll have to learn how to run away then.”
He stood and closed the distance to your sun lounger; his shadow cast long over your legs as you tilted your head back to look up at him. Hattori fluttered over and landed on his shoulder and, for just a second, he looked as he did the first time you met. Terrifyingly cold.
Then you held out your finger and clicked your tongue, calling Hattori over to you instead, breaking the image before it could take root.
He flew over to your hand and you lifted him to your shoulder, letting him puff against your neck where it was still warm. You picked up the orange slice from your drink and held it close so he could peck at the segments.
“If they told me to kill you, running would be ineffective,” Lucci said.
“Would you give me a head start?” you asked.
You were feeling more certain now of what was actually causing this conversation. At least, it didn’t seem he had suddenly developed the urge to take your heart from your chest.
“It wouldn’t matter even if I did.”
“Love,” you said. “You’re being incredibly menacing for somebody trying to hold a normal conversation.”
He breathed out slowly through his nose and then sat beside your knees, one arm resting on the other side of your legs. That was considerably better.
“It’s not unintentional,” he said. “I’m perfectly capable of pretending if you prefer. I could make this conversation much sweeter.” He reached out and ran his finger down the side of your neck, nail sharpening as he did so until it stung. “But sugared words will change nothing.”
“Would they really order you to kill me?” you asked. “Wouldn’t they just ban you from seeing me?”
“If they didn’t tell me to do it, then they would give the instruction to another. I would prefer it to be me. Better something quick than a slow suffocation or the headache-inducing stink of soap.”
You sighed and reached out to catch a stray strand of hair that hung beside his face, tucking it behind his ear. “Normal people worry about that. Not try to beat their colleagues to it.”
“I don’t worry about it.”
“Clearly you do,” you pointed out. “Otherwise, you’d be enjoying your drink and watching me swim in a few minutes. Not considering my murder.”
He watched you steadily before his attention dropped to Hattori who had begun to make a soft, pleased sound now that he’d finished with the orange. You dropped it back into the glass and wondered what was moving behind Lucci’s eyes.
“You would be awful at running away. You’re far too attached to this house,” he said.
You huffed and crossed your arms. “Okay, that’s just not fair even if you’re right. But in my defence, it’s a nice house. It has a pool. Plenty of the others have devil fruits, right? I’ve got my mitigation strategy right here.”
He didn’t appear amused. Then again, he rarely did. Even when he was.
“Kaku has asked where I take absences,” he said. “They are starting to become suspicious even though none of them have dared to follow me yet.”
You smiled. Alright then, so that was what had unnerved him.
You rested your hand against his jaw, thumb brushing over his cheek gently. “You’re incredibly skilled, love. I doubt anybody could have tracked you all the way here, even if they tried to. And I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong by having a drink next to the pool.”
“A drink might be seen as evidence of my compromised judgement. Correctly so.”
“So, in response to their hypothetical accusation, you’re hypothetically thinking about killing me to prove them wrong?”
“I’m exploring the extent of the hypothetical accusation,” he clarified. “And I’ve concluded that I can consider your death from certain angles. But not from others. I’m not sure how long it will take for that to change entirely.”
“Hattori would miss me.”
“I think he would be thinner without you feeding him scraps constantly.”
You scratched under the pigeon’s chin and he cooed happily. “I think he’d get even fatter from the depression. I really don’t like the idea of you killing me, by the way. Hypothetically or not.”
Lucci inclined his head to the side. “It will become impossible to consider soon. That’s why I’m debating the option with myself now. While it remains.”
You sighed. “Love, I’m going to ask this as nicely as I can but please stop considering killing me.”
His jaw twitched. A movement so small you wouldn’t have noticed it if your hand hadn’t rested on the side of his face. You brushed your thumb over his cheek again.
“Will it even change anything?” you asked. “There are other ways to get rid of your… what do you always call visiting me?”
“An operational liability.”
“Alright,” you said. “If it is that, you can just decide to no longer visit. What happens then? You stop taking as many free days so people stop suspecting you’re doing something weird. And then what happens? I know I’ll be miserable because I’ll miss you.”
“It’s not as simple as no longer visiting,” he said.
“Why not? Nobody knows I live here.”
“Actually, many do. Every person on this island is accounted for in our data.”
“Nobody that wants me dead knows I live here.”
“Yet.”
You sighed and reached for your drink. The condensation on the glass made it far too slippery, dropping from your fingers. Lucci reached for it the second it moved, steadying it before it could fall.
“Thank you,” you said and he released the stem. “Rather than thinking about if you could or should, I think you should wonder if you want me dead.”
He stared at you for far too long. As though he was thinking about the question from every possible angle before he dared to think of an answer.
“I,” you said as you took a sip. “Don’t like the thought of you being dead. It’s why I worry so much when you’re away. And don’t say you’re more capable than I think because I know but it doesn’t make it less scary.”
“You’re far easier to kill than I am,” he said. “I’ve survived enough to know that death won’t come to me easily. But you’re different. I don’t even need to use my claws to make you bleed.”
You rolled your eyes. “You can bleed too. Don’t act like I’m the only one here with skin… although, maybe it’s a good thing I don’t have your claws because if I did, your back would be mauled.”
He offered you a long, flat stare in return before he answered. “You don’t need claws for that.”
You smiled innocently and nodded. “Exactly. But back to what I was saying. You could kill me but that’s not really an achievement. Plenty of people could kill me if they wanted to. It wouldn’t even need to be somebody who worked with you. But the key thing is that you don’t want me dead which answers your question, doesn’t it?”
“If they want you dead, it will be one of us,” he said. “They would send me. That would be the appropriate response to the attachment. And only if that failed, would they send another.”
“Why would it fail?” you asked.
Another question that went unanswered.
You sighed and put your glass down. “Love, this is a very strange discussion but I am getting the feeling that you wouldn’t want to kill me. And you would miss me if you did.”
“I wouldn’t.”
“Really? Not even a little bit?”
He stayed silent for a second before he looked over your shoulder to your house. His attention flicked over the windows before he moved onto the pool and the garden. And then he turned to you, eyes dragging over your body before he met your gaze again.
He still said nothing. He barely seemed to be breathing.
“I’ll take that as a yes,” you said.
You leaned forward to kiss him and that, he responded to. His hand closed around the back of your neck, firm enough to hold you still without forcing you closer. His lips tasted faintly of blood, the familiar rust of a bitten cheek. He’d been thinking hard enough to nip his cheek again.
“How about, while I swim, you think about what you want for dinner instead?” you requested.
Dinner went normally but later that night, you awoke at an ungodly hour with the bed cold beside you.
Lucci had lain beside you as you fell asleep like he normally did but he couldn’t have remained for long. The blankets were heavy over you and the sheets smooth under your skin as you sat up.
He stood beside your bedroom window, unmoving, as though you’d bought a brooding statue and propped it against the glass.
“Go back to sleep,” he said.
Instead, you sat up and squinted past him toward the moonlit garden. The pool caught strips of silver between the hedges, its surface breaking whenever the breeze moved over it. Leaves whispered against one another near the far wall. Nothing shifted with enough purpose to explain why he stood fully dressed beside the window.
You curled your legs under you and stretched dramatically before you got up, blanket still hanging over your shoulders.
“I have a fox problem,” you said. “My neighbours keep birds and… they somehow keep finding food here. If you heard something moving, it was probably them.”
“I saw them,” he said. “There are two. Their den is at the far corner of the garden.”
“Aw,” you said, shuffling closer to look past him though you couldn’t even make out that corner of the garden. “That’s adorable. Maybe I’ll get to see some babies soon.”
Hattori cooed from Lucci’s shoulder and you reached out to rub his head. You really hoped this sudden vigil at your window didn’t have anything to do with the conversation from earlier. As many things as you’d grown used to in this relationship, discussing your death unnerved you.
“What time is it?” you asked.
“Too early for you to be awake.”
“Then that’s too early for you too,” you said. “We can sleep in tomorrow but you don’t sleep enough as it is.”
“I sleep more than enough for function.”
“No, you don’t.”
He looked at the blanket on your shoulders briefly before he returned to watching the sleeping garden. His expression was unreadable but his eyes lingered on every reflection of light or brush of the wind.
His clear unsettlement was enough to make you nervous too.
“Do you really think there’s a threat out there?” you asked.
“It’s always a possibility.”
“What’s the chance you missed something?” you asked.
“Less than a percent.”
That was more reassuring though not quite enough to shake the unease from your limbs. So, instead of having him stand guard at your window, you decided to move somewhere more comfortable.
You reached for his hand and he did turn. His fingers didn’t even twitch. You pulled lightly and he followed you, shoes clicking against the ground.
You led him downstairs into the eerily still heart of the house. The living room windows stretched from floor to ceiling, giving him a clear view of the garden and front entrance. Lucci took the corner of the couch with his back to the wall, eyes moving once over every doorway and dark reflection. You tossed a pillow onto the opposite end and sprawled across it.
“At least you can be somewhat comfortable now,” you muttered. “And you can see the whole garden much easier.”
He nodded. You stretched out onto your back and Hattori fluttered over almost immediately. The pigeon positioned himself on your chest, puffing up as he settled atop the blanket you’d wrapped yourself in.
You sighed as he shifted to get comfortable.
“If I roll, don’t let me crush him please,” you said.
“He’ll move before then.”
Your eyes were beginning to drift closed already. You snuggled into the couch, promising yourself you would return upstairs once you got too close to sleep. A lie so obvious, you couldn’t even pretend to believe it.
Hattori made a soft sound and you reached up to scratch him once more before you fell asleep.
Lucci was gone by the morning.
You’d had an idea that he would be. Sometimes, despite his best efforts, he was predictable.
It still disappointed you. He had at least three more nights before he had to return and yet the house looked untouched by anybody other than you. Not even a speck of dirt lingered in the halls. You tried to shake the slight melancholy from you with breakfast, bringing out the remaining scraps to leave for the foxes.
Maybe you should stop doing that. But if they were going to be in the garden, it was nice to know they weren’t starving.
You paused when you saw a pawprint in the dirt outside.
Interesting.
You knelt beside it, fingers brushing over the mark. It wasn’t Lucci’s. He almost never transformed near you (one accidental waking to golden fur aside) but you knew with absolute surety that he wouldn’t leave prints.
You followed the path of them through the bushes, surprised to find yourself nervous. He was rubbing off on you too much.
A very big nose popped out next to you and your heart stopped for only a second before you laughed. The dog was adorable, soaking wet, yet clearly very happy to see you. And you already knew where he’d come from.
“Have you gotten out of your house to steal my foxes’ treats again?” you cooed.
You brought him inside and tossed a towel on the furniture as he clambered up there, lounging like he belonged. You laughed, scratched his ears, put out a bowl of water, and went over to call your neighbour who apologised far more than was needed.
It was the type of banal moment you wouldn’t have bothered remembering. Wouldn’t have cared about.
If you hadn’t woken that night to a loud cooing next to your ear.
Hattori sat on your pillow, chest practically pressing against the bridge of your nose, cooing loudly enough to drag you awake. You startled for a moment when you saw Lucci’s silhouette against the wall, still and unmoving.
“Hello,” you mumbled. “I thought you left.”
“I had planned to.”
“And then?” you asked.
