#token of bones

Specifically thinking about how the longer you’re around, the harder Sanji finds it to respect the two of you. 

It annoys him that Zoro puts so little effort into his own hygiene but takes the time to brush through your hair and care for it in the exact way you like it. The way Zoro saves up to spend his extra berries on your favorite hair products, actually being able to pick them out by himself. The way he carries around hair ties if you use them, huffing and making a fuss if one of the girls asks to borrow one, because they’re for you not them! Honestly Sanji just doesn’t understand how someone as wonderful and attractive as you can find Zoro appealing even if he makes some effort to care for you.

Especially when you take the time and effort to massage Zoro after his workouts. The way your hands run along Zoro’s muscles until he lays boneless. Using the nice smelling oils you like on Zoro, which Sanji feels is a total waste on Zoro since he won’t appreciate the smell. Especially because Sanji has noticed Zoro doesn’t even appreciate your messages and he usually falls asleep during them. Sanji feels Zoro wouldn’t even know the difference if you rubbed him down with cooking oils instead of your beloved oils.

Between you and me, Zoro definitely notices that you use your favorite oils on him. It's half the reason he doesn’t try to argue when you lay him down for a massage, smelling like you is among his favorite things. He likes to think it’s your subtle way of staking your claim on him, and if he’s being totally honest, he really likes that idea. And the kisses you leave behind don’t hurt either…

Thinking about Sanji mistaking Zoro’s partner for an attractive girl, he immediately begins attempting to lay on the charm. Because of his relationship with Zoro, Sanji begins asking things like, “how such a beautiful flower can deal with such a brute like Zoro?” and apologizing for the fact that they even had to meet Zoro in the first place. And because it's Zoro, he hasn’t even mentioned that the two of you are romantically involved yet. But when that information hits Sanji, he immediately proclaims he "will save such a lovely girl from such a parasitic moss ball" which immediately snowballs into Sanji and Zoro fighting (both physically AND verbally, of course), and Zoro finally gets it through to Sanji that he has just spent the last couple of minutes flirting with a GUY who Zoro is DATING.

thinking about kinesiology major Zoro trying to look as comfortable and natural as possible in the pristine hallway of the lab science building as he waits for you to get out of class, specifically a lab he thinks. His dirty sneakers stand out against the white tiles, and his tank top and sweatpants certainly don't help his attempt to blend in. He half regrets not packing a t-shirt for the day but he wanted to surprise you after getting out early from his last class. Zoro is beyond relieved as people start coming out of the lab. He offhandedly greets some people he half recognizes from your study group but he's too preoccupied to hold a proper conversation. And when you finally get out, he can't help but grin like an idiot, chuckling at the pattern left on your face from the safety goggles. He meets you in a hug as he kisses your temple in greeting, giving you a soft greeting before he allows himself to tease you.

He’s not dumb enough to let it get in the way of your relationship. But sometimes he likes pretending he grew up with you, likes pretending the two of you were always there just out of reach of each other romantically until you were both older.