i could carry you if you'd let me (please, let me) by arkhamsjason ♥︎

• ship : n/a
• word count : 7.7k
• tags : hurt/comfort #angst #relationship study
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : i love the relationship that luffy and sanji have, especially post-wci. sanji in general is one of the most interesting and well-written characters to me in op (sans his stupid fucking gag god i hate you oda), and i think the author really did a wonderful job exploring his character in this fic and what luffy means to him considering everything that happened. damn i love these guys...

aether above by kurgaya ♥︎

• ship : n/a
• word count : 8.8k
• tags : #canon divergence #angst #hurt/comfort #trans!zoro #introspection #character study
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : loved loved loved this fic. really beautifully written; the author did such a wonderful job creating an alternate backstory for zoro were he trans in the canon opverse. also we get to see more of kuina and his interactions, which i loved (even if they were a lot different because. y'know.)

how to talk without speaking by swordsmans ♥︎

• ship : n/a
• word count : 6.8k
• tags : #nakamaship
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : i love romance dawn trio so much... like so much. i feel like they don't get as much love post-ts but maybe that's just me. this fic is super cute and details the journey of zoro and nami realizing luffy can't really read and the cute in-between moments that happen post-realization. they're just so sweet ough my tummy

as the world goes on its wicked way by taizi

• ship : n/a
• word count : 5.3k
• tags : #age regression/de-aging #toddler!luffy #protective straw hats #angst #fluff #hurt/comfort
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : sometimes i forget that luffy was canonically a crybaby and a scaredy cat when he was a kid, which makes this fic all the more enjoyable because i rediscovered this fact while reading it. also we get a little asl brothers moment in here (minus the. yeah.), so you know it's gonna be a grand time (i could make this a pun if i really wanted to)

there is thunder in our hearts by taizi

• ship : n/a
• word count : 6.7k
• tags : #canon divergence #fix-it #ace lives #asl brothers #reunions #hurt/comfort
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : in my mind this fic is exactly what happened in canon because i still to this day refuse to believe what actually went down in marineford arc (ace you bastard)

oasis by kiite

• ship : acesan
• word count : 7.8k
• tags : #love confessions #fluff #ace is a little gentleman #sanji fucks with that #he also has a little bit of internalized homophobia but what's a fic featuring a sanji ship without it tbh
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : acesan is one of those ships i never thought i'd really care about but started caring about because of a few great fanarts that made me think ykw hell yeah. and then i actually thought about them as a ship and realized they're actually like... so good... anyway. this fic is cute it's kinda like a little extra scene at the end of alabasta arc that i think the author wrote really well

ouahe (dwelling place) by sinchronicity (E)

• ship : namivivi
• word count : 7.7k
• tags : #post-timeskip #reunions #fluff
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : i think it's so unfortunate that the namivivi tag has only a few hundred fics that are Actually about them and don't have them as some minor side ship for a mlm ship because i love these two so much. but anyway this fic is super cute and sweet and i love how the author went about their reunion post-ts. i love lesbians

you'll be fine, i'll be fine by pinkzelink ♥︎

• ship : n/a
• word count : 8.6k
• tags : #post-timeskip #(emotional) hurt/comfort #pov multiple #nakamaship
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : ough... oughhhjgjghj... sorry. i just love op fics that are literally just about the people around luffy loving him because i love luffy and reading about him receiving this love through fiction is the only way i can be satisfied. that boy deserves everything (i am normal about him btw) ((lie))

the heart is just an organ by swordsmans

• ship : n/a
• word count : 11.1k
• tags : #nakamaship #(emotional) hurt/comfort #protective monkey d. luffy
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : despite being fully aware of the tags, this fic was a lot more hurt than i thought it was going to be, but it's so good. the concept is really interesting and well-done—i never thought about the implications of chopper reverting to just animal and how that would affect the straw hats but. well. understandably it makes everyone angsty