“I came back to ensure there was sufficient security around your house. It seems there is not. I will arrange for somewhere to be set up for you on a different island. You may pack one bag.”
You blinked. “Love,” you said. “It’s like three in the morning. Can we move a little slower on why I’m moving?”
“It’s for your safety.”
“I don’t want to move.”
“I knew you would say that.”
“Okay…”
You sat up and Hattori immediately flew to the warmth where your head had been. Little traitor. He hadn’t woken you up for any other reason.
“There is a distinct animal presence here that doesn’t fit any of the known creatures that visit you. I’ve checked but you must realise that this isn’t the time for wants.”
You frowned. “What animal presence?”
“Downstairs.”
“Was it dog-like?”
“Yes.”
“Then it was the dog that showed up this morning. I brought it inside before calling its owner.” You lifted the pillow with Hattori still on it and put it to the side. Then you took what was effectively meant to be Lucci’s pillow to flop your head onto. “I would have told you but… well, you had left.”
He was silent for a deadly length of time. Long enough that you almost fell back asleep before you opened your eyes and found him sitting on the bed next to you.
You almost jumped out of your skin.
“Don’t do that!”
He remained quiet before he spoke. “Distance was ineffective. While I was here, I considered your death only when I chose to. Once I left, the thought became persistent.”
You rubbed at your chest, heart still pounding from the scare. “Alright. See, I think that’s more of a sign that you would miss me.”
“This dog-incident has created a further problem,” he said. “Aside from the knowledge that you are immune to how foul dogs stink.”
“I threw the towel in the wash,” you said.
“The problem remains that I assumed a threat.”
“Well, I mean, you could have asked if I’d noticed a dog inside my house,” you said. “And I would have told you. Also, sorry, I did forget that you would be able to smell it but I also didn’t think you’d come back so soon. Normally you stay away for weeks at a time.”
“That’s when I’m working.”
You hummed in acknowledgment. “I’ll deep clean better next time.”
“The smell is not truly the issue,” he said. “The dog could have been one of us and you invited it in. Jabra looks fairly convincing as a common cur when he has fully transformed if you ignore his bulbous nose.”
“If it was one of your coworkers, would they really have needed an invitation?” you asked.
“No. But it remains far too easy to get past your senses. You must ensure you never let them.”
“I don’t know what your coworkers look like,” you defended yourself. “Transformed or not. You can’t ask me to keep them out when I’ve never met them.”
“You aren’t entirely wrong.”
“I know,” you said, putting a hand on his cheek. “Now come love. You clearly haven’t slept and there’s no danger right now.”
“You only have one pillow.”
“I can sleep on your chest?”
“No.”
You sighed and shuffled up, moving Hattori closer to the right side so there was enough space for you to share the pillow. You’d known the cuddling option was a shot in the dark. Cuddling apparently kept him too restricted.
Lucci remained still for a minute longer before he lay down on his back, shoulders always purposefully relaxed and hands folded in front of him. You often told him he slept like a corpse.
You should have known that wasn’t the end of it.
When you woke, the bed had been replaced by the slow pull of a hammock beneath your spine.
Rope creaked overhead. Somewhere beyond the narrow cabin, water slapped against wood in a steady rhythm, and the air tasted faintly of salt and old varnish. Panic arrived before the rest of you did. You bolted upright, sending the hammock swinging around your hips.
“You’re safe.”
You looked toward Lucci, heart screaming in your chest and patted yourself down, realising you were fully dressed in one of your favourite outfits. Confusion and panic mixed into the strangest cocktail of emotions as you stared at your clothes.
A slow look around revealed the inside of a boat and you allowed it to come together before you gave a perfectly reasonable response.
“What the fuck?”
“I’m not forcefully moving your home. Don’t worry about it.”
“You better not be. What is this? You couldn’t have woken me up?”
“You’ve already been woken two nights in a row.”
You swung yourself out of the hammock, boots landing on the ground as mild annoyance (mild being an understatement) overrode the fear. “You can’t just kidnap me! Where are we even going?”
“I’ve made arrangements,” he said. “We’ll be home before dinner. I ensured we left early enough that your day won’t be ruined.”
“What if I was going to do something?”
“You never plan things while I have free time,” he said.
He… he had a point. But still.
“That doesn’t mean you can abduct me,” you said. “I probably would have said yes if you’d just asked to go somewhere.”
“Then there’s no change to the outcome.”
You glared at him, boot tapping on the ground when he nodded toward a basket sitting beside your hammock. You offered it only a quick glance but didn’t reach for it.
“You have breakfast in there.”
“You… I… Why is it kill me or kidnap me? Why is there no go on a beach walk with me?”
“That can happen. But it requires you eating. This should not take long.”
“What is this?”
“I will explain more when we are safely away from potential eavesdropping. Now eat. There’s a walk once we’re off the boat and seeing as you object heavily to me carrying you, I will expect you to keep up.”
You crossed your arms. “I only object when you carry me without asking first.”
“You don’t object when I kiss you without asking first.”
“Very different things.”
But breakfast was good. Good enough that you forgave him enough to share half but not good enough that you didn’t purposefully give Hattori bites while daring Lucci with your eyes to comment on it.
He didn’t.
You stuffed extra bread into your jacket pocket before you left, fully planning on feeding Hattori throughout the walk to extend the annoyance.
You had no idea what island you stopped on. It seemed almost entirely uninhabited with a hill that you just knew he was going to make you climb. You gave him a look but at least he’d chosen appropriate walking boots when he’d dressed you without telling you.
It was sweet, in a weird way. It was also annoying, in a sensible way.
The boat sailed off and you had to wonder how he had organised all of this before the sun even rose.
You hated the walk. Not because it was uncomfortable but because apparently, your concept of a path and his were very different things. You preferred your ‘paths’ with fewer roots reaching for your ankles and spider webs hanging between tree trunks. Lucci did show you the best places to walk but his legs were considerably longer than yours and you were huffing slightly to try to follow him.
“So, what are we doing?” you asked when you were far enough from the coast.
“Taking pre-emptive action. If any of my colleagues wish to report the problem with you, I’m giving them full information and the chance to do it now, before it becomes impossible for me to control.”
“What?” you asked.
“It’s the easiest solution.”
“Does that mean…”
He glanced at you from the corner of his eye. “Do not touch Jabra. Even as a dog. You will not get the smell from your clothing and it’s bad enough that you already have the stink of one mutt in your house.”
You frowned. What? Surely he hadn’t…
He had. He absolutely had.
Sure enough, at the top of the hill, you stopped dead when you noticed there were far more people here than there should have been for an otherwise uninhabited island. Six of them, to be exact, some seated and others standing beneath the trees, all staring at your entrance with obvious confusion.
“Really?” you asked. “Not even a heads up so I could prepare an introduction?”
“You had appropriate time to prepare yourself when you realised during the walk.”
“I was trying to keep up.”
Lucci inclined his head briefly and then turned to the others. “This is the situation,” he said. “If any of you intend to report this, do it now. I will not tolerate hesitation later.”
There was silence, broken only by the sound of a bird fluttering somewhere in the trees. You sighed and pinched the bridge of your nose.
“Hi, by the way,” you said to the group. “Nice to meet you all.”
The silence continued a beat too long before the one man who’d been staring flabbergasted at you suddenly stood up. “You called us on our day off for a woman? Who’s replaced you?”
“Fascinating,” the blonde woman said.
“This is the reason for your unexplained absences then?” asked another man with ginger hair.
“They’re not unexplained,” Lucci said. “I have no reason to justify where I go.”
You sighed. “We could have done this at home. I have room to entertain.”
“No.”
“Chapapa, Lucci’s taken more time off than ever before. Seventeen in the past –”
“Enough,” Lucci said.
“I’m Kaku,” the ginger man said, extending a hand and you shook it, grateful for some normalcy in whatever this situation is. “Sorry for the shock. I don’t think any of us expected an introduction today.”
“Pleasure,” you said. “And don’t worry, I didn’t even expect to leave the house today.”
You shot a look at Lucci who didn’t bother responding.
“You will need to show her your transformations,” he continued. “For identification purposes should you decide to remain quiet.”
Kaku released your hand and frowned. “Our… is she approved to know that kind of information?”
“No.”
“I see what this is!” The white-haired man’s voice was considerably louder than you expected and you startled. “It would seem our fearless leader has been caught by the most dangerous –”
“Quiet,” Lucci said. “This is not a social gathering.”
“Why have you brought a civilian woman here?” the woman asked, adjusting her glasses. “I imagine if this was something work-related, we would have done it during work hours.”
“Or in a formal setting,” said the only other man who hadn’t said anything yet. He was quite tall, his hair shaped up into horn-like structures.
“As I said, she must see your transformations so she has an accurate understanding of what you all look like. In the situation where one of you might be ordered to kill her, it would be best if she understood what she was seeing.”
An awkward quiet stretched over the clearing. You took the opportunity to look over the group, curious about their unusual appearances. You had imagined Lucci’s colleagues to be far more like him and far less interesting than they actually were.
“Ordered to kill her, chapapa?” the man with the zip on his mouth asked.
“That’s the logical conclusion of what will happen if any of you choose to report the lapse.”
“Lapse is a hurtful one,” you said. “Situation was already pushing it.”
He glanced at you. “It’s accurate.”
“If we have a chance of being given orders to kill her,” Kaku said. “Would it not make more sense to preserve our secrecy? We haven’t even been formally reinstated yet.”
“And I don’t normally give away information to targets,” the woman added.
“She is not a target yet,” Lucci said. “So that is not a problem.”
“You’re very calm for a woman whose future is being discussed in front of her,” said the horned man as though he finally remembered you were present. Unlike the others. “Most are not as open to the possibility of death.”
“He was considering killing me yesterday,” you said. “I’ve had this conversation already. And as he said, it’s not an order yet. I’ll hold onto that.”
You couldn’t deny there was still a strange thump in your chest as you connected the two. Your nerves crept higher, making your clothes uncomfortable as fear curled next to you. But Lucci was standing next to you and you trusted he probably wouldn’t let the others make the decision lightly.
“Threatening her directly was unnecessarily crude,” the woman said.
“I know, right?” you agreed.
She smiled. “Kalifa. Has he told you our names? Or was that courtesy not provided?”
“I know that at least one of you can appear to be a dog,” you said. “But not much else. Classified information and all.”
“Wait? Why would you know that?!” another man snapped at you. “That’s just as classified!”
“You’re Jabra?” you asked.
“Yes! What do you mean a dog?! I am not a dog!”
“Before we get stuck on that,” Kaku said. “As much as I do think formal introductions should happen, I would like to establish the actual situation first.”
“Yoyoi! Is it not obvious?”
“No, it really isn’t,” the horned man mentioned. “Suspicious, yes, but not obvious.”
You looked to Lucci because really, this was his discussion to have. If he wanted to tell them then he could and you had a feeling he might not want to disclose it. If only because –
Hattori clearly took you looking at him as an invitation. He flew over and landed on your shoulder. He leaned his head against your neck and began to sink down as though he was collapsing slowly. Shame. Poor thing was starving.
“Do not.”
“He’s hungry,” you said.
“He is not. He is merely performing because he knows you are weak.”
You reached into your pocket and took out the bread. You didn’t look away from Lucci as you offered it to Hattori, who immediately swallowed the whole thing as though it might be snatched away. Lucci’s gaze narrowed in warning.
