Out of Time
An AU ZoSan fic
"What the fuck happened?"
"We stopped."
A poisonous glare, just barely visible in the dim, flickering emergency light, "I know that asshole. Any other obvious thoughts you feel the need to share?" The sentence was punctuated with the terrible groaning of elevator cables, the contraption jerking down for a couple inches before coming to another screeching halt.
"We're going to fall."
"Yes, yes we are." Sarcasm, of course. The click of his lighter seemed to echo in the small space, hands shaking just barely as he lit his cigarette, "Fuck, if I have to die, why does it have to be with you?"
There was an indifferent snort from the other, "Finally something he have in common." The cords keeping them from death strained, accompanied by the painful sound of metal on metal.
"How much longer, do you think?" If asked, he would have vehemently denied any fear in his voice, but really, what was the point? Sometime soon – and it would be soon, he knew that much – their single thread holding them safe would snap, and with it, so would they.
"Dunno." There was the same indifference that was always in the man's voice, and this time it made him snap, fingers clamping down so hard on his cigarette that it broke.
"Don't you want to say anything more substantial in our last moments of life?!"
Their eyes met, and the aching tenderness in those dark eyes were almost heartbreaking, and the pause seemed to last forever before finally he spoke, "I love you."
Eyes wide, Sanji opened his mouth to speak, simultaneous with the loud snap of the last cord, and the world went dark.
