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[strawhattery]

Flight of the Flame Emperor

Sabo/Koby | Teen | 9,361 words

Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Canonverse, The Reverie, Alternative Escape from Pangea Castle, Spoilers through Chapter 1086 & Episode 1119 Enemies to Lovers, First Impressions, Pre-Relationship, Blood and Injury.

Koby hops back half a step, arms falling to his sides. “I don’t want to fight you!” he shouts, close enough now that Sabo can hear each word clearly. Sabo grins. There’s blood in his mouth—he can taste it on his teeth. “That’s too bad, Specs,” he says. “Cuz you’re not taking me alive.”

My contribution to Anomalous - A One Piece Rare Pair Bang!

[newttxt]

content warning: blood, surgical imagery, organs

(just putting this at the beginning bc it’s a bit more than my usual)

my october fanart for fanfic is from:

Hand of Salvation by @strawhattery

this is such a cool answer to the Who Will Pick Up Law? question!! this fic has got everything: law in a situation, law suffering, law mentally torturing himself, law yearning for knowledge, law considering a deal w/ the devil — the works!

it strikes an uncanny balance between the usual one piece fare and something… more foreboding…

(aaaaand please remember to leave comments and kudos for the author!)

[syrupfog]

Utilities Included written by @strawhattery illustrated by @newttxt

Mold in the shower, burns on the carpet, and nothing but hot sauce and pickles in the kitchen. Sanji doesn't know it yet, but the apartment he's moving into—and the alpha he's sharing it with—will change his life.

I've spent... about six month on this bind and I am beyond proud. I've been obsessed with this very specific sewn board binding style pioneered by Gary Frost; a hardcover book with a softcover spine. And after a year or so of begging, my coworker agreed to teach me.

Every time we got together she started her spiel with "Okay so he did this part in the weirdest way possible--"

Anyway. I'm so proud. I'm going to do it again and again and again (but I will remember my thimbles this time, because this book has a double endband which I sewed nearly a month ago and I'm still missing some feeling in my fingers).

I'm so happy that Bree and Quip allowed me to bind this fic for this experiment. I hope they know that as it sat on my work desk for the last six months, the number of comments I got about "you're binding your rental agreement??" was absurdly high. May they never know the truth. I'm not sure leaving printed fic lying around at work is the best decision.

[strawhattery]

Flight of the Flame Emperor

Sabo/Koby | Teen | 9,361 words

Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Canonverse, The Reverie, Alternative Escape from Pangea Castle, Spoilers through Chapter 1086 & Episode 1119 Enemies to Lovers, First Impressions, Pre-Relationship, Blood and Injury.

Koby hops back half a step, arms falling to his sides. “I don’t want to fight you!” he shouts, close enough now that Sabo can hear each word clearly. Sabo grins. There’s blood in his mouth—he can taste it on his teeth. “That’s too bad, Specs,” he says. “Cuz you’re not taking me alive.”

My contribution to Anomalous - A One Piece Rare Pair Bang!

[bunmellos]

i have confined the beast

[bunmellos]

ITSGETTING AWAY

[strawhattery]

just outlined my follow-up fic to meltdown on aisle 12 ☺️ more sakoboby inbound

[rocket-sith]

Reblog if you write fic and people can inbox you random-ass questions about your stories, itemized number lists be damned.

[strawhattery]

I have been so enamoured with Utilities Included that I wanted to thank you personally for writing a masterclass in characterisation (and smut)! The little details in it are so damn impressive. I think I've re-read this fic about five times in the span of two weeks now.

I've been mulling over a headcanon about a Zoro rut later on in their relationship. I have to ask: have you considered a side story with this mind? If so, what would that have looked like?

A thought I had, given he is attached to Sanji's scent, had Zoro less sexually driven during rut and more scent-driven.

omg this ask made my week 😭💕 thank you so much, and i'm so glad you've enjoyed utilities included!

i've considered a few side story/continuation scenarios for UI, but i only have the vaguest ideas of what i could write (most of which involve luffy or koby, actually) instead of real plans to do so.