“You kidnapped me. I’m feeding him.”
“You kidnapped her?” Kalifa asked.
“She would have agreed to come regardless.”
“Yes but that’s not the point,” you huffed.
Kalifa shrugged. “Oh, if you would have agreed, it’s merely efficiency.”
You sighed.
Right. You did forget Lucci wasn’t alone in his strange behaviours sometimes. He had mentioned the majority of the others had been raised in a similar environment… But that didn’t make it any less frustrating.
“Kaku can begin,” Lucci said. “Though I would hope you would not allow random livestock into your house to start with, it’s important to be certain.”
“Lucci,” Kaku said. “I don’t know about this.”
“It’s important.”
“For what?”
“Okay, you know what, no. I am proving I do not look like a dog.”
Jabra stood up off the log he’d been sitting on and his body shifted. You almost startled, entirely unused to seeing a person randomly become an animal. He dropped down into a very large and very obvious wolf that looked nothing close to your neighbour’s pet. Grey fur bristled over his shoulders as he straightened, his lip curling back to bare massive canines.
You swallowed and looked at Lucci. “That is very clearly a wolf.”
“You allowed an unknown dog into your house.”
“Not unknown,” you said. “And also, not a very obvious wolf.”
Jabra shifted back into a mildly annoyed man and dropped back into his seat. “Exactly.”
“Yoyoi! I do not have a transformation to show and I am feeling very left out! But I can provide a different display!”
Kaku cleared his throat. “Kumadori, wait a moment. Jabra and I are the only ones with transformations she hasn’t already identified,” he said. “And, no offence, but I don’t think we would particularly need to use them to get close to a civilian woman if you believe we may need to kill her.”
“She can see both forms here,” Lucci said. “She now knows what each of you looks like.”
“Which might be a security breach, actually,” Kalifa pointed out. “I understand Fukurou doesn’t fit in to begin with but the rest of us might prefer to keep our appearances more hidden.”
“And we don’t even know why the reveal is occurring,” the horned man mentioned. “Nor who she is.”
“Blueno’s got a good point,” Jabra said. “Now that I think of it.”
“Kaku would stand out more transformed than as a man, chapapa,” Fukurou said.
Kaku nodded. “I would.”
“What can you become?” you asked. “Sorry if that sounds rude but I’ve heard a decent amount about the wolf but never about you.”
“I…” he paused. “That is technically classified information.”
“Isn’t your existence that?”
“Yes. That’s part of the problem with you being here.”
“He’s a giraffe,” Fukurou said eagerly.
Kaku looked over his shoulder in disappointment. “Very good secrecy. Thank you.”
“That’s why we zip his mouth closed most of the time,” Blueno said and he sounded slightly amused.
“A giraffe?” you repeated. “Love, why the hell do you think I’m stupid enough to invite a random giraffe into my living room. That’s not a common animal to find in my garden.”
Lucci shrugged. “There’s a possibility for every situation.”
“Like… like a full-sized giraffe?” you asked. “I don’t even think that would fit through my doors.”
“Well once he transforms, you will know how to distinguish him from others who look similar.”
“I haven’t even seen you become a leopard properly.”
“I wouldn’t need to use that form.”
“Neither would they, I’m sure.”
The rest of the group had fallen very quiet. Suspiciously so. The clearing felt charged, their expressions far more obviously shocked now. Enough that you started running back over your thoughts in case you’d said something incriminating and –
“I warned you of that nickname,” Lucci said. “For situations exactly like this. It’s hard to hide your attachments when you throw them about so casually.”
You frowned, confused, for a moment.
Oh. Right. You called him love.
“Well, you’ve never told me I couldn’t use it. If I listened to all your warnings I would have moved like four times.”
“And you would be untraceable for it.”
“I don’t want to be untraceable. You still need to visit.”
He straightened. “Nothing in this world is untraceable to me. My earlier recommendation still applies. You should see what Kaku can disguise himself as in case he is the one they ask to kill you.”
Kaku cleared his throat. “I do think this conversation should have had a lot more context,” he said.
“Ah, my point has been proven!” Kumadori declared. “I knew from the moment she arrived that this was not a relationship of convenience! For if so, the emotion bleeding between them would not be as fraught as it is. We have arrived –”
“Enough,” Kalifa said and he paused, looking thoroughly agitated at being interrupted again.
Though admittedly you appreciated each person that did it.
“I see the reason for the concern then,” Blueno mentioned, stepping away from the tree line to move closer. “You fear repercussions for this liability. But I don’t understand how this will help. If she is marked for elimination, for whatever reason, her knowing what we look like will not fix that. It will simply give her a name to know as she dies.”
Lucci said nothing and the discomfort in your stomach curled tighter. It was true. You could recognise them but it wouldn’t be helpful unless you had somewhere to run. Somewhere you could hide.
“I doubt she’d even have time to know it happened,” Fukurou said.
“You’re all very reassuring,” you told them.
“We’re trying to understand the reasoning,” Kaku said. “You’ll forgive us for pointing it out but it’s true. I would not arrive as a giraffe. I would not need you to let me into your house.”
Lucci looked at each of them carefully. “She would be able to tell me. In case the orders were given without my knowledge or without the approval for you to inform me first.”
“And then what?” Kalifa asked. “You know so that you can hold one of us accountable for the rest of our lives?”
“Or kill us in return?” Jabra asked.
Lucci remained silent. You scratched Hattori’s head for lack of anything else to do, redoubling your attention on the bird rather than whatever situation you were standing in the middle of right now. At least he was one creature not considering how quickly your death would come. Probably because he would mourn the lack of snacks.
“This situation doesn’t exist yet,” Lucci said. “But should it happen, I want to be aware of it. My actions will be decided in the moment.”
“You’ve been compromised,” Kaku said.
“I already established that. This discussion occurred because of that fact.”
“I thought it was because I let a random dog into my house,” you said.
“That merely allowed the acknowledgement,” Lucci established. “I assumed a danger and searched for an attacker without knowing there was one. The dog allowed me to acknowledge the full extent of my corrupted judgement.”
Kalifa looked you over. “So, if they ask for her to disappear, you’re saying we move through you first?”
“A rite of recognition for both sides!” Kumadori cried. “She learns the faces of death, and we learn whose wrath awaits should her name ever appear in our orders! Truly, I couldn’t imagine a more dangerous and tragic relationship, swaying by a thread!”
“I’m not in danger,” you said. “It’s a hypothetical. Right?”
“It is currently,” Lucci said. “And it will remain that way.”
His words were firm enough to ease some of the anxiety from your chest. It loosened the coil that had been there since yesterday. He’d made his choice then. All the worrying and now… it felt strangely comforting even though you knew you shouldn’t have to concern yourself about this to begin with.
“Fine,” Kaku said and he took several steps back. “I don’t need to tell you how dangerous this is. But fine.”
His body shifted, rising so quickly that you stepped back on instinct. Heavy hooves struck the earth, sending dust rolling across the clearing as long, powerful legs lifted him above everyone around him. You had known giraffes were large. You had not understood how large until his shoulders towered over you and his neck stretched high between the trees.
He flicked his head, the movement cracking sharply through the air, then scraped one hoof through the dirt.
“That’s… that’s actually really cool,” you said.
He transformed back immediately, straightening his clothes. “Thank you. Now if you ever see a random giraffe, I suppose you’ll know it’s me.”
“I probably could have guessed,” you admitted.
“Shocking.”
“I will not pretend that this meeting didn’t occur,” Lucci said. “But if one of you speaks about it as mere gossip, I will remove their ability to do so.”
They all turned their heads to Fukurou who made a show of zipping his lips. You had a feeling that wasn’t enough.
By the time you reached the shore, the boat had already returned for you. You actually found you were decently close to your home island. You’d assumed Lucci had organised it all to be far away but it only took an hour’s ride and he sat in silence the whole time.
You didn’t quite know what to say either. Whether to thank him for introducing you to his coworkers or to complain about the sheer number of death threats.
Or to appreciate the somewhat official confirmation that he would stand between you and the others.
That was something you didn’t quite know how to handle.
So instead, you waited until you got home before you said, “I’m going to take a swim. It’s far too hot.”
He inclined his head toward you. You leaned up to kiss him on the cheek and went to change.
After hiking a hill unexpectedly, the water felt refreshing against your skin. You lingered under the surface, stress of the morning washing from your skin as you swam the length with slow kicks.
Only to come up on the other side, open your eyes and immediately meet a pair of yellow irises.
A leopard sat only a few feet away, close enough that you could see the slow rise of its chest beneath golden fur. Black rosettes disappeared over its shoulders and down powerful forelegs, ending in paws large enough to cover your face. Its tail flicked once behind it, but the rest of its body remained unnervingly still.
It was Lucci. You knew that.
Your body did not care.
“Fuck!” you spluttered.
The leopard rose. Muscle shifted beneath its coat as it padded toward the bar, each step silent despite its size. Its tail swept behind it before the animal disappeared, replaced in a second by the man you knew so well.
“Would you like a drink?”
You stared at him blankly for a moment, confused about what prompted that until your brain began to put things together. The earlier praise of the others and your request to see his transformed state.
“Yes, please,” you said. “That was terrifying, love.”
“It should have been.”
“Gorgeous though. Puts both of the others to shame.”
He hummed and you heard satisfaction seeping into his voice. You might regret feeding the ego of a man who was already so arrogant.
But you couldn’t find it in yourself to mind too much.
summary: as both a former warlord and headliner of the cross guild, sir crocodile has appearances to keep up. despite that, he has one major soft spot - his wife. that's why during work hours, he has to pretend he barely knows you, lest he show you the affection he so desperately yearns to.
pairing: crocodile / secretary! reader
wc: 2.0k
tags: f! reader, fluff, crocodile loves his wife, soft crocodile, i'll stand by that agenda forever why would he marry you if he hates you and neglects you, he pampers the shit out of you, mihawk comes thru for the clutch
"Good morning, sirs." You greeted your three bosses as they walked into work together towards the conference room, sitting at the desk just outside.
"Goooood morning!" Buggy chirped, flashing you a thumbs up. "Keep up the good work today!" Mihawk inclined his head slightly towards you, a silent show of respect for both your hard work - and, more likely - putting up with Buggy all the time.
"Meetings." Crocodile asked shortly, taking his cigar out of his mouth and hiding it behind his back as he caught your glare towards him.
"Certainly, sir." You said calmly, eyebrow twitching just the slightest bit. You'd told him to cut down on the smoking, especially indoors. "The three of you have your bi-monthly bounty hunter meeting today, so please be sure to have new bounties on Marines prepared by noon. Aside from that, standard operations."
"Thank you." Mihawk said, walking towards his office, likely to grab his documents per your instruction, as the meeting was just a few hours away.
"What should I do until the meeting?" Buggy blinked, pointing at himself.
"Prepare?" Crocodile's deep voice rumbled, as he scoffed in disbelief. "Do you need to be coddled every second of your day?"
"I was just checking if there was anything else I needed to do!" Buggy exclaimed, pointing at you. "Our cute little secretary has all the info I need!"
Crocodile crushed his cigar in his hand, still behind his back. The ashes fell to the floor. "Just get the papers."
A bead of sweat rolled down Buggy's face, collecting pale makeup as it reached his chin. "I sense I've done something wrong." He turned on his heel and fled into his office, locking it tightly.
