Consider a corabug concept where Cora lives solely bc Buggy was involved in the Incident With The Donquixote Family.
Law still gets the Devil Fruit. He still gets locked away for safety. Cora still plans to sacrifice himself to save Law no matter what, he is COMMITTED, that is his KID -
But Buggy, our beloved cringefail baby boy, somehow gets lost, befriends a secret underground criminal sect, happens across the end of the Incident, and now has Cora bleeding out and Law, recovered and held on his hip. Where does he go? These wounds are bad! Worse than he can treat right off!
Enter crime squad. "You, blue haired jester man, are so charming and cute and have a Vibe We Like. We'll help your husband... if you also help us in turn by feeding us information."
Buggy, fairly desperate, goes "Alright bet"
They end up faking Rosi's death. He survives, and only they know. The trio scuttle off the island under cover, and Buggy has a contact in his sticker covered, gel pen filled contacts book.
Law still goes on to become the surgeon of death, Buggy still goes on to make a valiant attempt at being a run of the mill east blue pirate, which still blows up in his face.
But Cora is now free. No Marines. No crime family to infiltrate. Just him, his beloved, and their kid.
Cora stays with Buggy, and they both encourage Law to follow his dreams and goals, and Buggy actually ends up finding the medical texts Law devours like candy to be absolutely FASCINATING. Cora loves his silly lil nerds ♡♡
They have a few close calls, but things work out in ways that seem absolutely impossible but damn if it didn't happen.
Law sets sail, and Buggy has his circus and crew. Cora eventually picks up on some extra skills, and the two wind up having a trapeze or aerial show together. It's cute and cheesy and they're living the absolute dream, truly!
And then Shanks calls. Asks Buggy to test his protégé, this little rubber dumbass named Luffy.
This starts a spiral of Wacky Bad Things, but it works out in the end. ((The only thing stopping Cora from storming Impel Down or caling Sengoku is Alvida's voice of reason, and the responsibility he feels to his husband's crew, his own friends.))
Somehow things work out? Kinda?? And Cora gets to meet Shanks, who gave Buggy a ride from the hellhole that was Marineford. ((He also gets a sweet smiled shovel talk that has him quaking in his boots. Then Buggy punches Shanks, and suddenly they're wrestling on the ground like children. Cora is Confused. Benn just offers him a smoke.))
When Cross Guild begins, Cora is accustomed to Buggy's wacked out luck stats. He has learned to roll with the punches and also recognize when Bugs is Planning smth and when things simply Happen. This is a mix of both.
He walks in on a "meeting" and just. Pauses. "...."
"You know I don't mind you indulging in certain plays I am uncomfortable with with different people, but these men..."
"They're hot. You should have invited me. Btw I brought snacks."
Croc and Hawk are SHOOKETH but Buggy just goes "oooh yay! Is it the silly fruits?"
Anyway I just think this would be funny and silly and weird and I'm not caffinated enough for more than this okay ily byyyeeee
I think about Cora living cause Buggy was involved with him and Law so often. Like I’m so fr when I say that it makes me sad that they never met in canon cause they would have been so silly.
Everything going up to the point of Cora’s sacrifice and Law in the chest when all of a sudden after Doffy and his bitches leave Buggy rushes out and immediately starts working on Cora and being all “Fuckjng Christ babe what the hell were you thinking?!” Because Buggy’s tired of having self sacrificial people in his life that leave him cause they think they know what’s best.
The criminal sect rolls back up to help Buggy and they get Cora, Buggy, and Law over to the nearest island (Swallow Island) to get better medical help and leave them there (not without striking a information swapping deal).
Now with a “dead husband” and “missing child” Buggy and his growing family (they gain the other 3 at Swallow) he retreats back to east blue with his family in tow and everything continues as cannon.
Up until Shanks calls Buggy to check on his protégé who just set sail. Buggy does so and he still stabs the hat cause it’s got him feeling….things. Cora is also the one who retrieves Buggy’s body and waits for him cause Buggy sent him a signal saying he was making his way back.
Of course Garp comes and takes Buggy shortly after the incident in Orange Town and notices a blond man among the crew Buggy bargained himself for (maybe sending a quick letter to Sengoku).
Impel down is a nightmare for Cora cause he’s terrified for his scheming husband who is not the strongest in that prison even if he is the craftiest. He’s helping Alvida with the crew which causes the two to bond and when Cora finally meets Shanks he’s shocked to see him and Buggy play wrestling like their still brats and not grown men.
He knows his husband never truly hated Shanks it’s more a roundabout resentment than anything. Cora does get shovel talked and it does leave him wary but you can be Buggy’s spouse without some snark so he does give Shanks a bit of a mouthy comment. Luckily Shanks finds it funny cause it’s a jab about Shanks trying to save his nightmare of a baby brother who is more of a menace than his protégé Luffy. A big party is thrown in lieu to the wedding party that Shanks missed originally and both the crews have a fabulous time.
Later on Cora gets a run down of what happened and that Buggy is now taking a loan from thee Sir Crocodile and there is some sort of plan that his husband is keeping from the crew, Alvida, and even him!
(Imma be honest I don’t have much love for Coracroc so plz be patient 🙏)
When Croc comes to collect the money with Mihawks Buggy claims he doesn’t have it which Cora, Alvida, and the others find strange cause Buggy is always watching his money. Cora can tell there’s a plot being hatched and it’s not until he walks in on the meeting that he says the other two are hot that the other two realize Buggy is dating this giant.
Buggy agrees to keep the other twos abuse secret from Cora as long as they play along with what Cora believes is happening since Cora thinks that Buggy lied about not having the money just to get Croc and Hawk to stick around. This causes the other two to actually end up falling for Buggy and he reveals to everyone he wants to go after The One Piece.
Cora doesn’t find out about what was really happening until years later when the other two also have wedding rings on their fingers.
Also sorry this took a little bit for me to get back lol. Found out I work with a Blood and this is Florida so I need to keep shit like that on my radar 😜 do not wanna be caught slipping. Hope u got that caffeine but make sure you drink water too❤️❤️! Bye bye 👋