1. Comfort
For all the times Usopp has bent under his own cowardice and stress, he's never once run to anyone else for comfort; so the cook can't help but be honored when he feels the sniper choke on his own sobs, face buried in the Sanji's jacket.
2. Kiss
Getting a kiss is as difficult as getting laid sometimes, and he makes a mental note to leave the cigarettes behind this time before visiting Usopp in his workshop.
3. Soft
He's used to the soft offerings of a curvy body, not the harder angles (and nose) pressed against him; it's gonna take some getting used to, though he's more than willing to try.
4. Pain
For all the battles, bruises and scars he's acquired on the Grand Line, nothing compares to the numbing pain of leaving him and the others behind, all because he can't look past his own shortcomings.
5. Potatoes
"Potatoes again?" is what he wants to say, but Sanji's hand comes dangerously close to a box of mushrooms; Usopp grabs the sack of potatoes and peels like his life depends on it.
6. Rain
There's something about a light rain that turns Sanji into a boy again, Usopp thinks, as he's eagerly dragged outside to dance with him.
7. Chocolates
Usopp is no woman – Sanji has seen the proof enough times to know that much – but as he watches the sniper happily tear into the box of chocolates, the cook's glad some gifts cross the gender boundary.
8. Happiness
They've never been on an actual date for the entirety of their relationship, which is okay; being near each other is all they really need.
9. Telephone
"Y'know, I've heard a den den mushi can be used for all sorts of thin— Alright, alright, just stop glaring at me like that."
10. Ears
He's always found it interesting how Usopp blushes at his ears first and when calling his friend out on it, promptly wonders how far down his neck that resulting blush can go.
11. Name
A loud scream interrupts his nap; Zoro grumbles irritably, not bothering to yell at them because he's heard the name "Mr. Prince" mixed in with all the groaning, which he takes as his cue to get lost in town.
12. Sensual
Sanji's never allowed to eat a banana near him again, ever, the stupid pervert.
13. Death
Nami the first one to see with sickening clarity, watching him slump lifelessly against the galley wall, Kabuto still clutched in his hand like his last lifeline, that death is going to try and take another of her nakama away.
14. Sex
It's that part of their relationship that Usopp knows he'll be terrified and self-conscious about, until the moment comes and a patient Sanji waits for him every step of the way.
15. Touch
Usopp's usually the first one to fall asleep, giving Sanji time to smooth his fingers over every expanse of muscle and skin available, relishing in the moment and the fact that it's his now, and his alone.
16. Weakness
He's been kicked in the head too many times to count for trying to sneak food from the kitchen, but ah, he hasn't been kicked overboard yet; a grinning Usopp just laughs when Sanji sputters and insists it's because he keeps forgetting, Longnose, nothing else.
17. Tears
It takes the effort of the crew to get Franky to quit with the waterworks and the cheesy guitar solos once he finds out about his bros' "super" romance.
18. Speed
It hasn't escaped anyone's notice that while Usopp takes off like a madman whenever he's in danger, he damn well nears the speed of light when Sanji is.
19. Wind
Windy days have become a favorite of Sanji's, as he never gets tired of offering his jacket to the shivering sniper.
20. Freedom
Robin's glad for her nakama's happiness, especially Sanji's, as while she doesn't think loving a woman would be necessarily restricting for him, this way she knows he'll enjoy the freedom that comes from loving someone with all of himself – and not just his gentlemanly side.
21. Life
It's hardly what he'd call a "pirate's life" – Usopp thinks they rather suck at being traditional pirates in any sense besides having a flag – but it's only under this life that he's gotten to be with him.
22. Jealousy
In retrospect, Sanji doesn't feel the least bit sorry for introducing that touchy-feely, shitty-ass dipshit to the ceiling – he had it coming – though in his defense he's trying to look it when an irate Usopp informs him they're gonna have to work on his temper.
23. Hands
Everyone knows Sanji uses his hands exclusively for cooking… or not so exclusively, Usopp thinks, and tries to swallow a moan when one slips under his shirt.
24. Taste
Sanji tastes of a hot temper and of smoke, such an oddly addicting combination that Usopp hasn't tried to make him quit yet.
25. Devotion
It's a lot easier than he thought it would be, to extend his endless devotion from "ladies" to "ladies plus one coward."
26. Forever
They can't promise each other "forever" – there's no such thing on the Grand Line; so they'll live everyday like their forever's been cut short.