i agree that scent would play a huge role in zoro's experiences in rut (as it would any alpha, really)! i also think an even BIGGER component for him would be the hormones. sanji's rut hormones overpowered his fears of being intimate with another alpha, which was a Huge deal for him. i fear zoro's would have him trying to bench press nami's car 😭

that being said, i think the chances of zoro missing his surpressants once he's in a relationship with sanji are... basically zero. sanji will always prefer to be clear-headed and in control, and i think it would bother him to know his partner isn't in that same headspace. left to his own devices, zoro is largely ambivalent about rut surpressants (and has missed many a dose pre-UI), but he knows that staying on top of them takes the edge off sanji's nerves, and he likes taking care of him in seemingly-small gestures like that.

i'm sure there will be times where, despite everyone's best intentions, he ends up missing a dose (sickness, flight delays, and other miseries). and for that, i would love to hear headcanons about what might happen! ☺️

[inapixelbloom]

Headcanon (outline, actually-- I am so sorry, this has been rattling in my brain for a while, so if this oversteps, I apologise):

Sanji comes home from Baratie and shopping. Zoro says he needs to “talk to him”, which freaks Sanji out a little (normally “we should talk” means “we’re breaking up”, which Zoro says is dumb). Zoro tells him he’s had a phone call with his doctor (Tony Chopper—Sanji thinks the name is overly suspicious): Zoro’s suppressants are being taken off the market. Turns out the manufacturer has been doing some shady shit, and they’re not up to the standards of the health community, or something along those lines. According to Chopper, suddenly swapping brands is ill-advised—he wants Zoro to undergo a rut before starting new suppressants. Sanji mulls over it for a moment—sure, it’s an opportunity to get back at Zoro for the “only one of us has taken a knot”, but Zoro seems genuinely hesitant about this. Zoro hasn’t shared his rut with anyone before—he's had a couple, but none with a partner. Zoro tells him that being with an alpha in rut isn’t like the bottoming issue they faced earlier in their relationship: it's... a little more complex as an alpha on the recieving end of a rut. Sanji says that he’s put up with Zoro’s shit for the last three years; he’s sure he can handle it. Zoro agrees, and says he’ll call Chopper for a follow-up to get his suppressant “issue” a timeline.

(He doesn’t do this very successfully.)

Convinced he had plenty of time, Nami sends Zoro (and by extension, Sanji) across country for an international social media meet-up. The first day goes fine, but Zoro comes down with a migraine the next day. Sanji’s nose feels “full”, and bleeds once every couple of hours. The next day, neither men have gotten better—Sanji tells the group chat he’s headed to a pharmacy for some advice since he can’t get his nose to stop popping blood vessels and Zoro is still laid out with some weird flu. He blames the country they’re in. When he walks into the pharmacy, he asks the nurse available for advice. She notes his BP is a little high—he’s sent home with some paracetamol for Zoro and a blood pressure monitor for him to use when his nose bleeds again, and if it spikes too high, call a doctor. Concerned, Robin and Franky drop in to check on them. Upon entering, Franky sputters, and Robin delicately asks if Sanji is rutting. Sanji’s not, but realises that Zoro might be. Zoro is in pre-rut, which has been sending Sanji’s blood pressure high whenever he leaves Zoro alone—every time he’s gone to go cook, leaving Zoro alone in bed, his nose starts up again.

And so begins problem-solving. Zoro’s only pre-rut, and as it started only three days ago (going by Sanji’s nosebleeds), they may not have much time--though one wouldn't easily tell, given how little Zoro cares about Franky, and Sanji, being in close proximity (with the added bonus of Robin being around). They can’t exactly extend their stay in this hotel. Sanji isn’t keen on letting Zoro onto a plane, pre-rut or not. And taking a train home seems ill-advised, too. Zoro says he can just find a centre, but Sanji admits he doesn’t want him to, preferring Zoro be as comfortable as possible. Robin suggests driving them—and there’s nothing Sanji would hate more than dealing with Zoro slobbering all over him in the backseat of Robin’s car, assuming Zoro would even allow Franky within five feet of him by that point. But Franky builds on this idea and has a perfect solution: he’s always wanted to buy a caravan for road-tripping. They can buy one here, and Zoro and Sanji can (literally) ride out Zoro’s rut in the caravan, while Franky and Robin drive. It’s not ideal, and Sanji attempts to debate the legalities of it, which Franky brushes off. It’ll also mean it’ll take a couple days to get home, as opposed to the handful of hours it would’ve taken by plane, but when they park, Robin and Franky can book a motel room and just plug in the caravan so Sanji and Zoro have power for the night. Perfectly isolated, but still on their way home. “That’s… not a terrible idea.” With the issue settled, Franky orders them to pack their things, and that they’ll head out early in the morning.

