Author's note :
This is from my Mini-fic Mondays over at my tumblr (you'll find the link on my profile). You can also find the Zoro/Sanji drabbles/ficlets in my other collection, "Acknowledgment".
Sometimes, while sitting on the Sunny's figurehead, when the wind is strong and the sky, clear, sometimes, Luffy does that thing which, however you look at it, comes suspiciously close to thinking. Mostly about food, which usually ends up with him leaving his perch to pester Sanji for a snack. It rarely ends well, because Sanji's mouth is always prompt to deny, and his feet seem to agree.
Luffy doesn't mind, though. On rare occasions – possibly depending on the weather, because Luffy has no idea how Sanji's whimsical moods work – the cook gives in and feeds him. He'll grouch and complain that they just had lunch, but he'll whip up something in the bat of an eye. Luffy is often excited at the perspective of food, but not so much that he won't notice the way Sanji's eyes soften just so, as he offers him a plate filled with delicious things that smell heavenly. Like warm cookies, fresh out of the oven, or even meat if he's in a good day. It's worth trying, but surprisingly, not because of the food, but for that look in his eyes.
Of course, getting cookies doesn't hurt.
Luffy also wonders, sometimes, if any of their other crew-mates has ever noticed that look in Sanji's eyes. He wonders if any of them has noticed that he has that thing for his cook, for the way his eyes light up whenever someone takes the first bite of whatever's in the plate he just put on the table. Not that he likes him more than his other friends. They all have a special place in his heart, and he truly has a thing for every single one of them, in a way specific to each. He doesn't like thinking that, somehow, Sanji is more special than any of the others.
He can't explain it. But seeing that look in Sanji's eyes makes Luffy heart feel like it's filled with sun, warmer than the soft weight of the cookies in his stomach. Nothing really compares to it.
Not even the taste of Sanji's delicious cookies.
"Pairing: Sanji/Luffy (platonic or brotp if at all possible) Prompt: Luffy is worried about playing favorites with his crewmates."