27. Blood
He rocks them gently back and forth, pleading for the other to tell him a story about princesses and heroes and happy endings, one that doesn't include an endless flow of blood seeping into his clothes.
28. Sick
The crew informs Usopp he is never allowed to get sick again; they nearly lost Chopper to Luffy's hunger pains after Sanji refused to leave his side.
29. Melody
Dating Sanji sometimes feels like dating the entire crew, and he's not sure how to go about telling Brooke that while he appreciates the melodies outside the galley door, it's starting to get as annoying as the skull jokes.
30. Star
Maybe he really doesn't have a creative bone in his body, as all he sees are a bunch of glittering dots in the sky instead of dragons and knights; it's making Usopp pout at him though, so Sanji settles himself down for a long night of star-gazing and tries again.
31. Home
Home is where the heart is - truer words have never been spoken, and Usopp spoons himself more closely against the snoring cook.
32. Confusion
Once they come out officially, it takes Sanji a few days to get the point across to the crew that no, Usopp isn't secretly a woman, and hell no, he isn't exactly gay.
33. Fear
His greatest fear has been realized twice – once in Water 7 and again in Sabaody– and Sanji isn't sure he can handle Usopp leaving him a third time.
34. Lightning/Thunder
Sometimes Usopp flinches from the sight of a lightning storm and thunder rumbling the sea, when he thinks anyone isn't looking; it's a habit Sanji can readily understand.
35. Bonds
No matter the definition of their relationship, there's a deep, indefinable bond that's already intertwined their lives together.
36. Market
They've been designated the unofficial shoppers for Sunny; for this, Usopp's glad, since it means he can distract Sanji away from the mushrooms.
37. Technology
Thing's really went to hell when Luffy found the camera; now Sanji has to bribe his stupid captain with one free night at the refrigerator – under close supervision, of course – so no one gets a hold of the photo of him and Usopp curled up together, as while he loves his Nami-san, he knows blackmail when he sees it.
38. Gift
Shopping for Sanji is a tough and sometimes thankless job, mostly because the cook is reluctant to be on the receiving end of anything, yet Usopp's found that the simplest gifts – who knew he'd appreciate someone making him dinner? – reap the best results.
39. Smile
They're old and gray, mere shadows of their former glory, but Usopp can still give him a wrinkly old smile that nearly makes Sanji trip over his cane.
40. Innocence
For all Sanji's perverted tendencies and Usopp's less than creditable stories, their actual coupling is soft, tender, and almost innocent in its nature.
41. Completion
Whenever he thinks of the cook, he thinks bold, thick lines with an ounce of grace and flow, and smiles to himself as he sketches in the last curve to his picture.
42. Cloud
Those that watched the romance unfold think it might've started with the adventure on a sea of clouds, where one went against his very nature to save a friend and the other just extended his nature to encompass one more.
43. Sky
"Why are you always watching the sky?" Sanji asks, and a blushing sniper replies that the color reminds him of someone's eyes; he didn't know Kaya-chan had blue eyes.
44. Heaven
It had all started because that damn mosshead insisted he could drink more than him, and apparently Usopp looked a lot like Nami-san when he was suffering from alcohol-induced brain damage; either that or both of them had been lying about the "You must've fallen from heaven" line.
45. Hell
The color pink and lacy dresses aren't things Usopp would equate to the level of Hell, but he's learned not to mention either if he wants to keep Sanji out of the fetal position.
46. Sun
On the Grand Line's unforgiving waters where the weather can never make up its mind, sunny days are hard to come by; thus when they do decide to visit, Sanji makes sure to properly enjoy Usopp stripping down to his swim shorts.
47. Moon
There's not a romantic bone in Usopp's body, so he's quietly delighted when he's the one to suggest a candlelit dinner under the full moon, just the two of them.
48. Waves
He's sinking slowly beneath the crashing waves, eyes unfocused, and yet the crawling fear doesn't come like he expects it to; probably because he knows there's no way he'll die, not when Sanji will dive in to save him every time.
49. Hair
Sanji must have a crazy obsession with his hair, he thinks, since he's always using some excuse to sneak up behind him and bury his face in the soft curls.
50. Supernova
"And I feel like taking off~! Let me be your supernova--", the resulting foot in Usopp's mouth was Sanji's answer to him ever singling karaoke.
A/N: Sorry for any mistakes, as once again this is unbetaed. I'll find one eventually. But yes, my first time trying my hand at sentences. Some were... harder than others, admittedly. Hope you enjoy!