It's a struggle to get the lethargic Zoro up and about, and into Franky’s new caravan--for the first time since his pre-rut started, he finally growled at Sanji, but reluctantly left the hotel with enough prodding. It’s surprisingly spacious and has most amenities: a small bathroom, shower, kitchenette, and most importantly, a queen bed behind a door. Sanji’s relieved to know his dignity will remain intact when he dumps Zoro onto the bed. Robin provides him with the necessary “supplies” (lube, cigarettes, snacks, water--"marry me") and tells Sanji to keep them updated over the phone. Sanji, a little awkward about the topic, asks her if she’s gone through something like a rut with Franky. She has, and Sanji asks if Zoro’s behaviour is normal—Sanji only has his own rut to compare it to, and he remembers being tightly wound at work and around others. Zoro’s lethargy and general lack of interest in anything seems out of the ordinary for alpha ruts. Robin tells him not to overthink it, and that no two ruts are the same. But if he’s worried, call Chopper. When he gets back into the bedroom and sits at the head of the bed, Zoro wraps himself around Sanji.

Day 1: The hours pass on the road, and Zoro gets increasingly clingy. He is distinctly not aroused, which Sanji finds odd, but he’s been refused permission to leave the bed. Zoro’s taken to laying on top of Sanji (preciously mundane) with Sanji’s legs hooked over his thighs (a little blue-balling with the bumps in the road). And then the really weird thing starts: Zoro becomes unsettled and complains Sanji’s smell isn’t “strong enough”, which Sanji attributes to theirs being in a caravan, and not their apartment. Zoro suggests he could sleep under Sanji’s arm—Sanji is mortified by the idea of Zoro breathing in his armpit. So Zoro reluctantly crawls down the bed and puts one of Sanji’s legs on his shoulder, attempting to nap with Sanji’s cock in his face. He’s amused that Sanji finds this preferable to his armpit, and Sanji informs him that he has some standards. When scentl is not enough, he gives Sanji a surprisingly lazy blowjob. Confused and concerned by this lacklustre rut when Zoro attempts to nap, Sanji gives in and calls the ominous Dr Chopper. When Sanji asks Chopper about Zoro’s behaviour, Chopper explains it’s more likely the rut will last a couple of days, and his body is conserving energy—it doesn’t help he’s not at home, but his clingy behaviour and lack of sexual drive is normal and it will increase over time. Zoro still complains of a headache, and Chopper says the paracetamol will have to do for now. If it continues after three days, call him again. Chopper sounds like a little boy--Zoro assures him he's not taking medical advice from a child.

Day 2: Oh hey. Zoro's sex drive is back.

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and, uh... yeh. that's where I got to. It's a scenario that's been in my brain for a week.

(Happy to delete)

[strawhattery]

OHH this was such a joy to read!! i absolutely see the vision here, and there is just the right amount of these two sincerely caring for each other AND general silliness that really captures the essence (i believe) of utilities included 🥹 i love it so SO much—thank you for sharing!!

i can't express how COOL it is to think this was inspired by something i wrote! it can be hard to gauge as a writer how well your stories resonate with others, and i feel like i just received the MOST special validation for my writing (especially since you REALLY captured so much of what i tried to emphasize in UI, even in an outline form!), and i can't tell you how much i appreciate that!

[strawhattery]

I have been so enamoured with Utilities Included that I wanted to thank you personally for writing a masterclass in characterisation (and smut)! The little details in it are so damn impressive. I think I've re-read this fic about five times in the span of two weeks now.

I've been mulling over a headcanon about a Zoro rut later on in their relationship. I have to ask: have you considered a side story with this mind? If so, what would that have looked like?