blood of the covenant by kiite

• ship : n/a
• word count : 9k
• tags : #families of choice #growing up #father-son relationship #hurt/comfort
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : zeff and sanji's father-son relationship means so much to me you guys don't understand. i miss him in canon; it's a shame the only times we ever see him is when sanji's bounty goes up and we see his reaction but well. you take what you can get. this fic kinda fills that void tho so y'know what! there's nothing to be sad about

too bright to see by grayimperia

• ship : lusan
• word count : 10.2k
• tags : #established relationship #secret relationship #fluff
• rating : ★★★★☆
• notes : super cute... i don't indulge in lusan much but this fic caught my attention and i was curious. it did not disappoint

smile again by taizi ♥︎

• ship : n/a
• word count : 22.5k (currently)
• tags : #modern au #nakamaship #families of choice #hurt/comfort #non-linear narrative
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : guys. Guys. ougugjj. this author is probably my favorite author who writes platonic straw hats so well. i don't know how they do it. they write and convey grief in such a way that i'm just like. wow??? and don't even get me started on how they write about the love between the straw hats. it's literally so beautiful like that is my fucking family. unfortunately it is not completed yet, and i rarely ever start fics that aren't fully finished, but i really wanted to read this one. i'd say bookmark this one for later if you're interested or just go ahead and read it anyway—you won't regret it

no act of god could pull me away from you by taizi ♥︎

• ship : n/a
• word count : 31.2k (currently)
• tags : #nakamaship #hurt/comfort #families of choice #canon divergence #queerplatonic relationships #found family #asl brothers #oneshot collection
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : another taizi fic... no one's surprised. this one is kinda similar to smile again in the sense that it's a bunch of non-linear drabbles, just this time in the (mostly) canon opverse. lots of nakamaship, lots of asl brothers, lots of love in general. i know i said in the notes section for the fic right above that i rarely start unfinished fics, but since this one is, again, mostly just a prompt fic where each chapter is different and doesn't necessarily connect, it's an exception

a tall tree, with roots like a newborn by chali

• ship : n/a
• word count : 4.6k
• tags : #post-whole cake island #hurt/comfort #ptsd #nakamaship
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : this fic satisfies my craving for wanting a look at the straw hats' dynamic post-wci immediately after they've successfully escaped. i don't really blame oda for not focusing on such details because the entirety of wci was painful already, but it would have been nice to see more of how they interacted. this fic is basically just that, and boy does the hurt/comfort hurt/comfort

and over i go by chali

• ship : n/a
• word count : 12.1k
• tags : #nakamaship #protective straw hats #(emotional) hurt/comfort #ptsd #post-wano
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : my god. poor sanji. will he ever escape the clutches of his demons that not-so-coincidentally take the shape of the vinsmokes? who knows. this fic occurs within the same timeline as the previous fic since they are actually within the same series created by the author. it's post-wano though, so y'know what that means: it's after sanji has #the awful realization during his fight with queen. i think the author does an amazing job describing sanji's trauma and reactions to it; it's pretty realistic and what i envision myself when i think about how the straw hats' journey would have been post-wci

it's only blood by missingn000

• ship : n/a
• word count : 7.2k
• tags : #goth family #found family #(emotional) hurt/comfort #angst #implied zolu but it's so negligible that i can't really count this as a zolu fic because they're not the focus
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : i love the goth family so much i feel sick if i think about them for too long. i also love when authors take advantage of creative liberty to make up scenarios of how zoro lost his eye—it was interesting (and sad. very sad) to read about mihawk's guilt, of all people

to you, formerly me by trixree

• ship : n/a
• word count : 16.6k
• tags : #post-timeskip #age regression/de-aging #toddler!sanji #hurt/comfort #childhood trauma #angst #nakamaship #tfw you're face-to-face with a version of yourself you never wanted to remember
• rating : ★★★★★
• notes : will i ever stop reading angsty sanji fics? well, no. but compared to the other kid fics featuring little sanji that i've read, the concept of this one is really interesting because both sanjis are present, leaving big sanji to have to deal with his past in like. the most unconventional and inconvenient way ever. it's okay though because why? because the straw hats are the best damn family ever that's why!!!