#acclimating

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Too Hot For My Own Good 🥵

[shards-of-divinity]

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Acclimating by Shards-of-Divinity - Chapter Four

Eddie finds his entire hand intertwined with Venom, and it almost feels like a hand with fingers sinking through his own but better. This also calms you and your mind brightens. 

 

“Tasty brain chemicals for you, and this,”--Eddie waves his Venom-enveloped hand back and forth a bit-- “for me, huh?”

 

Yes. 

 

Eddie’s phone vibrates and Venom pulls it out of his pocket. He’s missed a text from Dan and then another from Anne asking if he wants to go to the new bar that opened up in the west side of town. 

 

Come on, Eddie. We should be more social. 

 

“Who are you and what have you done with my Symbiote,” Eddie laughs, clicking out a quick reply. “You can be more antisocial than me and that is pretty damn bad, V.”

 

You just said you wished for more companionship and your friends are offering what you want right now. Don’t be dumb , Eddie.

 

Eddie laughs, and pushes himself off the bench. “You just want to go because there’s food. I know your tricks by now.” 

[justira]

Acclimating - an asexual Luffy/aromantic Law fic

Featuring Law interacting with all the Strawhats, negotiation of boundaries, and Law being one (1) grumpy fucker.

Complete, 31.4K on AO3

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So Acclimating hit 1,000 kudos and I thought I’d link it again and give a small update on the series it’s part of (though Acclimating works as a complete story on its own). The sequel, Antipyretic, is much longer — over 75K so far and likely to hit 100K — and focuses on Law needing to repair his relationship with his crew after leaving them. It also features sign language, autistic Zoro, lots Law and Robin being morbid together and having long talks, and generally tons of interaction with both the Heart Pirates and the Strawhats aboard the Polar Tang. It also contains (no-cheating) Law/Zoro (if that is or isn’t your thing) as they work out their individual relationships with Luffy — with Luffy in absentia. The third part of the trilogy, Anodyne, will feature all three of Law, Luffy, and Zoro while respecting their individual identities and priorities.

And yes, all the titles are medical terms that start with ‘A’, and the series is titled Achromatic/A-Chromatic because (1) it features asexual and aromantic identities, both of which start with ‘A’ and have desaturated (achromatic) pride flags, as well as (2) autism, which I also have and which also starts with ‘A’, but (3) there is still a wide range of identities and experiences within all three of those — a chromatic rainbow of ‘A’ identities. So it’s both Achromatic and A-Chromatic =p

Anyway, yay for 1K kudos, thank you all SO much, thanks for all the amazing comments, and hoping to see you again soon!

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Excerpt from Chapter 2

Law shouldn't be surprised when Luffy deposits himself beside Law, limbs loose, looking up at the cloudy night sky.

"Hey Torao. If you have someone else's heart in your chest and you die, will they die too?"

Law frowns. "Yes."

"Good. Okay." Luffy turns to stare at him. "Take mine."

Law's head ticks back. "What."

"You were all ready to die on Dressrosa. I don't like that. So take my heart. That way, you'll want to stay alive." Luffy's eyes are burning into his, wide and black in the night.

Law wants to blink, or look away. Luffy is frowning at him, all will and seriousness. Law licks his lips before speaking. "Strawhat-ya, I'm not going to do that."

Luffy frowns harder, and suddenly his hands are on Law, on his shoulders, shoving him against the mast, and Luffy is up in his face, breath breaking hot against Law's skin. Law's hands jerk up to land on Luffy's wrists, about to pry Luffy off, but Luffy digs his fingers into Law's shoulders. "No, listen. We're allies. We're partners. You can't do this. I can worry about my crew, because they need me to protect them. But I can't worry about you." Luffy shakes him for emphasis. "I already did this with Robin—" did what? Law can't help thinking "—and now you're doing it and I don't like it. Robin's gonna be with me forever, because she's my crew. But you and I are going to split up one day and I can't be worrying about you all the time."

