Luffy deserves so much love. When it comes shipping, in a lot of fics I’ve read and in a lot of headcanons I see online, luffy is always the one that’s comforting the other person. Which isn’t a bad thing inherently but I think his own emotional vulnerability isnt explored enough. Sure he brushes things off but that doesn’t mean he doesnt feel them!! He is so loving and giving and it makes total sense that he comforts those he loves, but he also deserves someone to be vulnerable with even if it’s only rarely. I don’t know if this makes any sense sorry I just have a lot of feelings about him :-(
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This my favorite thing to find in fics! Sorry this reply probably took as long as it did, but I'm about to drop as many fic recs as I can find on you.
Unfortunately, it's not as explored as I'd like it to be, at least not in the fics I've read (I tend to find one author and then read everything they've ever written before moving on oops). I want more Luffy being comforted, so:
This is a living list that I will keep updating as I find more.
Send me your fics! Short, Long, Gen, or any Luffy Ship, I will read them and add them! Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie <3
Works that include smut will have 🔥 next to them.
Last update: May 31st, 2026. 1:17 pm Fic count: 36
Gen fics
A Wound that Aches Yet Isn't Felt by @carochinha Luffy has a nightmare and goes to seek out Zoro for comfort. Can be read as platonic or as Zoro/Luffy! (The official tags use "&" so it's up here in gen! Instead of down in Zoro/Luffy)
A Mother's Love Doen't Come From Blood by @entomjinx Makino and a very smol Luffy meeting for the first time, and how she begins to care for him.
Experimenting with Apotheosis by Anon. Shanks gets taken to impel down, and his cell mate is a 4 year old Luffy that he's now determined to rescue!
Inanition by @goodlucktai . The Strawhats are low on food, and Luffy is starving. He doesn't want it to be a big deal
Sailors and Their North Star by Punk_Menace set after Arlong park, everyone's making sure Luffy gets his injuries looked at. It's technically gen, but they all seem to be a smidge in love with their captain (who wouldn't be?)
For the Very First Time, There I see (Someone With the Same Pains as Me by @hikkentikken Robin Notices Luffy has some trauma regarding fire after it triggers a panic attack
A Captain and His Crew by SaltyYagi. Luffy's Narcolepsy worsens after Marineford, the crew notices despite his best efforts.
Embers of Resilience by AngstLover101. Luffy's mind has drifted back to Ace while the strawhats are celebrating, and the strawhats try to bring him back to the present
Even Rubber Has its Limits until it Tears by luffymero. Luffy's gears have begun to do serious damage to his body, and Chopper may be the only one who can save him. Lots of the crew comforting one another AND Luffy. Super super angsty. (Suggested to me by an anon)
It Burns a Hole Through Everyone by @goodlucktai . Luffy & Sabo comfort each other through their survivor's guilt.
Feelings felt by Azure_E . More post-marineford PTSD with Luffy and his crew! I can never get enough of this!!!
The Best Big Brother by lunarblossoms. Little Ace feels guilty for Luffy getting hurt, and helps care for him- after having to fight his brain about it, of course.
Slip of the Tongue by Space_Ghost_With_the_Most. Luffy accidentally calls Sanji "Sabo" while half asleep. It reopens a wound Luffy had long thought closed.
Take You Where I Roam by carsandtelephones37. labeled as Zoro/Luffy and Sanji/Luffy, but can be read as gen! When Luffy gets too far in his own head, it can be fixed one of two ways, and his wings know how to care for him in his low moments.
Sunlight Estranged, Darkness Remains by @cookies-over-yonder . Panic attack fic! Law's comforting him the best this awkward dork knows how
If a Wave Come and Take Me, Will There be Some Ship to Save Me? (or at Least One Little Fish to See the Death of Me, the End of Me?) . By @cookies-over-yonder . Luffy has a PTSD episode that knocks him a bit senseless, and Nami is doing her best to try and knock him out of it!
These three days by @goodlucktai .Sanji takes care of Luffy, who has a stomach bug
We'll See, Stranger by @goodlucktai . Sabo is alive and runs into them for the first time in a crowded place. The crew is protective of Luffy, and Sabo gets to hold him while he cries a bit!
On My Life, The Music is Yours by @goodlucktai . Brook sings to an unconscious Luffy to try and comfort him after the time he spent captured.
