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"With each new arrival, Roger squeezed more and more information about his son’s exploits. He heard about him joining Whitebeard’s crew (he would have preferred if the boy had continued to captain his own crew, but perhaps he needed to grow into it; Whitebeard was a solid choice for a starter crew) and about him becoming the Second Division Commander. He heard about Ace meeting up with his younger brother (at least he knew then that Rouge had been fine, that she managed to move on and find love in someone else after his death) and him tracking down a traitor from his crew."

"Ace’s brother was called Monkey D. Luffy, Roger had found.

…He supposed he did set up Garp and Rouge together, but still. They hadn’t needed to go quite that far."

Roger/Garp as the decades-long rivals. When Roger disbanded his crew with no warning, of course Garp would try to seek him out, see what was going on

And he finds Roger sequestered on a small island in the South Blue, completely preoccupied with this pretty blonde

Of course, that'll end up in Garp's pride getting bruised, but like the uncommunicative asshole he is, there would be far more fighting than talking involved

Meanwhile Rouge's just chilling with a drink, watching the drama like her own personal telenovela

It all comes to a head, I think, when Roger blurts out that he was going to come back, that he was going to return to Garp, but only so that he could lead Roger to his execution

Because, surprise! Roger is dying. He had been dying, for years now. And he had never said a word about it to Garp

Gosh, that had to smart, didn't it? The one person Garp considered his equal in strength, his rival, and yet Roger didn't see him as anything more than enemy, did he?

Stubborn as he is, Garp would stick around like the world's most awkward third wheel, his oblivious ass never realizing he had basically forced his way into the relationship

When the time came for comes for Roger to leave, Garp is by his side the entire time. If Roger felt like he could entrust his child to him in canonverse, he definitely feels that way here, too

For Garp, it's the first time hearing about any child. Roger laughs at that hard enough to break into a coughing fit, spitting blood

After the execution, he oversees that Roger's body gets as respectful of a burial as he can manage. He requests time off afterwards. As the newly-heralded hero of the marines, for bringing the Pirate King to heel, the marines trip over their feet to give him whatever he wants

He's not really sure why he returns to Baterilla. The knock he leaves on Rouge's doors hardly has any strength in it.

She lets him in wordlessly, sitting by his side as the two of them try to come to terms with the larger-than-life Roger-shaped hole in their world

When he finds his words again, Garp offers to take Rouge away someplace the marines wouldn't be able to find her. He already knows about the planned occupation, he warns her about what's coming

She refuses, though. This island was where Roger spent his last months, and it was where she would do the same.

Garp suspects she just can't handle the idea of raising Roger's son without him by her side. In the end, both of them pushed the responsibility onto him.

It continues much like canonverse. Except that, now, Garp has two ghosts looking him in the face every time he sees Ace growing up

The "I don't have to listen to you! You're not my dad, old man!" must have hit particularly hard in that AU.

....honestly, this was basically the whole reason why that brainworm crawled into my mind: that singular line. The potential universe where Garp was so close to actually being Ace's parent

Can you imagine the terror of Portgas D Ace being brought up not only by Garp the Fist, but also Portgas D Rouge AND the Pirate King? the world would have been shaken to the core

a few drabbles in an AU where Nika is an independent sentient being and shared Luffy's headspace from the moment he ate the gum gum fruit, featuring LawNika (but not LawLu). One (the 3rd) is somewhat NSFW

***

Ace couldn’t just let Akainu get away with insulting his Pops-

“Ace!” Luffy’s voice interrupted his thoughts, the smaller hand wrapping around Ace’s arm in an attempt to stop him, tugging weakly at him. “We need to go!” 

“But he-”

“Whitebeard had been the Strongest Man on the Seas for ageeeeees, he doesn’t need you to protect his honour!” Luffy whined, and something about those words tickled at Ace. “You know who does need your help, though? Your baby brother!”

Ace stopped trying to get away, turning to look at his brother. The smile on his face seemed strained but no less genuine, but now that Ace focused on him, he could see that it was less pulling Ace towards himself and more just his brother trying to keep himself up on his feet. 

“Nika,” he sighed, already knowing he wouldn’t be allowed to attack Akainu. 