Law regards him silently, the pads of his fingers feeling hot where they're pressing into Luffy's wrists. He can feel Luffy's pulse there, pounding warm and hard. His heart, beating.

"You don't know what you're asking," Law says. His voice is steady; good.

Luffy shakes his head, shakes Law. "Yes I do," Luffy says, voice low and dangerous. And then Law loses the thread completely as Luffy climbs into his lap, straddling his thighs. Law's legs jerk, half an effort to dislodge the other captain, but Luffy distracts him by unbuttoning the top buttons of Law's shirt.

"Hey—" Law protests, only for Luffy to say, "Shut up. Listen to me." Law's shirt is half unbuttoned, Luffy is on his lap, and this is maybe the least turned on Law has ever been in his life. Luffy takes one of Law's hands, which had spasmed closed around Luffy's wrists, and determinedly pries the fingers apart. "Listen," Luffy repeats. "Look."

Luffy takes Law's hand and presses it against Luffy's chest, firm and insistent, over where Luffy's heart is beating. Luffy's palm is hot against the back of Law's hand, fingers slotting between Law's; Law can see his tattoos spelling D E A T H between Luffy's lighter knuckles. Then, Luffy raises his other hand, pushes apart Law's unbuttoned shirt and puts his hand over Law's heart, more gently, but still with a determined pressure behind it. Luffy's fingers splay against Law's skin. Law can feel the rough edges of Luffy's scar under his own hand, can feel his own heart beating rapidly against Luffy's palm.

Law pulls his gaze away from Luffy's chest to find that Luffy's eyes are closed, his head down.

"Yes," Luffy says, firm, decision in his voice.

"Strawhat-ya," Law begins, starting to tug his hand out from under Luffy's, but Luffy's head snaps up, eyes open and brows drawn together in a fierce frown. His hand over Law's tightens.

"I don't trust you," Luffy says. It sends something cold spiralling into Law's gut, but Luffy goes on, "I trust you to fight with me. I trust you to die for me. But I don't trust you to live," and Luffy hisses this last, sibilants sliding out and breaking harsh against Law's face. "I don't like that," Luffy says again. "So you're gonna live. For me or not for me, for anything, I don't care, but you're gonna live."

Law stares silently at him for a few moments, choking on his own breath. The air tastes sour in his throat, angry, furious. "Don't I get a say in this?" he snarls in Luffy's face.

"It's my heart. I can give it to you if I want." That heart is beating hard against Law's palm.

Law breathes, carefully, head pushed back against the hard wood of the mast. Anger boils in his chest, making his heart thud against Luffy's palm, because being angry is better than being terrified.

As if reading his mind, Luffy suddenly says, "Don't be scared." Law jerks, caught out. Luffy lets go of Law's hand, moves his other hand off Law's heart, and takes Law's face between his palms. Law is conscious of his stubble and sideburns against Luffy's hands. "Don't be scared. Cause I'm gonna be right there. That's how it's gonna work."

Law's thoughts are spiralling, and he thinks wildly that this is as close to crying as he's been since those desperate hours in Dressrosa. It hurts. He finds his hands clutching Luffy's shirt, to pull him closer or push him away, he can't tell. "Luffy, you can't do this," he scrapes out past gritted teeth.

Luffy stares intently at him. "Yes we can. You can. Do it."

Law had spent a decade planning to die. Luffy has no idea what he's asking.

Or maybe he does. Law blinks. Luffy's eyes are black in the starlight, boring into his own. And Law is abruptly convinced that yes, Luffy knows exactly what he's asking. That thought is far more terrifying than anything else that has happened tonight.

Luffy seems to sense some change in him, because he abruptly lets go of Law's face and gets out of his personal space, sitting back between Law's shins, arms crossed on his own knees. Law heaves in a breath, suddenly aware how long he'd been holding it.

Luffy blinks at him, once, twice, and suddenly grins. "Shishishi," he snickers, the white scimitar-edge of his smile sharp in the moonlight. "Come on," he urges, smiling, like it's that easy.