A thought I had, given he is attached to Sanji's scent, had Zoro less sexually driven during rut and more scent-driven.

omg this ask made my week 😭💕 thank you so much, and i'm so glad you've enjoyed utilities included!

i've considered a few side story/continuation scenarios for UI, but i only have the vaguest ideas of what i could write (most of which involve luffy or koby, actually) instead of real plans to do so.

i agree that scent would play a huge role in zoro's experiences in rut (as it would any alpha, really)! i also think an even BIGGER component for him would be the hormones. sanji's rut hormones overpowered his fears of being intimate with another alpha, which was a Huge deal for him. i fear zoro's would have him trying to bench press nami's car 😭

that being said, i think the chances of zoro missing his surpressants once he's in a relationship with sanji are... basically zero. sanji will always prefer to be clear-headed and in control, and i think it would bother him to know his partner isn't in that same headspace. left to his own devices, zoro is largely ambivalent about rut surpressants (and has missed many a dose pre-UI), but he knows that staying on top of them takes the edge off sanji's nerves, and he likes taking care of him in seemingly-small gestures like that.

i'm sure there will be times where, despite everyone's best intentions, he ends up missing a dose (sickness, flight delays, and other miseries). and for that, i would love to hear headcanons about what might happen! ☺️

[newttxt]

more goofy-silly sabokoby ☺️

[newttxt]

i cant stop thinking about “fox and the hound” sabokoby

[annelith]

Sanji Week: Day 4 ~ Bonds

I’m on time for Sanji’s birthday but extremely late for he prompts of his week. I’m ashamed, and I’m sorry. I tried.

Happy birthday Sanji!

Also on X

[strawhattery]

Meltdown on Aisle 12

Sabo/Koby | Teen | 6,937 words

Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Coby/Sabo (One Piece), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Past Coby/Grus, Character's Name Spelled as Koby (One Piece), Starting Over, Pre-Relationship, Hopeful Ending

Ten days after uprooting his life and moving across the country for his boyfriend, Koby finds himself single, homesick, and face-to-face with his first love.

[strawhattery]

i should be working right now but instead i wrote out my primer for the sabo/koby agenda. the story linked above explores some of these elements, and i invite anyone to add to or use any of these ideas as they see fit ☺️

revolutionary vs. marine (enemies to allies to lovers dynamic my beloved)

sabo as dragon's protégé, koby as garp's—inheriting their mentors' wills, grudges, values, and prejudices 🙃

the romeo and juliet of it all?? a forbidden romance they have to hide from their peers...

koby as a member of SWORD, potentially having to ally briefly with revolutionaries (or INFILTRATE THEM??)

sabo, furious at koby for being involved in any way with marineford while ALSO deeply indebted to koby for stepping in when he did and helping luffy escape

koby coming to recognize that luffy is who he is in part because he had sabo in his life. seeing their similarities first then realizing all the ways they're different

sabo calling koby, "specs" 🥰

sabo torn up because he's Catching Feelings for his little brother's friend????

the two of them sharing values but disagreeing about how to pursue those values; koby determined to work within an existing (flawed) system and sabo determined to burn it all down

that couple whose idea of Date Night is watching documentaries & engaging in a good faith debate about the subject

finding ways to sneak each other encrypted messages via transponder snail to arrange meet ups

both of them deciding to get close to each other "for information" until it becomes something More

bandaging each other's wounds with their accessories (sabo's cravat, koby's headband). then keeping it on them as a good luck charm? 🫣

meeting on the battlefield and looking like they're fighting when really they're just redirecting each other's blows

koby being captured by the revolutionary army and sabo being assigned to watch him while he lays low post-reverie. or VICE VERSAAAA sabo being caught by SWORD?? koby and his soft heart on watch duty???

helmeppo and/or koala finding out about them and staging an intervention

the "my best friend's cool older brother, who i have a crush on" trope and all the hijinks it might contain 👀

just two rivals brought together by their love of the same guy (luffy—who is only bothered by what sabo/koby are up to when it interferes with HIS ability to hang out with them 😤)

[strawhattery]

20 questions for fic writers~

thanks to @mithrilwren for the tag! ☺️

how many works do you have on ao3?

i've got 17 as of today!

what's your total ao3 word count?

