I plan on updating these ten at a time, resulting in five total chapters.


#01 Motion – It's as though there's not a time when he's not moving somehow; always walking or shifting or fiddling with something, but as Crocodile thinks about it, he realizes that he'd likely worry if his partner ever ceased.

#02 Cool – Nights like this are his favorite, the ones where a particularly reptilian man settles against his side without prompting so as to escape the chill that seems to go right through the thick fur of his coat.

#03 Young – Speaking technically, their youth is gone, but when he feels a familiar tug on the curve of his hook, pulling him off to do some inane activity, he can't help but feel young again.

#04 Last – They were not each other's firsts, but they certainly plan on being each other's lasts.

#05 Wrong – Crocodile has never been one to admit to his faults, but when he sees a flicker of hurt in Doflamingo's face he feels as though he has no choice to own up to his mistakes.

#06 Gentle – They both possess a gentleness that no one would imagine they were capable of, a gentleness that they only show to each other.

#07 One – The young master had not expected himself to ever settle with a single person, but somehow, he had, and he was happier than he had ever been previously.

#08 Thousand – He had seemingly unlimited wealth and Doflamingo often wondered what he had to offer; Crocodile quenched his worries gleaning thousands of things from him that he had never even known he was capable of.

#09 King – One of them was a resigned king and the other was a man who wished to be king; regardless of current status, they treated each other as royalty.

#10 Learn – They learned from each other in different ways; an uptight man learned how to relax, and a childish man learned how to take things a little more seriously.