“Yep!” The grin widened marginally. “Seriously, though, Luffy passed out and I do not have enough energy to get us back to safety.” 

Scooping his brother up in a princess carry, fuelled by adrenaline and determination alone, Ace ran towards the closest ally ship. 

***

More specifically, an AceLaw where they met shortly after Ace entered the Grand Line, started dating, Marineford happened as normal... And then the plot starts. With Luffy and Law and the insurmountable mountain of grief they're both shouldering.

I have something relatively short (2k) to post about it soon, courtesy of exploring exactly how many characters will discord let me cram into a single message (got to -8808 lol) over in MDL

Here's an excerpt bc i ought to make some use of this blog:

Sakazuki came to an abrupt stop, but Kuzan did not look up from where he was leisurely looking for the key to unlock his flat.

The small child by his side, however, did, staring at Sakazuki with eyes that looked too big for her face.

“Let me guess,” he said, exasperated. “You just started on paternity leave, didn’t you?”

Kuzan finally looks over at him, pausing his actions completely. “Is that a problem?”

“Fucking Sengoku,” Sakazuki muttered under his breath instead.

With a dramatic gasp, Kuzan moved to cover the girl’s ears, earning a bewildered look from her. “Careful! There are children present!”

“I’ve heard people swear before,” the girl informed him.

“We’re marines,” Sakazuki added. That was rather self-explanatory, wasn’t it? Everyone knew sailors had the most colourful language. “Not babysitters.”

“Well, the refugee ship wasn’t going to let her on board,” Kuzan returned to his incredibly inefficient door-opening process. “And since you have set the precedent, I’ve decided this is the best option.”

“For the last time, it was Garp who brought Ace here!”

“And you’re the one taking care of him.”

As most basic fact, this one was inarguable.

“Robin’s just a girl,” Kuzan continued after Sakazuki’s extended silence. “Not an archeologist dabbling in the forbidden knowledge. She deserves to live.”

Judging by the way the girl went carefully still at his words, she seemed to disagree with at least one part of that statement. For his sanity — and continued non-lethal relations with Kuzan — Sakazuki elected to believe she was simply suicidal.

The fic is now out! uwu

It was one of the adventures Ace and Sabo had already told him once — back during the happiest year of Luffy’s life, when there was just him, his brothers, and the whole world waiting for them to take it by storm — and Luffy found that he wasn’t really interested in listening to it again.

Tackling Ace seemed like a much better use of their time.

Ace yelped when Luffy crashed into his back, snapping forward and slamming his face into the blanket.

“Gotcha!”

“You little-!” Ace laughed, his voice muffled by the blanket, trying to twist himself in a way that’d let him grab Luffy properly.

Sabo seemed far less amused, the hand holding his diary closed clutching at the cover hard enough to make his knuckles go white. “Luffy,” he said, sternly. “You know Ace is still recovering-”

“Oh, come off it,” rolling his eyes, Ace finally managed to twist enough to get a grip on Luffy and pull him into a headlock. “Like we hadn’t done worse on Dawn!”

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Luffy & Sabo, pre-canon, Sabo still has amnesia but Koala dragged him to spend a day on Dawn Island and just so happened to time it right after Ace left, and he ended up spending the day with Luffy

Sabo gave in to the impulse, leaning forward to press a kiss against Luffy’s forehead. 

The kid looked up at him, eyes wide and only just starting to fill up with tears. The cry that escaped his throat sounded almost painful, raw and violent, and he lunged forwards, hands fisting in Sabo’s coat as his face pressed against his cravat. 

“I miss Sabo,” he sobbed into Sabo’s chest. 

Sabo gingerly wrapped his arms around the kid. 

“...I’m sorry I’m not the person you want me to be,” he said. 

They stayed like that for a while. Sabo kept rubbing Luffy’s back in what he hoped to be a soothing motion, allowing the kid to let it all out. 

In the end, Luffy was the one to pull away, straightening up as he wiped at his eyes with wrist. 

Sabo gently pulled his arm down, grabbing a handkerchief to use instead. 

He carefully cleaned up Luffy’s face, letting him use the handkerchief to blow his nose once done. Sabo intended to leave the fabric with Luffy, anyway, so it would be fine.