276,189 😳

what are your top five fics by kudos?

all that you were (haikyuu, sakuatsu)

your body, my home (haikyuu, sakuatsu)

you have tamed me (haikyuu, sakuatsu)

fall into you (haikyuu, sakuatsu)

Utilities Included (one piece, zosan)

what fandoms do you write for?

currently, i'm eyeballs deep in one piece fandom. but i would love to write more for haikyuu sometime soon, and i'm open to any other ideas that grab me too.

do you respond to comments? why or why not?

ideally, yes, but once i fall off the wagon of replying to comments on a specific fic, it's really hard to get back on. it's easier for me to reply to comments on my newer fics, especially if i've been on top of comments every day. but comments mean a lot to me, and i LOVE making new friends in AO3 comment sections, so i'm trying to strike a balance of commenting back without pressuring myself so much that it becomes a task i want to avoid, you know?

what's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

LMAO. a tender perennial (haikyuu, komori/sakusa with sakuatsu endgame) for sure. the central trope is hanahaki disease, which is a trope i have never liked much but i wanted to try my hand at writing Peak melodrama. i'm still very fond of it, and i actually wrote a second version of the fic using a different protag just for the writing practice, which is now chapter 2 of this fic. double the angst, double the fun.

what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

this is tough because i write a LOT of open endings. probably interlude: happiness (haikyuu, sakuatsu), which has an ending that includes couples rings?

do you get hate on fics?

not often. i don't think i've written anything that people have gotten invested in enough to hate, if that makes sense? like all of my stories are VERY low stakes--the vast majority are slice of life vignettes. most of the hate i have gotten has been about silly stuff like top/bottom dynamics, which i simply delete on sight.

do you write smut?

i love writing smut as a vehicle for exploring characterization and relationship dynamics! if the story calls for (or would be improved by) a smut scene, i'm absolutely writing it. i don't often write PWP though.

do you write crossovers?

my fanfiction.net origin story involves some VERY questionable yuyu hakusho/inuyasha crossovers, but i haven't really dipped my toes into crossover writing in a couple decades.

have you ever had a fic stolen?

yes, actually! a few years ago someone ripped all that you were and changed a few details to make it a bakudeku fic, which was a little odd since that fic is VERY intertwined with volleyball. it was taken down quickly though!

have you ever had a fic translated?

a few of them, yes! it's always a delight ☺️

have you ever cowritten a fic before?

i haven't, but i love collaborative creative processes, so i'd be open to exploring it in the future!

what's your all time favourite ship?

wangxian 😌

what's the wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

i have a sakuatsu royalty AU sitting on my hard drive that i think about daily. one day it WILL be written.

what are your writing strengths?

i love the concision of my writing and my ability to convey emotions and maintain a consistent tone throughout a scene or story. i also have a lot of fun writing dialogue--especially conversations between three or more people!

what are your writing weaknesses?

plots and pacing my enemies 😩 i've been practicing with beat sheets recently, which has really helped me translate my random thoughts into more coherent stories! i also have to actively remind myself to take time to describe certain scenes and character appearances because visual details are maybe the ones i personally gravitate to the least.

thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

i try to avoid it unless i know someone who can help me check it for accuracy, otherwise i'll just get in my head about it and eventually talk myself out of having it in there at all. in reading other fics, i'm fine with it if it suits the character and is executed in such a way that it doesn't become a distraction as i'm reading!

first fandom you wrote for?

yu yu hakusho.... many Many moons ago

favourite fic you've ever written?

lazarus, defiled (one piece, zosan). this fic pushed me out of my comfort zone in so many ways (it's a horror-romance with a nonlinear narrative AND a truly happy ending!) if i could ask everyone to read ONE story i've written, i'd choose this one. it means the world to me, and i get extremely excited when anyone talks to me about it because i feel like i could talk about it for YEARS.

i'm tagging @itsquip, @fruityumbrella, @carriecmoney, @beefcakelesbian, and @shichidikai if any of y'all would like to play (and anyone else who sees this and thinks it looks like fun!!) ☺️💕

[strawhattery]

Meltdown on Aisle 12

Sabo/Koby | Teen | 6,937 words

Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Coby/Sabo (One Piece), Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Past Coby/Grus, Character's Name Spelled as Koby (One Piece), Starting Over, Pre-Relationship, Hopeful Ending

Ten days after uprooting his life and moving across the country for his boyfriend, Koby finds himself single, homesick, and face-to-face with his first love.

[strawhattery]

unironically this might be the best review of a WIP i've ever gotten

[newttxt]

happy 1-year anniversary to @strawhattery’s zosan fic: utilities included!

i finally did it! i gathered all ten comics into a single pdf! but there are also 3 brand new ones! and some doodles! and my thumbnails!

you can download the pdf from my itch.io!

its pay what you want (aka free), but if you feel like tossing anything my way, it’ll go toward flying me out to visit bree again :)