Crocodile turned back to you, saying nothing. You flipped through your papers, checking through any calls that you might be expecting or need to make - likely for Crocodile himself, who was always on the lookout for new business partners.
The man began to reach into his coat pocket for a cigar, only to stop himself. He was still in front of your desk. You glanced at him for just a second, before opening the drawer of your desk and handing something to him.
"Your lunch, sir." You said, as he took it from you. "You forgot it at home again."
His jaw clenched, and he opened the container with his hand, peering inside. His favorite, grilled crocodile over rice. Some vegetables with teriyaki sauce, some fruit for dessert. A note stuck to the lid, saying "Do your best today!"
He tucked the lunch container into his inner pocket, and his hand flexed as if to reach for you. Your eyes shot to his, before sliding behind him. A warning.
Crocodile followed your gaze, sighing as he saw Mihawk's piercing eyes observing the two of you from his office window. He blinked once, before flicking his wrist to roll down the curtains, likely returning to his paperwork.
"Be careful, now." You said, jotting down notes for your call at two. "Best to follow the rules you set."
You held no grudge against your husband for the decision he made. It was likely best for you, too, if he pretended to only know you in a coworker capacity, lest people begin to think you didn't work for the position.
Plus, had he not set the rule for the two of you, it was likely that he'd be attached to you all day until you both went home together - and he'd be attached to you then, too.
"...Yes." He muttered, watching you work. He began walking away, but paused right as he reached his door, turning just the slightest bit. "Do your best today."
You smiled, stopping your notetaking to meet his eyes. The moment your eyes met, he looked away, as if he couldn't bear to see you any longer. "I'll see you after work, Sir."
Each day was just like that. Absolute torture. He wanted nothing more than to sit in the same room as you, have you tuck into his side for hours on end, reading newspapers in silence and discussing any new developments in the world.
A domestic life, like a normal husband and wife. His time in Alabasta with you was rather close to that, before that damned Straw Hat came along. But now, Straw Hat wasn't even the problem.
The Cross Guild was formidable, to say the least. All former warlords, all incredibly strong pirates, all (except, perhaps Buggy - though maybe Crocodile could be nice and give it him the credit) capable of toppling the power structure of the sea.
Yet, that wasn't the issue either. Power was not the issue. The issue was that his coworkers - your coworkers, were incredibly nosy. Buggy was much more perceptive than he let on, he had to know something was going on. Of course, then, he spent his free time teasing Crocodile purely for the sake of it, just to get a reaction out of him.
Mihawk never gave an indication that he knew anything. But he didn't have to, because both of you could always feel his eyes on you, observing every move, every gesture, the slightest touches.
So you both agreed to pretend not to know each other outside of a coworker capacity, for the sake of reputation and for the sake of work. You were the Cross Guild's formidable secretary, efficient, quick, and diligent. You didn't want that spoiled for you, nor did Crocodile want to appear soft.
But god, was it hell. When you had free time, you would run their errands. Bring Buggy news on Straw Hat and Shanks, bring Mihawk the newest books he wanted to read (and secretly, updates on Zoro and Perona), bringing Crocodile more cigars and the freshest newspapers.
Buggy would always try to keep you longer than needed, making idle chit-chat. You'd entertain it, because at the end of the day, you had three bosses and he was unfortunately one of them - plus, he was actually quite good company and very funny to listen to.
During times like this, you could always feel Crocodile's temper simmering behind his door.
Mihawk never caused problems like that. He would nod in appreciation, perhaps occasionally ask you for a wine catalogue, but he'd never pry, and you'd typically be on your way within a few minutes.
For some reason, visiting your husband was the most awkward. The two of you would broil in silence as you darted around the office, ensuring that everything was in order, sometimes handing him yet another meal if he was working late.
He'd do his best to make normal conversation like the two of you did at home, but he had immense difficulty doing so without eventually doting on you.
He'd always start missing you most around midday, because there was typically enough work in the morning that he could busy himself with paperwork and distract himself from his wife, who sat just outside his office working herself.
But at midday, it seemed like it was more than just four hours - more like four days, since you'd woken up just a bit before him, wrapping your arms around his waist and tucking your face into his chest, peppering kisses all over him before you went to get ready for work, going in a hour before he did.
Instead of lying in bed to catch an extra hour of sleep, he'd watch you get ready, smiling when you put your work outfit on, whether it be skirt or tights, pants or dress. If you allowed it, he'd comb through your hair gently as you did your morning skincare routine. If you had extra time before leaving, you'd help him slick back his hair, checking his hook for rust, and fluffing up his coat.
You'd both put your wedding rings on a discrete, thin chain around your necks, letting it hang like a necklace during work hours and still keeping it on you. It was likely easier to just leave the rings at home, but Crocodile would rather die than leave the strongest sign of your bond behind.
So you can imagine how tiresome it was for him to have to go into work and pretend the two of you had nothing.
"Your wife seems a bit upset." Mihawk said, face covered by a book and his outlandishly large hat. His body was leaned back deeply into his chair, the late night getting to him. Buggy had gone home for the night, but Mihawk and Crocodile were still in, having an actual job to do.
Crocodile stiffened in the chair across from Mihawk, eyes automatically sliding to your desk outside where you looked exhausted, arguing with someone on the Transponder Snail as you rubbed your temple with your free hand. You felt his gaze, smiling at him weakly, before turning your attention back to the snail.
Crocodile sighed. There was no point in lying to Mihawk - he wasn't the type to initiate conversation, especially not about a topic he wasn't sure he was knowledgeable about. It was a long time coming, him addressing your relationship.
"It's our anniversary." Crocodile responded, voice deep and exhausted as he flipped through the newest bounties he was going to put out, ensuring that the values were correct before they were released. "Neither of us would prefer to be working so late today, but it can't be helped. It isn't as if our so-called 'President' will be much help when it comes to proofreading."
Mihawk calmly closed his book, looking over to your desk. Of course, you noticed this too, shooting him a strained smile as you leaned back in your chair, face getting gradually more agitated with whoever was on the other end of the call. His eyes slid back to Crocodile, whose cigar was whittling away in his mouth, ashes uncharacteristically falling all over his lap as he rubbed at his eyes.
"Just this once." Mihawk said, reaching his hand out for Crocodile's papers. The man looked up inquisitively, puffing out a large cloud. "I'll cover your workload, just this once. Go home, and spend time with your wife."
"There's no need." Crocodile protested. In all fairness, there's nothing he'd like more than to go home now, but he'd never want to owe Mihawk a thing, nor would he want to seem less capable. It was bad enough that Mihawk knew of your relationship.
"Don't think of it as a favor." Mihawk sighed, standing up slightly to pluck the papers out of Crocodile's hand, before sitting back down and starting to read. "You and your wife stay after hours the most out of any of us. In a way, I'm paying you back - so leave the papers with me and go celebrate your anniversary."
Crocodile put out his cigar in the ashtray next to him, staring at Mihawk. The greatest swordsman in the world merely ignored him, eyes focused on the papers intensely, determined to do the job right. Plus, he had a point, and Crocodile knew it. It was you and him that stayed late the most often.
If there was one day you two could slack off, it should be this one.
Crocodile slung his coat over his shoulders, heading for the door before pausing, hand on the handle. "I appreciate this, Mihawk."
"Don't mention it." He shrugged, sipping his wine and yawning a bit. "Just ask your wife to bring me the newest wine catalogue tomorrow."
Crocodile nodded, swinging the door outwards and walking to your desk, gently taking the receiver out of your hands and hanging up the Transponder Snail.
Clank.
You blinked at him, eyes weary and inquisitive. Before you could ask, he slung his coat over your shoulders and helped you out of the chair, pushing it into the desk. Then he lifted you up, a warm hand holding your shoulders, cold hook carefully circled around your thigh as he walked out of the building.
"We're going home, love." He smiled, pressing a gentle kiss to your forehead. "Good work today."
You relaxed in his arms, practically melting. "Mihawk felt nice today, did he?"
He pressed another kiss to your cheek, making you laugh. "Certainly. Please bring him the newest wine catalogue tomorrow. Perhaps we should gift him something, too.
imagine Rob Lucci in a softer mood tonight ~ for @mlemiie , keep your head up high dollie !!! ₍ᐢ..ᐢ₎♡ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ ໒꒱ 18+ mdni petname: “doll” will be used !
you didn’t notice it at first when he came home, but the signs where there. subtle, faint. with the way he had stroked your cheek whilst you read; slow, careful and entirely out of his character. it caught you off guard. Enough to make your eyes widen when he kissed your cheek. and gently pushed you onto the bed sheets.
it was done all slow, focused and methodical it almost made you stutter. he kissed your cheek, your jaw, travelling to your neck and collarbones.
Lucci’s nibbles were faint, almost just small nips and tighter kisses. hands groping your chest, one calloused hand lifting your thigh.
“you’re mine” he breathed against your skin, kissing your jaw again. “all mine.” he skims your pantie line with one finger, teasing, caressing. “say it.” he circles over the fabric, pressing one thumb and finger onto your clit and folds. earning your answer. “yours. im yours, lucci”
and he kisses you on the lips, sealing that proclamation. slipping two lengths into your folds, panties still on as he fingers you, thumb circling your clit.
you spread your legs and wrap yourself over his abdomen, arms slung over his shoulders.
“l-lucci.. i—” you breathe out his name, growing close as he fingers fucks you through it, kissing your neck. “louder.” he commands and you obey.
he lets you reach your high, lets you cum and squeeze your thighs against him. fingering you through it. and he just takes in your face during it. “you look pretty like this, vulnerable and weak by me.” he kisses you again, forcing your cheeks to burn. and as you come down your high, he brings his fingers to his mouth and give them a quick lick before sliding your pantie down your thigh, grabbing your hips as he aligns himself above you. his touch soft. not rough. not mean. but soft. and the way his gaze has been on you tonight — dark and stoic but not.. cold. it’s unusual.
“lucci, is everything okay?” he knows what you mean but his expression remains quiet, passive with only the faintest pull of brows. hand landing on your cheek, thumb rubbing. a gesture unheard of. and just when you think he’ll speak, he shoves himself into you. turning rough.
his length fills you up, hitting up to your cervix as he steadily moves his hips, fucking you slow and measured. taking in every moan you make, every breath hitched and spine arched as his grip on your hips digs deeper. harder. his pace starting to match his need, his lust and desire to just fuck you more.
you repeat his name, over and over again as he thrusts into you, and he drinks it all up with a frown, your walls sucking him in, control starting to shatter. “yeah, let them all know who you belong to, fuck—“ his hips stutters when your legs clench around him tighter, eliciting a muffled groan from him. he falls forward, thrusting into you deeper as his breath is on your neck, “i’m gonna mark you, knot you up if i have to, let them all know who’s doll this is.”
and he does. he pounds into you, rhythm growing sloppy as you and him become nothing but sex, scent and sweat. your wet and squelching as he forces himself into you. when he cums, he’ll still fuck you, rut into you, not stopping as he fills you up with his seeds or when he press a hand over ur stomach, and watch his cum squeeze out. tonight, he’s going to fuck his cubs into you, so to scent you, mark you. leave an imprint on himself on you. you’re his afterall.