[thlpp]

plaganest replied to your video “Scooter snooter”

looks big and long enough to eat the owner of the snook

Nope, def not big enough for that.

But big enough to cause serious injury, so needs to be treated with respect.

I guess you can equate what I’m doing with Sunny to “manning” a hawk. She was very skittish when she first came to live with us, and was huffing and pushing with her coils whenever I’d touch her.

Now she’s comfortable with me being there, and even touching her head and face.

After I give her the meds, I let her explore the quarantine room for 30-60 minutes. I sit or lie on the floor, so that she gets to encounter me on her eye level, and not towering over her, all scary like. She comes up to me, investigates a bit, then moves on.

Aside from medicating and bathing her, I don’t make her do anything against her will, so she’s beginning to learn that she’s got nothing to worry about from me.

That’s also why the pictures and videos of her are fairly repetitive. She’s a snake, and as such, she doesn’t do much beyond slithering about and investigating things. Well, and looking gorgeous of course.

In time, I hope she’ll be comfortable enough to just hang out with me on the couch, but for now, I’m glad she’s getting used to my presence and my touch.

[shards-of-divinity]

"Acclimating" - a Symbrock fic - Chapter Three is ready!!!

“The brownies are ready!” Venom calls and Eddie yelps as he’s moved fluidly into a standing position in under five seconds, making them stroll across the small living area to the oven.

 

“Lemme, get an oven mitt on first, ya goof!” Eddie says, and Venom slides eagerly over his shoulders and forms a head with wide eyes as Eddie sets the pan onto the cutting board. “They are fresh from the oven, and I don’t want a burned tongue. Even if you can instantly heal it, V.”

 

If it’s possible for a symbiote to pout Eddie is pretty sure he just witnessed it, Venom deflating and wrapping around his shoulders with a drawn out sigh. Eddie relents a bit and cuts a couple squares, and sets them on the board next to the pan. 

 

“Be careful, and I did try to warn you--”

 

The first brownie disappears in a second, but Venom pauses and becomes perfectly still in the air. A few seconds pass and Eddie almost starts to worry Venom did burn themselves but then they go back in and eat the second brownie with more care, seeming to savor it before gulping it down. 

 

Tendrils erupt from Eddie and wrap around him in a tight hug, Eddie gasping as Venom moves in close to bump their head under his chin.

 

You are the best human. 

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[justira]

i've always wanted to convey to you in someway but have been incredibly shy and never knew how to put these emotions into proper words- but thank you so much for the wonders you put behind your lawlu fic, acclimating. the amount of times i've reread it are endless and w/every reread i find myself falling in love w/the fic again and again. your portrayals of both law&luffy are absolutely astounding, to they themselves and with their relationship. thank you again for sharing such an amazing piece.

Ohhhhh my gosh I am so sorry I missed this back when you left it! I don’t know why I didn’t see the alert! But it means SO much to me that you liked Acclimating, and that you’ve left such a lovely and heartfelt review here! Thank YOU for sharing such an amazing comment!(Acclimating is a Luffy/Law fic (rebloggable link here), for which I have a sequel with 67K going for it so far…. The sequel has a different focus, though, mostly to do with Law’s aromantic identity and Law and his crew!)

[newstech24]

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Lions centered on acclimating coordinators, QB2 battle

[justira]

i just left a comment on ao3 a little while ago but i just need you to know that acclimating changed my life holy fuck you are actually brilliant and your writing is truly art. thank you for sharing that lovely work with us. it was deeply comforting to hear luffy say those sweet words to law at the end. have a nice day <3

oh my gosh, thank you for your lovely comments, both here and there! I knew I wanted the story to end on that note from soon after starting it, and, rather uncharacteristically, that scene *was* actually almost the very last one I wrote (the Barto dinner scene was the actual last one to be written). I'm really glad you liked the scene, and I hope it feels earned!