I'm gonna regret posting this but hear me out
Zoro's big, Sanji's long
I'm done, bye
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I'm gonna regret posting this but hear me out
Zoro's big, Sanji's long
I'm done, bye
Zoro is a member of a criminal organisation in charge of kidnapping one of King Judge's children, prince Sanji, considered the "weakest" out of all his sons due to his poor health for an incurable illness and therefore the easiest target to abduct to ask for a big amount of money in exchange.
Zoro bursts into the royal palace and does't really questions himself on why there's only a few guards defending the entrance of prince Sanji's bedroom or on why Sanji is actually so chill at the idea of being kidnapped.
He soon realises when he's already far away from the palace and his coworkers have already started the negotiations that King Judge doesn't in fact care at all about his youngest son and that he has no intention of shelling out money to get Sanji back.
Sanji isn't surprised at all and actually enjoys his new life outside the place where his father trapped him for his whole life. Zoro on the other side is forced to keep an eye on him until his coworkers decide what to do with him. He doesn't know that he'll start to get (reciprocated) feelings for the blonde prince as soon as they get to know each other better and that he'll protect him with his life the moment his organisation decides that it's too risky to keep the prince alive.
One night Sanji has a bad dream (about his childhood, his trauma, his fears...) and suddenly wakes up gasping and heavy breathing.
He doesn't want to wake up his crewmates, so he just gets up from the floor where he usually sleeps and leaves the room. But Zoro is on lookout that night and sees Sanji running into the kitchen (his comfort place). He knows that something isn't right by how panicked his breathing sounded and how confused he looked around, so he decides to check on him.
He finds Sanji in the darkness, sitting on the floor, with his back leaning on the counter, covering his head with his arms and sobbing like he never heard him do. (In his own mind, it that moment Sanji is still a child, left alone crying in the darkness by his father).
Sanji sees Zoro on the doorsteps, lit by the moonlight. Because of his pride and his rivalry with the swordsman, he doesn't want Zoro to see him while he is so vulnerable and tells him to go away, but of course Zoro is way too stubborn to do what he tells him to and wants to know why he's crying.
Sanji thinks that he wants to make fun of him, so he just stays silent, suffocating his sobs, waiting for an insult or a joke. But instead Zoro sits next to him and tells him that he envies him, because he's able to let all his emotions out and to cry freely without feeling judged (by his own self) or "less masculine".
Sanji is obviously surprised by that glimpse of Zoro's sincerity, but doesn't want to tell him why he's crying. He doesn't want to burden him with his story. In that moment, he just knows that Zoro's company is comforting. Their shoulders slightly brushing while sitting next to each other in the darkness, Zoro's slow breathing, the warmth of his body... Everything about that makes Sanji cry even more. He isn't alone anymore. He doesn't have to bear all his sufferings by himself in a loop of poisonous thoughts.
Without even realising it, he finds himself leaning his head on Zoro's shoulder, feeling the tears running down his cheeks and soaking Zoro's shirt. He quickly starts sobbing again, covering his face with his hand. Zoro wraps his arm around him and pulls him closer, letting Sanji bury his head on his chest.
Zoro patiently waits, while Sanji cries until he's too tired to even let out a single hiccup and they both fall asleep holding each other.