Lucci can be sweet… in his own moody kitty way ♡⸝⸝
cw: chubby!reader, dubcon, somnophilia, oral (f!receiving), brat taming, doggy & prone bone, multiple creampies, overstimulationg, biting, titplay, rough sex, rushed ending </3 (sorry chat, idk how to end smut)
𑣲a/n- happy early birthday to me >u< i hope law shows to eat my butt. anyway, enjoy this! i love when law's nasty and freak deaky mueheheheh
The room's atmosphere was anything but pure and holy. Your panties and Law's underwear were thrown about. The clothes you two wore to some stuffy party was nowhere to be seen, your bra hanging off the bed.
You felt the bed shifting. Maybe Law's finally getting up to start the day. You felt the weight of the bed shift from behind to where your legs were. Maybe you were still dreaming?
Law slowly moved your plump thighs apart and felt his dick twitch at the sight. The mess from last night. Memories of the nasty sex from the night before flooded his mind.
Your body shaking with every thrust.
The sound of your beautiful moans.
The shlick sound when his pelvis met your ass.
Law couldn't hold back. He tested the waters and flicked your clitoris, which was still sensitive from the night before, and heard a soft sigh. "Sorry, [name]. I need to taste you again..." His tongue dragged from your entrance to your clit. Law wrapped his lips around your clit, sucking gently while two of his fingers slipped inside. You were still wet and remnants of his cum was still inside you. "Still so soaked." He whispered against your clit before continuing his ministrations.
"You're still so horny, did I not fuck you hard enough last night?" He spoke softly, as if he were speaking to your cunt.
The line between dream and reality blurred. It felt too real to be a wet dream. Your eyes slowly cracked open and saw motion under your blanket. The slick sounds of Law's mouth on your pussy hit your ears. You pulled off the blanket, tossing it to the side yet Law remained undeterred.
"So sweet in the morning." Law mumbled against your inviting pussy. His fingers curled up to your G-spot, making your arch off the bed. "Law! 'm still so sensitive!" His mouth felt too good to push him away. Your hand couldn't decide between pulling him closer or pushing him away.
"Keep your hands there, just like that, yeah?" Law's cock twitched when you yanked on his hair. He loved the pain of you pulling his hair-as if you were trying to ground yourself to Earth with the pleasure he is inflicting onto you.
"God...I fucking love you like this. Reduced to nothing but a babbling mess the minute my mouth is on your cunt." Law slapped your hardened clit, making you jolt.
"Ngh-Law! I'm g'na come!" You pushed his face furthet into your pussy, making him smirk. Law pulled away, keeping just the tips of his fingers inside. "You want it? Then beg." You whined and thrashed but he placed his free hand on your abdomen, feeling the plush of your stomach.
"Just...Just let me come!" He clicked his teeth and pushed further down. "Either beg or I leave you high and dry like the brat you are. Your call."
Law watched you pout, thriving in your desperation. "Please, I'll be good for you. Just lemme come!" You cried, tears of pleasure fell down the apples of your cheeks.
"I can be good-fuck-I swear!" Having been satisfied with your cries of desperation, Law went back down and plunged his fingers back in, curling deeply and pressing against your spongey spot. His mouth was equally as ruthless; biting gently on your clitoris before sucking.
"Coming, I'm coming!" You choked on your sobs as your orgasm racked throughout your body. Law didn't stop. His fingers still curled deeply as your cunt clenched tightly as you came.
"That's it. Let me hear how I make you feel good." He whispered against your clit. His fingers rode out your high.
Once you came down from your orgasm, he pressed one last kiss to your clit before retracting. His fingers glistened in the morning sun, making you blush.
"Open." You obeyed and he shoved his fingers into your mouth, making you taste yourself. "Delicious, aren't you?" You nodded as you gagged on his fingers. Law removed your fingers and raised an eyebrow hearing you giggle. "What's so funny?"
"Can't resist my pussy, huh? I told you last night and you were sooo hellbent on not being pussdrunk." Law's eye twitched at your attitude. "Watch your mouth." He threatened quietly. "Or what? You'll fuck the attitude out of me? You always say that but you ne-Ah!" Law cut you off and flipped you over 'til you were on all fours, raising your ass and smacking it.
"Maybe I didn't fuck the attitude out of you hard enough last night, brat." You cried out as Law pushed his cock into you without warning.
With every thrust, your cries and moans were punctuated.
Wet slapping sounds, Law's muffled groans and your moans filled the room. He bent over, watching your breasts bounce. Law's hands moved to your breasts tweaking with your nipple, the other grasping it. The stimulation made your brain turn to mush. He moved closer, chuckling deeply and whispering into your ear.
"Look at you, reduced to nothing but a drooling and crying mess." Law moved one hand down to pinch your clit, causing you to clench. He bit down on the crook of your neck hard, but not enough to draw blood. He licked the bite mark before pulling away slightly to speak, "Who's the cockdrunk one now?" Law's pace roughened as he grew closer to his high. "Gonna come in this pussy. Fuck, take it, yeah? You said you'd be good for me."
You nodded dumbly, "Yes-fuck! Come with me!" Law's pace was heavy. As you came, the clench of your pussy pushed Law over the edge. His cock stuttered inside you, spilling his cum deep into you. The warmth made your belly tingle.
His pace didn't falter on bit. Law smoothly pulled a pillow, placing it under your stomach before pushing you down until you were flat against the bed.
The new position made you feel everything. His cock felt like it was pushing against your cervix. Law's hand continued to pinch and pull at your nipple, your senses were on overdrive. Law pressed his pelvis deep against your ass. "Do you need a break?" Despite his teasing attitude, he still cared about your safety.
You shook your head.
"No, I'm okay. You can keep going." Your head turned slightly and you smiled dumbly. That's my girl." He pressed his lips to your temple before beginning to fuck you again. Your cries shot straight to his cock as it twitched again.
"Taking me so well." Law's hand on your breast and his body pressed right against your back made your eyes roll back on top of his cock pressing deep into you.
Law buried his face into your shoulder, biting down as he came into you again. "Can't...can't get enough of you, [name]. You're so fucking good for me." He fastened his pace, the slapping sound increased in volume.
"Come f'me again, [name]. Need to feel you clench around me again." He groaned against your shoulder.
"I can't-pleaseー it's too much!" You writhed and he pinned you down further. "You can do it. Just let go." His long fingers found your clit again. His hips slammed heavy, his tip hitting your G-spot every time.
"F-fuck, I'm gonna last long!" You cried yet Law didn't let up. "That's the point. Just feel good for me." With one last push and a bite to your neck, you came messily. Law cane into you, overflowing your pussy with his cum.
"Ngh-Fuck!" You both groaned at the same time. He stilled for a moment, jusy lying on top of you and relishing in your warmth as your cunt clenched pathetically. Law pulled away slowly and saw the obscene amount of cum spilling out of you.
"Look at the mess you've made..." Law scooped the cum with his finger and fingered it back into your pussy, making you shiver. Using one of his old shirts as a rag, he wiped down your thighs, flipping you over.
You looked up at Law, eyes half lidded. It was barely eight in the morning. "Is that how you greet others good morning?" You smirked and Law shook his head. "Just you." Before he could leave, he felt you tug on his arm.
"No, don't go. Not yet." Law relented and lied back down, holding you in his arms. "I gotta clean up, [name]..." He sighed, feeling your body go limp as you succumbed to slumber. "I guess I'll stay then." Law massaged your hips before falling asleep himself.
If Doflamingo loved you--not toying with you but honestly 'in his feelings' loved you--and found you crying/in a state of emotional distress...that man would not know what to do. He's used to delighting in the tears of the worms and peons he subjugates, or else shutting down tears he doesn't have patience for with coercion disguised as (what he believes to be) honeyed words.
That won't work with you. It just won't do. He can't risk the chance of resentment building up in your heart, won't accept any less than your complete and total
(Adoration)
(Adulation)
(Loyalty)
Love.
Genuine affection from Doflamingo is a rare and hard-won thing. So rare, in fact, that his framework for how to treat those who've earned it is something he's still figuring out. Coping with strong emotions in ways that aren't outbursts of anger or repression is not something he knows how to do, not for himself and definitely not for his darling.
So he discovers you sobbing, lost in a world of your own tears...and he just freezes. Dull panic bleeds into his psyche as he tries and fails to come up with a plan of action to comfort you. How can he do this gently? What combination of words can he say? He knows how to get people to shut up, knows how to get them to shut down, but what can he do to actually stop your pain? To cut it out at the root so that you'll smile for him, really smile for him? Does he perhaps not understand the human mind and how to bend it to his will as well as he thinks? Damn you for making him hesitate like this!
If you happen to look up, you'll see him stock-still in the corner with one hand partially raised to reach for you, mouth drawn in a taught grimace and veins starting to throb at his temples as his mind spins and locks up. For once in his life, he has no plan of action and absolutely no idea what to say.
Shachi was yelling about something across the table. Penguin was arguing right back. Bepo was laughing. Someone had started a game involving darts that Law was fairly certain would end in property damage.
Normally he would've left an hour ago.
Instead, he sat with a book in his hands and pretended to read. Pretended being the important word. Because every few minutes his eyes kept drifting to the same place.
You.
Specifically, you curled against Bepo's side.
Law's eye twitched. You weren't even doing anything inappropriate. You were just drunk.
Everyone knew what happened when you got drunk. You became unbearably affectionate.
The first time it happened, you'd nearly given Penguin a heart attack by climbing into his lap because he "looked lonely."
Tonight's chosen cuddle target happened to be Bepo. The navigator didn't seem to mind in the slightest. If anything, he looked delighted. You were currently using his arm as a pillow.
"Bepo."
"Yeah?" he answered.
"You're really fluffy."
Bepo laughed, but before he answered, he caught Law looking.
Not just once.
Again.
And again.
Every few seconds, the captain's eyes drifted back toward the two of them before he forced himself to look down at his book.
Ah.
Bepo bit back a smile.
Captain... you're making this way too obvious.
Law turned a page. He hadn't read a single word. When he glanced up again, he locked eyes with Bepo.
Bepo's expression immediately brightened. Law knew that look and he hated that look. Because it meant Bepo had noticed something.
Again.
The bear's gaze shifted deliberately toward you, then back to Law, and he smiled. Law immediately looked away.
Absolutely not. Whatever Bepo was planning, he wanted no part of it. Unfortunately, Bepo had never once respected that boundary.
"Oh!" Bepo suddenly announced.
You looked up.
"Hm?"
"I need to get another round."
"No you don't."
The words left Law's mouth before he could stop them, and the entire table went quiet. Bepo blinked innocently.
"I don't?"
"No."
"You sure?"
"Positive."
Bepo considered this. Then smiled even wider.
"Well, I want another round."
Law felt dread settle into his stomach.
The bear stood, and you immediately grabbed his sleeve.
"Don't leave."
"It's okay." Bepo gently patted your head. "Captain can sit here while I'm gone."
Law nearly dropped his book.
"Bepo."
"What?"
"Bepo."
The warning was obvious. The bear ignored it completely, and you were already patting the empty seat beside you.
"Come sit."
Law stared.
You stared right back with wide, adorable doe eyes.
...
Damn it.
The crew stared at both of you.
This was a trap.
An obvious trap.
A stupid trap.
And yet somehow he found himself standing anyway. The moment he sat down, you leaned against him.
Immediately.
No hesitation.
No warning.
