hot take but i can’t see him being a dad. (yes i am projecting)
in MY opinion, i think after the strawhats ‘retire’ he would spend his time surrounding himself with things he couldn’t when he was still an active pirate. women.
i can imagine this man whoreing through his 30’s and 40’s so i js don’t think he would want to settle down imediently ykkkk. i do think he would eventually want to have a wife but due to his nature, it will take years before he’s fully ready to trust someone enough to marry them and by then, havibg kids would be out of the question for him
now i’m not saying he would be a bad dad or he doesn’t want to be a dad at all, bc we've all seen how calm and gentle he can be with kids e.g chimney and i can’t rlly think of any other examples oops! and he also does have that fatherly side to him, always sacrificing himself, always putting others first and never wanting people to be left without food so i can imagine a world where he craves the affection of a child, (and maybe bc of his trauma from germa he’s scared he will turn out like Judge ☹️☹️☹️☹️)
omg the thought of sanji and his future wife (me) js sitting down together and holding eachother, talking about how they wish they had met sooner so that they couldve had a child when they were younger, and even picking out names for themm 🥹🥹🥹.
i do still eat up girl dad!sanji
anyways this was kinda inspired by this fanart of sanji where he was older and still doing his heart eyes which i think is so cute bc no one draws him with his heart eyes when he’s old, and i can imagine that is woild be a little gag of his he only reserves for his wife (me) for example when it’s been a long week and he comes home to her alr cooking sonething for herself and he shows his heart eyes only to cheer her up and attack her with kisses while he insists he takes over the cooking (AHHHHH IM BLUSHING JS THINKING AB IT).
im gonna put the fanart but idk the artist bc i found it on pinterest and yk how people on pinterest are allergic to crediting so lets hope that the og artist doesnt find this and decide they want me dead bc i posted without permission 🫢
ok this was wayyyy longer than i intended and i got carried away imagining the sanji and his wife scenario but yh here y’all go
yo someone rewite a fanfic of this rn i’ll pay