First to post again? Eep.

[slaughterchichi.livejournal.com]

Title: Fear (my creativity with titles is AMAZING)
Rating: G
Media: Fic
Pairing/Characters: Zoro, crew mentioned
Word Count: 300
Prompt: fear
Note: This can be read either as general nakamaship or maybe as a bit of Zoro/Sanji, so I've marked it as gen, nakamaship and slash. If that's wrong, please fix the tags and I'll remember it for the future ♥

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Ever since he’d learned how Kuina had died, Zoro had subconsciously found himself watching people closely when they were walking down stairs. No matter who it was or how many stairs there were, he watched them like a hawk, paranoid they were going to fall at a moment’s notice. The second there would seem to be a problem, he would be ready to pounce forward and save them. He didn’t want to lose anyone else like that ever again.

Especially not one of his nakama. Over the few months with them, they had become more and more precious to him to the point that he wouldn’t want to carry on if any of them died. Of course he would never stop if it did happen, but the desire to just end everything there would be too strong for him. He’d probably lose his head and try to accomplish everything all at once so he could just get it over with.

There was one crew member he worried about more than the rest, and it was the damn cook. No one else almost constantly had their hands full with plates or glasses, nor tended to twirl as they did so. It was just him, and Zoro found it frustrating. Hell, the guy’s choice of hairstyle didn’t help ease Zoro’s worries either. The damn blonde locks covering one of his eyes made Zoro more paranoid than he’d ever thought he’d be, even if the stupid cook had good control over his legs.

It seemed that every day, the swordsman was waiting for someone to trip and get hurt. As if every day was a test of his strength. And that was okay, as long as no one actually got harmed. But seeing someone die in an accident was definitely his biggest fear.

Comments

[slaughterchichi.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you <3

[dixxymouri.livejournal.com]

Ooo, nice job! Good work!

[slaughterchichi.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much ^_^

[alice-and-lain.livejournal.com]

I've never thought of that aspect before! It's one thing to die in the heat of battle and it's an entirely different thing to die because you trip and I think it gels really well with Zoro's characterization that the really dangerous isn't what scares him. It's the stupidly mundane. Nice job!

[slaughterchichi.livejournal.com]

Haha, thank you very much <3 It just seemed far more likely than anything else I could think of, and the prompt and idea were bothering me til I write it properly XD

[dethorats]

This was wonderful and such a great idea! It makes so much sense but it was something I've never even considered before.

[slaughterchichi.livejournal.com]

Aw, thank you! When I thought about fear concerning Zoro, this was the only thing I could think of. XD;