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! ☺️
