Drunk Zoro would cup Luffy's face and caress the scar under his eyes with his thumb, look at Luffy with awe and when Luffy turns to him with his smile Zoro would lean and kiss his eyes and cheek, murmur over his skin (you're so beautiful Luffy, my captain, my king) while Luffy would hug him and laugh because he loves when Zoro is like this. (He calls him Catoro)
Zoro doesn't mind being Luffy's husband he just wants to have a discussion before Luffy just decides these things.
In Luffy's defense, pirate marriage is probably different as they don't do anything legally anyways.
Easily one of my favorite things about Zoro and Luffy (not necessarily in a shipping context, though *I* enjoy them in a shipping context) is the way they seem so different on a surface level - this whimsical sunshine boy captain and his big, stoic, serious right hand man - but when you actually get to know them, theyโre pretty much two halves of the same weird goddamn idiot
Specifically, I love that whenever Luffy is doing / saying something totally absurd, thereโs a not insignificant chance that weโre about to cut to Zoro, whether heโs two steps away or halfway across the island, doing the exact same unhinged shit, and itโs so goddamn funny every time???
meanwhile Big mom and Kaido
โ๏ธ๐(main) Zoro is so glad and relieved he went with Luffy Captains only? nay nay. not on his watch ( implied all x ๐ )
timelapse here:
zolu is maybe one of the easiest ships i've ever liked. they're dating, except when they're not, they're best friends even when they're kissing and they're still captain and first mate when they aren't. they hold hands, they hug. they have sex. they don't.
Luffy can hold Zoro's katanas and Zoro can hold Luffy's strawhat and no one bats an eye. one says "You're so cool!" and the other says "You're strong" and it's just another way to say "I see you, this is why I follow you/this is why I trust you". it's not seeing each other for a long time and still knowing how the other's steps sound like against wood and sand. the captain runs and the first mate follows. it's always "Zoro and the others" and "Where's Luffy?"
if they're just friends, if they're something more, if they don't have a label for it, at its core, it's just about how they get each other. they understand how the other's mind works. however you view them, it doesn't erase they fact that they love each other in a way they don't love other people.
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