One Little Thing by @goodlucktai . It's just a first degree burn, but the crew has a moment to worry over him and they take it
Clinical Practice by @goodlucktai . Chopper insists upon being the one to rescue Luffy because he might be hurt, and spends while caring for him before they make it back to the others
Put Your Faith in What You Most Believe In by @goodlucktai . Luffy's sick and has such a high fever that he calls out to Sabo. The strawhats call him and they all worry over their captain together while Chopper races against the clock.
Law/Luffy fics
Breath AND Breath Again by @cywscross one of the first two Lawlu fics I ever read. Luffy has a panic attack and Law finds out and helps him through it. They're beautifully written fics and remain some of my favorites to this day. I won't spoil anything else.
I Won't Tell by @entomjinx Another Luffy panic attack fanfic! Modern AU, Law and Luffy are roommates and Ace got into a car crash.
Rosemary by the Roadside by @entomjinx Modern college AU where Luffy has Amnesia and lived with Garp until starting college. This is his first tastes of freedom since he lost his memories
Selfish by Anon. Law and Luffy Reunite in Wano, but Luffy is spiraling a bit from Ace's death being brought back up by Otama.
To Remember Your Voice by Anon. Luffy talks about missing Ace to Law. It's short and sweet, most dialogue, but I enjoyed it
Rubber Doesn't Always Bounce Back by Teandtumblr. This one is from Law's POV and it's mostly him defending Luffy rather than just comforting but the point stands.
Pain Scale by TeaandTumblr. Luffy was in seastone long enough to break bones, but he doesn't know that. All he knows is that it hurts and he's sleepy. This kinda goes hand with the last one!
Shadow Rises (and You Are Here) by @shishiswordsman . Luffy has a slave brand, and Law finds out about it in the worst way possible- by getting captured with him while on the way to an auction house. (I haven't caught up to this one just yet, but it's great so far!) (Suggested to me by an anon)
Zoro/Luffy fics
Stop by @sulongmirko Luffy uses his haki to self harm when he's overwhelmed and Zoro finds out about it
Let Down by Spider Historian. tagged Eventual Zolu! Takes place right after the timeskip, Luffy has PTSD episodes because of Marineford, and The crew is trying to figure out how to help. This one gets into some of worst parts of PTSD episodes, and Luffy does lash out a bit.
Inseparable on the Face of Impossibility by the11thhour. Luffy gets captured and Tortured, the crew has to rescue him. There's a lot of the crew comforting one another, but there's some good Luffy comfort towards the end! (Suggested to me by an anon)
Blurred Horizons by @monoidea . Zoro and Luffy get stranded due to a storm, and Luffy gets injured in the process, leaving Zoro to take care of him.(Suggested to me by an anon)
Kizuna By YokoHogawa . Usopp and Sanji are deeply concerned about Luffy's mental state post Marineford, but Zoro trusts his captain will tell him when it's time
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this moment live rent-free in my head. everyone's eyes were on that gigantic unknown pink dragon that emerged out of nowhere and could literally be another threat to wano, but all these 4 can see was tiny luffy on the back 😭
they're so obvious, my sister who never watched OP walked in when this ep was playing and went "aww, is that all luffy's boyfriends reacting? 🥺" and that has became one of my roman empires ever.
luffy and his collection of handsome hot-blooded men 😌✨️
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any time you grace us with a sanlu reblog, my dash becomes a whole lot better. there's just something about them that compels me and it really cemented itself when we found out that sanji's mom, arguably the person he loves the most, is a lot like luffy and how luffy accepts and lvoes sanji as he is.
if my captain waited for me in the rain starving and still ate my shitty food even after i beat him and smiled at me like when my mom used to then idk i think id fall in love too. and if my dad shouted all my flaws for everyone to hear and my captain thought he was shouting all the good things about me then id trip and descend so much harder.
the way that sanji looked at luffy during this arc was actually insane, I know sanji was willing to do anything for the crew (and luffy) before this but after whole cake island? I just know sanji replaces these moments over in his head at night
(also thinking about how this is the first time sanji has been this vulnerable and honest with anyone in years)
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the anime was so funny in wci for having pudding say “what kind of idiot would marry a colossal failure like sanji?” just to immediately cut to luffy trying to tear his own hands to save him
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