One second there was space between you. The next your shoulder was pressed against his side.
Law's entire body locked.
Warm.
That was the first thing he noticed.
The second was your shampoo.
The third was the horrifying realization that you fit against his side as though you'd always belonged there.
You sighed contentedly and settled closer.
Apparently completely unaware that you had just shortened his lifespan by several years.
Around the table, grins started appearing.
Law glared.
Nobody looked even remotely intimidated.
"Captain?"
Penguin's voice carried far too much amusement.
"What."
"You okay?"
Law frowned.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
Penguin and Shachi exchanged a glance.
"You look uncomfortable."
Uncomfortable? Law looked down. You were practically asleep against his shoulder.
Actually....
You looked comfortable. Very comfortable. A strange sense of satisfaction settled somewhere in his chest.
Before he could stop it, Shachi stood.
"I can take them."
"No."
The answer came instantly. The crew and Law blinked. That had come out significantly more aggressive than intended.
"I mean," he corrected, clearing his throat. "They're fine."
You responded by wrapping an arm around his, like you were proving his point.
Without opening your eyes, your fingers found the front of his coat, bunching the fabric in your fist before you let out a quiet, content little sigh.
Law forgot how breathing worked.
Across the room, Bepo nearly walked into a chair.
Traitor.
Absolute traitor.
When the bear finally returned with drinks, he looked entirely too pleased with himself.
"Want me to take my spot back?"
"No."
Again. Immediate. Instinctive.
Law didn't even think before answering. The smile Bepo gave him afterward was insufferable.
The worst part was that he couldn't take it back. Because by now you were half asleep. Your head rested against his shoulder. One hand loosely gripping the sleeve of his coat.
Your thumb absentmindedly rubbed back and forth against the fabric, as though making sure he was still there.
You never opened your eyes. You didn't have to. You trust him, are comfortable with him.
The idea of moving you suddenly felt ridiculous.
Every now and then you'd mumble something unintelligible and burrow closer. Each time it happened, Law's heart did something profoundly annoying.
Eventually, the crew began heading back toward the Polar Tang. Law carefully stood, making sure not to jostle you awake.
You stirred anyway.
"...Law?"
His name, spoken so softly and without a hint of hesitation, nearly stopped him in his tracks.
"We're heading back," he said quietly. "Think you can walk?"
You blinked up at him, clearly trying to process the question.
"...Mhm."
You took exactly three steps before slowing to a stop.
Law looked over his shoulder.
You were standing there staring at him with sleepy, unfocused eyes.
"...Law?"
"What."
"...Can you carry me?"
...
Damn it.
He knew he should say no. He knew everyone was watching. He knew Penguin was already trying, and failing, not to laugh. He knew Bepo looked far too pleased with himself.
None of that mattered.
With a quiet sigh that fooled absolutely no one, Law stepped back toward you.
"Come here."
The smile that spread across your face was small and sleepy.
You leaned into him without a second thought as he slipped one arm beneath your knees and the other around your back.
"Comfortable?" he asked before he could stop himself.
You nodded immediately, curling against his chest. Tucking your face against the crook of his neck with a sleepy sigh, as if you'd done it a hundred times before.
"...Very."
Law looked away before anyone could see the faint color creeping into his ears.
Behind him, the crew had gone unusually quiet.
Then...
"Ten thousand berries says they're together before the end of the month," Penguin whispered.
"You're on," Shachi whispered back.
Bepo simply smiled.
He'd never seen his captain hold someone so carefully or look quite so content while pretending he wasn't.
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𑣲 a/n- dedicated to my beautiful @mlemiie . happy birthday, my sweet girl! may lucci appear in your room and treat you like the princess you are<3 go wish her a happy birthday and support her! mlem's writing is the best and i took heavy inspo from her for this fic ♡ ૮₍ °´ ˘ ` ° ₎ა
Birthdays.
Love or hate it, it'll come.
By the age of ten, you've learned to really not care about it. Being in Cipher Pol 0, you've completely forgotten about it. It's marked on your calendar but you paid no mind.
It's just another day, except you're a year older. What's so special?
That is the mindset you have had for so long.
That is, until your husband noticed the mark while you were out on an excursion.
Now Lucci wasn't the romantic type but he sure was observant. The time you and the agent have been together, at least three of your birthdays went uncelebrated and have passed without his knowledge. In hindsight, he should've known something was up with the way you'd celebrate his and others' birthdays but yours.
You returned home to a quiet house. Now Lucci was quiet but this level was bone-chilling.
"Lucci baby?" You called out, slowly removing your shoes. No answer. You walked further in until Lucci emerged with a bouquet of pink and white peonies.
Your favorite. You mentioned it exactly once in passing and he remembered.
"Lucci! What is this for?" You took the flowers in shock and he pressed a kiss to your temple.
"It's your birthday today and you had not mentioned it once. What is the reason?" He looked down at you and noticed a tinge of sadness in your eyes. Lucci knew that look and decided not to push for now. With a gentle hand on the small of your back, Lucci guided you to the dinner room where a warm dinner was awaiting.
"Lucci baby, you didn't have to do all this..." You set the bouquet down gently into a water-filled vase. Lucci pushed your chair in and sat across from you. "Don't be ridiculous. I noticed you love to celebrate others' but not your own." His words are met with silence for a long moment. Lucci observed you as you stared at your food. "I didn't think a day like this didn't matter...especially for me." You quietly admitted.
Lucci's eyes hardened. So this was why you were so hard stuck on not celebrating.
"You believe you are not worth celebrating, yet you celebrate others." Lucci spoke as if it were facts. You nodded.
"What makes my birthday or Kaku's any different from yours?" He crossed his arms, watching your face contort from sadness to shock. Lucci knew he hit the nail on the head as he saw you trying to come up with a retort.
When you failed, a condescending smirk crossed his face.
"You're enjoying watching me suffer, aren't you?" You picked at your food and took a small bite and it was far more delicious than you expected.
"You just make it easy." Lucci answered lightheartedly despite his cold demeanor. "You don't give yourself enough credit, my [name]. This day is all about you. Let me treat you as you treat me." He reached a hand out to yours, holding it gently.
The same hands used to kill without mercy, holding you with an uncharacteristic gentleness.
You smiled and Lucci's eyes softened.
"Of course."
"That's my girl." He gave you a firm squeeze before returning to his own dinner.
While you two ate dinner, you talked about your mission.
"Then the bastard has the audacity to hold me for ransom. He didn't even use Sea-Prism cuffs. They were so flimsy and pathetic I almost felt bad and wanted to let him go." You spoke with such bright energy, contrast from just moments ago. Lucci listened intently, feeling an odd sense of pride as you spoke about your recent excursion.
"So I do not have to scout out this man for hurting what is mine?" Lucci's voice was low. If you listen closely, you can hear a growling in the undertone. His possessive attitude made you feel a bit warm. "No! Of course not! I dealt with him. It's okay." You frantically shook your head but the thought of Lucci getting territorial with you made your core quiver a bit, especially with the way her purred, 'mine'. Lucci saw you getting antsy in your seat and decided to wrap up dinner.
"Darling, do me a favor and close your eyes. And do not open them." Confused, you listened and Lucci stood up. You tried peeking and he snapped his head to your direction. "Listen." Was all he said, sending a shiver down your spine. He placed a small cake in front of you and lit the candle.
"Open."
You saw the small cake and gasped. "Lucci baby!" He kissed the top of your head and whispered against your hair, "Happy birthday, my doll. Make a wish." You blew the candle out and took the first bite. It was a strawberry shortcake. You felt tears well up.
"Is it not to your liking?" Lucci saw the tears threatening to spill. "No! I mean it's perfect. I didn't thinkー" "Think I'd remember?"
In the years you've been with Lucci, you never thought he'd be the kind of husband to really observe his wife.
"This means so much to me. Thank you, Lucci." You stood up and tiptoed, kissing him, to which he reciprocated. Lucci guided you upstairs to your shared bedroom.
Opening the door, you were awestruck.
Low lights, candles lighting the bedside, peony petals scattered, leading a path to the bed. On it were petals in a heart-shape surrounding bags of gifts.
"When did you..." Your voice trailed off as you saw the extravagant clothes and heels Lucci had bought for you.
"You were eyeing them after our last mission together. You're not very shy when it comes to luxurious items." He approached you from behind, kissing your hair.
"Lucci, I can't thank you enough, my love." You hugged Lucci, kissing him all over his face. His hands began roaming your body, reciprocating your kisses. One hand moved behind to move the gifts to the floor while the other cradled your head. His hands slowly stripped you of your uniform, one layer at a time.
"So beautiful." Lucci whispered between each kiss. He threw your top haphazardly while still working you up.
"Lucci..." You sighed softly. The agent hardly had to do anything to grow your arousal. "Shh...let me worship you." Lucci pushed you down onto the bed. He removed his own clothing, the two of you in just your undergarments.
Lucci took his sweet time with you, feeling every curve, every scar. Your body was like a map and his lips explored every landmark; your cheeks, lips, your neck, shoulders, his slow and intimate movements made you squirm with need.
"Relax. You'll get what you want, doll. Be good for me." He hushed your whimpers with a kiss. "Yes, sir..." You smiled up at the older man and he was satisfied with your reply. "Good girl." Lucci continued his ministries, leaving small bite marks along your clavicle. His hand traced your back and effortlessly unhooked your bra. You tried to move up to help him remove it, which was met with a gentle shove. "Don't move a single muscle. This night is for you, my doll." Lucci placed your bra to the side and cupped your breasts, earning a sharp gasp from you.
"Such beautiful breasts for me to ruin..." His mouth latched to your nipple, a hand one tweaking with the other. Your thighs clenched as you grew wet. Your hand found his shoulders, holding onto him, using him as an anchor.
Lucci slowly pulled away, watching a string of saliva connecting his lips with your nipple break. The look on your face was utterly beautiful and ruined already. He let out a low chuckle as his hand traced your body slowly, moving down your waist. His thumb traced your thighs, urging you to open up.
You wordlessly obeyed, slowly opening your legs and you were drenched just with the ministrations of his mouth. Lucci felt an animalistic urge to rip off your panties but he restrained himself for now. His hands were gentle on your thighs. Lucci stroked up and down, occasionally spanking you and watching you squirm with need. He pulled you closer to the edge of the bed.
"Look at you..." He leaned down, breath ghosting against your damp panties and you shivered.
"...Already so wet. So pathetic." Lucci teased. He traced a single finger along your labia, giving your clit a little flick as if he were testing the waters.
"Ngh-!" You whined, needing more. Lucci marveled in your desperation. A low chuckle rumbled from his chest. "So desperate." He slid your panties off, watching the string of arousal break. He tossed it to the side and gave your inner thighs a kiss. Lucci's lips trailed down to your clit, giving it an experimental suck.
"Fu-fuck!" You pulled onto his hair. Lucci's fingers spread your pussy wide enough to see the arousal that had accumulated up until now.
"So beautiful, so delicious...all for me to devour." His lips latched onto your clit with his middle and ring fingers entering your pussy slowly. Lucci's fingers were precise just like his attacks. It pressed onto your spongey spot that made your head spin. His mouth and fingers brought you closer to your high faster than you could comprehend.
"Close, Lucci. I'm so close-fuck!" Your cunt clenched tightly around his fingers and he knew how close you were. "Not yet, doll. Be good for me." His fingers slowed, dragging against your walls.
Lucci didn't want the high to come and go so soon. He slowed his pace and it was painful. So close yet so far to your orgasm. Your hand tangled in his hair, the other clutching onto your breast.
His tongue flicked directly on your clit and you jumped with every contact. You cried with every ministry and pressed his fingers, "Please let me comeー!" You hiccuped with every cry. Tears of pleasure pricked your eyes as Lucci edged you on. You lifted your hips, pushing his face closer to your cunt. He pulled away for a moment, leaving you high and dry.
"Just because it's your birthday, doesn't exempt you from acting out does it, doll?"
"N-no sir..." He went back down and slapped your cunt, making you jump. "That's my girl." Lucci continued to ravage your pussy, sucking your clit aggressively now, his fingers' pace were heavy. He felt you clenching again, signifying you were close to your orgasm.
"Lucci baby, please...please let me come!" You cried and held onto his hair. With a firm suction on your clitoris and a heavy pace, Lucci pulled away just a centimeter and looked up at you, "Go on then. Make a mess on me, my slutty doll." His fingers made a "come hither" motion, pressing firmly on your G-spot while his tongue skillfully swirled around your clit.
You tightened your grip on his hair, "Co-coming!!" Your back arched off the bed while splatters of your juices stained his lower face and beard. Lucci rode out your orgasm with his fingers. The sound of his heavy breathing and your moans of ecstasy filled the grand room.
Lucci lifted his head and you made eye contact with him. You cupped his cheek as he watched your chest rise and fall deeply after your high. He moved up to hover above you. Lucci cups your cheek. "Open." Is all he said and you obeyed. He spat in your mouth, tasting a mix of his saliva and your release. "That's my good little bunny." Lucci kicked off his boxers, his hardened cock slapping against his abdomen. His tip was angry red and leaking pre-cum.
"It's been too fucking long since I've had you like this, doll." Lucci's voice was gravelly, an undertone of desperation present in his voice. "Miss having you like this, Lucci my love. All crazed up and ruining me." You smiled dumbly up at him. He leaned his face closer to yours, stroking his cock. "Keep talking like that, maybe you need a reminder to behave, my bunny?" His long hair graced your face and you wrapped your arms around his neck.
"Maybe you do need to remind me, sir." He chuckled lowly, "Of course I do, doll. Now relax." Lucci slapped his cock on your clit a few times, making you jump. He slowly pushed his tip in and you whimpered at the stretch.
"Fuck- relax doll." His thumb caught your oversensitive clit, giving it firm strokes with each inch that entered you. "Lucciー! Too much, please, it-" "Shh...I'll take care of you, darling." He kissed your lips and bottomed out, a prominent bulge forming on your tummy. You pulled away and bit down on Lucci's shoulder, making him hiss.
"It reallyーhahー has been so long. So fucking tight f'me, bunny." Lucci groaned in your ear. He gave you a moment to adjust to his size. "Is everything as it should be, doll?" You nodded and pulled away. Teary-eyed, you replied shakily, "Yes, it's just been awhile but you can move now." You smiled, giving Lucci the green light. Lucci slowly moved back, the thrusted in. Your grip on him tightened. His pace was slow and heavy, opposed to his fast and animalistic style he usually opts for.
"Soーnghーgood! Right there, Lucci baby...!" You sang in pleasure as Lucci held onto you as he fucked you deliciously. "So fucking slutty..so fucking good for me. Is that right, bunny? You always take me cock well no matter how longーhah-it's been." His face was so close to yours. He saw the tears building up and licked the stray tears that escaped.
"Say it. You're my good little bunny." Lucci spoke in your ear, making your cunt clench. "I'm your...good bunny." Lucci's pace grew heavier. His balls slapped against your ass, adding to the sensual noises that filled your shared room. Lucci pushed your hands above your head and held them in one, his other hand cupping your cheek, wiping away any tears.
"You're so debauched and beautiful, my doll. Crying from pleasure. Can't get enough of you." His words sent a shock to your pussy. He watched the endless tears roll down the apples of your cheek and accumulate on your jaw.
"That's it, take it. Doing so well for me, bunny." He whispered sensually. "You look so pretty when you cry. All for me. Don't care about being selfish, you're all for me only."
Despite Lucci's cold, violent demeanor, he was being so gentle and tame for you. You could feel the love, devotion, almost obsession for you. You haven't felt this loved and appreciated in so long, especially on your birthday. Each thrust knocked the wind out of your stomach. Lucci watched your eyebrows knit tightly and the tears fell.
His thrusts stopped. He knew these weren't just tears of pleasure but something else, almost sadness. With the way you hiccuped and sobbed, Lucci knew this wasn't what he was used to during intimate moments like this.
"Doll?"
"No! Keep..keep going! It felt good, baby!" You lifted your hips but he stopped your advances.
"No. I will not continue if you are hurting." Lucci's thumb traced your cheek. "Baby, I...I promise I'm okay. It felt so good with the way you're treating me, I just got overwhelmed." You sniffled. Listening to your reasoning, Lucci caught your lips into his. His thrusts were shallow, waiting for you to let him know he can continue. "I'm not hurting, I promise. Everything feels so good, everything you've done for me, baby." You didn't stop the tears of pleasure as it rolled down your cheeks.
"Please, I need you, my love." You begged him to move again and he obliged. "If you are sure, then allow me toー"
A heavy thrust
"-continue and ruin you."
Your cries contorted back into moans of pleasure. Lucci nibbled and bit against your neck. He left dark purple bruises sure to stay for days, marking you as his. With each drag of his cock, you felt the individual veins rub against your walls, further stimulating your oversensitive pussy.
"You always find a way to soften my heart, doll." Lucci growled against your neck as his thrusts grew erratic.
Lucci's mouth found your tits again, swirling his tongue around your nipple, enhancing the stimulation. "These breasts...need to see them swell with milk as I stuff you full of my offspring. You'd like that, don't you sweetheart?" He licked your ear and bit the tip. "Ye-yes! Please fuck me full of you!" You scratched and left angry red lines down his toned back.
His pace grew sloppy. Your cunt clenched tightly around his cock.
"Fuck...gonna fill you to the brim. Breed you. Make you mine all over again." Lucci's hips stuttered. "Hah-fuck! Lu-Lucci! Comeーhnnー with me!" You begged your husband and he kissed you desperately as you both climaxed together. Lucci's hips stilled against yours, stuttering occasionally as he filled you with his seed. He swallowed your moans as he felt your cunt pulse wildly around his cock. Lucci pulled away and saw your lower tummy swell with his cock.
He lied down behind you to hold you close to his chest, still buried within you. Your breathing was heavy while he peppered your shoulders with kisses. "Is everything as it should be, doll?" He quietly asked and you nodded. Your fingers intertwined with his as it rested on your belly which was distented by his cock.
You two lied peacefully for a moment, basking in each other's warmth. Without warning, Lucci's hand lifted your thigh and he moved his hips again. His pace was unrelenting as it slapped against your ass.
Barely coming down from your high, you cried out, "I can’tーplease- I can’t!"
"You can. You're always so good for me." Lucci growled against your ear. "You're so easy to please. Always mold into me. You belong to me." He pulled you impossibly closer as he felt his cock twitch inside you. Lucci's words made your cunt flutter, pulling you to your high.
"Fuck-! 'm coming, Lucci!" With one last thrust, he stilled against your ass, filling you up to the brim with his release and softly groaning. Your belly was full of him and his cum.
Lucci pressed down and gave a small thrust, making you buck uncontrollably. "Fuck! 'm still sensiーLucci, no!" He pressed deeper onto your bulge and thrusted deeply. Suddenly, you squirted all over his cock and he slowly pulled out.
"Look at the mess you've made, sweetheart. Such a dirty bunny.." He swiped the cum that slipped out of your pussy and shoved it back in. You cried out, gripping the sheet, "Too-too much!" Lucci looked down at you and chuckled softly. "Shh, it's okay. It's over, doll." Lucci cooed.
He gently lifted you to the bathroom. He ran a warm bath and sank in with you.
"Does anything hurt?"
"Just a little sore around my legs." He nodded and massaged your inner thighs under the water. Lucci used your strawberry-scented shampoo, working it into your hair while kissing your shoulders. The sweet smell and soft breaths soothed your aching muscles.
"I'll be back, doll." He stepped out of the bath and dried himself off. Lucci returned after changing the soaked bedsheets and gently dried you off and put you in fresh clothes.
You lay in his arms, tracing each vein and his defined muscles on his chest. "This wasn't the birthday I was expecting, I appreciate it, baby." You whispered softly.
"Were you expecting anything at all?" You shook your head. "I stopped expecting anything. I haven't celebrated my birthday for who knows how long." Lucci listened to your explanation. "Everyone was always so busy, so I stopped caring. Not to sound like 'woe-is-me' but that's how I've grown used to it."
"I'll be here for every celebration." Was all he said. Lucci was not a man of comforting and loving words- only actions. You smiled and your eyes fluttered shut.
"Thank you, Lucci. I love you."
Lucci pressed his lips to the top of your head and held you close.
—ROB LUCCI is a man of few emotions. The very few that have become second nature are sadism and bloodlust. However, affection of any kind was unaccounted for. Worst of all, he could not stop it and, for a time, he hated that.
He hated how he craved those feelings.
Still, much as his mind yelled at him to stop staring at the owner of the café he's become a regular at, he refused to listen. His eyes, usually devoid of emotion, glazed with... something whenever they fell on her. It was odd for the man.
He hadn't spoken to her once (though Hattori solved that problem rather easily), and he never lingered long enough to engage in conversation, much less make eye contact that lasted longer than fifteen seconds and that's being generous.
He had a simple routine. Leave Galley-La during break hours, go to her café, order the usual, and sit at the usual spot all the way in the back. No conversation, no eye contact, just his presence. Every day like clockwork. He was fairly certain Kaku might have picked up on his... habit, though he cared little for it. It was supposed to be nothing after all.
But then, that routine was disrupted one day. Not in the way one would expect, no. He still visited the café and did the usual, but something changed.
After another full day's work, instead of going home, he went to the café. And he waited. He waited until closing time, when she came out and was, understandably, startled by his eerily quiet presence.
“Oh! Mr. Lucci!”
He cut to the chase.
“May I walk you home?” he inquired through Hattori.
It had caught her off-guard. This was the same stoic Galley-La employee who barely took a second of his day to acknowledge her outside of ordering the usual. The very same man now stood there nonchalantly, hands in his pockets, gaze averted, and asking if he could walk her home.
He was an enigma, that much was certain—but that did not stop her from allowing him to accompany her.
The walk was awkward at first. Painfully so. However, despite the complete silence, the mood seemed to lighten as if he got more comfortable as the journey went on. Eventually, it became comfortable silence until she reached home. It was then that, for the first time since his two years on Water 7, he learned to interact with someone beyond the bounds of professional silence.
He watched her open the fence to her front yard as she walked to her door. Before she reached the porch, she turned around, smiling with more than mandatory politeness, and waved at him.
“Thank you for accompanying me, Mr. Lucci. Have a pleasant evening.”
At that very moment, he knew it was far too late to flee.
So, like any fool in his emotions, he acted. His visits remained constant and now so did the walks. It started off as something inconsistent. However, Lucci being Lucci, it quickly became a part of his routine. He didn't want to name it anything. It wasn't supposed to be anything.
Though, he wasn't fooling anyone with that thought.
Things progressed, and eventually he found himself living in her peaceful home, experiencing the mundane and—worst of all—the domestic.
He didn't hate it.
That was the worst of it.
And so it remained for the coming three years until the Straw Hats arrived and ruined his perfect little, if temporary, life on Water 7. Nevertheless, he got what he was sent to retrieve and captured Nico Robin.
However, a victory that felt deeply gratifying moments ago now felt hollow. He had to watch her witness him turn to the monster he is known as. He had to watch the same beautiful eyes that once stared into his with warm admiration be filled with shock and a type of fear he had seen on so many before her.
And yet it felt wrong.
So terribly wrong.
He didn't like it. No.
“Rob...?”
His ear twitched. Why did she sound like that? That wasn't how her voice sounded when she saw him. She wasn't supposed to—
“Lucci! Come on!”
Water 7 became history. The life he led there was over and his mission was complete. There was nothing to miss nor was there anything to return to. After all, it's what he'd been waiting for the entire time, no? To get out of Water 7 as soon as possible and return to Cipher Pol.
For a long time, that is what his mind whispered to him deep in the night when he tread the realm of unconsciousness. He stopped one day.
He was no fool nor had he plans of becoming one. Certainly not after a specific defeat.
Kaku noticed—the only one who was able to truly read Lucci in ways Kalifa and Blueno cannot. Kaku himself missed Water 7 dearly, even if he tried to (terribly) lie his way through the allegations.
Because of that, he recognised the certain hollow Lucci felt and inadvertently displayed, even if Lucci himself never really noticed unless he found himself spiralling a bit too far.
It did not change what he felt deep down.
That is why Lucci was so distraught when he located her in Dressrosa. A coincidence he was simultaneously grateful for and came to loathe with every passing second he realised that she resided in Doflamingo's territory.
Still. The mere sight of her lifted the ache of separation from his heart instantly. He froze when he saw her. He observed her as she lived the mundane, as she moved in the kitchen as if it was the bakery he had known in Water 7. Hattori grew mildly concerned at how still Lucci was until he snapped out of it.
He wanted to approach, but... other matters demanded his attention.
And so, reluctantly he removed his eyes from her and retreated into the shadows. However, he had made up his mind.
Their separation wouldn't be permanent. He could not allow it, and he knew precisely why.
No longer did he deny the reason why he lingered. Why he somehow found ways to infiltrate Dressrosa and simply observe.
Water 7 had changed him for better or for worse. In his eyes, she changed him for the worst in the best way possible. It was a change he willingly allowed after many futile attempts at resisting.
It was a change that showed in his office, a change that showed in photographs taken of her living the mundane. Photographs of her smiling, working, assisting the elderly, sitting in the park in peaceful silence. It was a change that had him staring at those photographs for hours, burning each image in his memory.
No. He could not—he would not be separate from her again.
And so, he watched. Even as he saw her turn and observe her surroundings anxiously at the feeling of eyes on her, unaware of who awaited her within the shadows.
a/n: rob lucci angst was lacking so I did it myself. I like making him specifically suffer.
I was wondering if you could write a little something where Lucci proposes to the reader? I'd love to see how he would do it.
The Only Answer
Ohhh this is delicious. Lucci proposing is not going to be the sunshine-and-roses kind of thing—he’s not the type for grand gestures or soft speeches. His “proposal” would be intense, quiet, possessive, and almost a little unnerving… but still deeply sincere in his own way.
Warnings: possessive behaviour
Word Count: 780~
Pairing: Rob Lucci x Reader
crossposted on AO3
The door opened without warning, like a blade sliding from its sheath. No knock, no greeting—just silence. You looked up from the chair where you’d been waiting, the half-read book still in your lap.
Rob Lucci stepped inside, as he always did, wordless and grave. His coat fell across his shoulders like a shadow, movements deliberate, controlled. You’d grown used to his presence filling the room before his body did, but tonight it felt different. Heavy.
He closed the door with a quiet click and didn’t move for a moment, simply stood there watching you. His eyes—green and sharp as a predator’s—didn’t flick away as they normally might. They stayed, unwavering, cutting through you as if weighing every breath you took.
The silence stretched.
“You’re early,” you said softly, voice breaking the hush.
He didn’t answer right away. His gloves came off with unhurried precision, fingers flexing once before his hands slid into his pockets. He moved forward, each step unhurried yet final, until he stood just in front of you.
“Something wrong?” you asked, cautious.
His gaze lowered, tracking the slope of your shoulders, the way you set the book aside. His silence was not unusual, but tonight it carried an edge—like a bowstring pulled taut. When he finally spoke, his voice was low, steady, and yet something under it trembled, a thread pulled too tight.
“You’re not leaving me.”
It wasn’t a question. It was a verdict.
You blinked, caught off guard. A laugh almost escaped you—half nervous, half incredulous. “I wasn’t planning to.”
That should have settled it, you thought. But his jaw tightened and his stare stayed fixed on you as though waiting for a different answer.
Then, without preamble, his hand withdrew from his coat pocket. A small, square box sat in his palm—plain, unpolished, as unceremonious as the man himself. He didn’t open it. Didn’t soften. He just set it on the table beside you with a sound far louder in the silence than it should have been.
“Then prove it.” His voice had dropped to something even quieter, almost dangerous. “Marry me.”
The words didn’t land like a romantic confession. They hit like an order, like the final word of a sentence he’d been turning over in his mind for too long. A demand for permanence, not decoration.
Your lips parted, but no sound came out at first. Slowly, you looked at the box. Not velvet, not extravagant—just practical. Heavy. Like him.
“Lucci…” You breathed his name, uncertain.
He leaned forward slightly, close enough for his shadow to spill over you, close enough for you to feel the coiled restraint in his body. “I don’t ask.” His tone sharpened, cutting through your hesitation. “Not for this. You say yes, or you’ll regret the other answer.”
It wasn’t a threat—not exactly. It was a confession, delivered in the only way he knew how. You had always known he was possessive. Always known that beneath his restraint was a violence that only you were allowed to touch. But now it burned in his words, stripped bare of pretense.
You reached for the box, lifting the lid with careful fingers. Inside was a ring—unadorned, no glittering stone, just a solid band of metal that gleamed in the dim light. A ring meant to last, to withstand, to endure. Just like him.
Silence fell again as you looked at it, at him, then back down. Your heart hammered, caught between fear and something deeper, something bone-deep that had rooted itself in you the day you first chose to stay by his side.
When your eyes rose to meet his again, the hunger there was unmasked. He wasn’t asking for an answer. He was claiming it.
“Yes,” you whispered.
It was enough.
The air shifted. The tension holding his shoulders rigid bled away in increments so small most people wouldn’t notice. But you did. You saw it in the way his chest eased, in the faint unclenching of his jaw, in the slow exhale he allowed himself.
He took your hand in his, large and calloused, his grip firm and unyielding as he slid the ring onto your finger. It was heavy, grounding, a band you could never mistake for anything delicate. His hand lingered over yours, thumb pressing against the ring, as if to seal it there.
When he finally leaned down, his lips pressed against yours with the kind of intensity that made your chest ache. No tenderness, no hesitation—just raw, consuming need.
“Good,” he murmured against your mouth, breath hot and unrelenting. “You’re mine. Always.”
And for a moment—dangerous, suffocating, and yet achingly real—you believed that was exactly what you wanted to be.
𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 ⠀﹒୨𝑒 nsfw, based on this ask
with a quiet huff, you rummaged through your clothes, after shuffling through hangers you’ve decided to pull out the whole wardrobe onto your bed and start from there instead of pulling outfit after outfit. the accumulated clothes flew around your room, discarded for not being good enough—not when you wanted to look your best for your on-deck crush.
you’ve been like that for a couple of minutes, wearing only a cute set of underwear while you looked through your clothes. it was a simple lacy set that always got you a boost of confidence, and today you wanted to see if sanji would like to have a drink with you after dinner. you hummed a soft tune as you pick a skirt from the pile on your bed and walked over to the mirror to check it out.
that’s when you hear the door open, the loud creek of wood startling you. “my lady, have you seen the—”
sanji stood there, paralyzed with his mouth open, almost slack-jawed and face beet-red. his visible eye was open with shock and the cigarette almost fell down to the floor. you could see his nostrils flare, you’ve known him enough to know that was a major nosebleed threatening to occur. the wheels were obviously turning inside his head, but the shock of walking in on you, seeing you in nothing but that lacy underwear that covered practically nothing must have him frozen in place.
you huffed and covered yourself with the nearest blanket, draping it over your chest and holding it to cover your bare ass too—you were still standing in front of the mirror, after all.
at this point, not a sound has came out of sanji, which was rare. the woman-loving cook seeing one of the crew girls’ naked and not even a screech of excitement? no, he just…turned. the door slammed behind him so hard it surprised you it didn’t come off its hinges.
“…sanji?” you asked, softly, trying to supress a smile.
“I AM THE WORST MAN ALIVE.” he screamed from the hallway. you laughed at his dramatic reaction. “I DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING, CHERI—ohmygod i saw everything.”
you were now laughing out loud, satisfied that he did actually react to seeing your body almost naked, and positively so. that had to mean something, right?
“IT’S NOT FUNNY, DON’T LAUGH.”
“it kind of is.” by that moment you were already dressed in the previously picked skirt and a tight top. his embarrassed whines fueled something in you that fed off his attention, they served as a nice background music as you finished getting ready.
you opened the door and found him down on his knees in front of you. one of your brows raised, interested in this whole situation. “i’m decent now, sanji.” if you forced your voice to sound smoother, it was something only you had to know.
and—okay, the way he looked up to you kind of turned you on, and his kneeled position didn’t help your situation. you couldn’t help but fall for that puppy-eyed look, how his thick eyebrows furrowed preoccupied and his lips pouted, a faint pink line staining his cupid’s bow. his visible eye roamed over your figure from below, and you noticed the moment it landed on the underskirt view of your panties. his face redened again, but this time he tried to hide it by lowering his head.
“i’m so sorry, my angel, it was unchivalrous of me to walk in on you without knocking.” you had to supress the excited eyeroll when you hear that pouty murmur.
“it’s fine, sanji.”
“no, it’s not fine, ma chér, please let me make it up to you.”
oh, well. your plan could finally become true after all.
“let me think about it…”
“hmm, fuck! there, sanji—ohmygod.”
electricity traveled from your belly through your legs, his skilled mouth worked with a blend of hunger and reverence between your quivering thighs—broad strokes along your wet slit turning into more precise, more hard circles around your swollen clit. his index and middle fingers held your folds open for him, between licks they even thrusted shallow into your hole, teasing you.
he was good, sososo good. it felt like he somehow knew your whole body; how fast, how hard, where to pay special attention.
his lips latched onto your clit and your hands automatically pulled at the blonde strands on his head. the low, long hum he produced vibrated against your pussy and sent even more fuzzy sensations to your core.
he separated for a second to look at you, and you almost cried when he did—you were so close. he laughs, wiping the mix of spit and juices from his redened lips. “mm, you like that, mon chéri?” your hips jerked at his words, a fresh wave of slickness coating your slit from the raspy accent of that beautiful man.