Alright, so here is the new chapter. It ended up being around 7000 words, without Author's notes. Please enjoy!
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"Don't you be rubbing those scratchy ass legs on me to try and get attention!" Crocodile grumbled, shoving at the other man, clearly trying to play footsy with him.
Doflamingo snickered, a clear mischievous look across his face. "You said you were feeling a bit chilly. So I was just trying to warm my pretty up.~"
"Uhuh."
"Fufu, you keep glaring at me like that and I might have the other's watch Lu for a bit, again." The blond purred, running a possessive hand over Crocodile's arm. Doflamingo laughing when he got a growl from the other man. "See? Just so cute!~"
"I'm not going to go another round with a beast like you! Besides, it's late!" Crocodile grumbled, still incredibly sore. He was literally having to half shuffle to the bathroom and back. If he had known how much pain he would have been in later, Crocodile might have at least thought on a limit or something, before letting the bastard jump him like that. Though he also hadn't known that Doflamingo had such a ridiculous, totally inhuman libido. He apparently had been holding back quite a bit last time, bigtime, the bastard!
"Humph, but what am I supposed to do when you're being such a cute Momma with Lu?"
"You're on that again? I'm never going to be any brat's mom!" Crocodile huffed and glared, even as he tightened his hold around the pup nested under the blankets and curled up against his still tender bruised chest. Scent positively daring the blond to try taking the infant from him. Damn Flamingo bastard liked to bite! As long as those teeth stayed away from his pairing glands, he wouldn't complain too much about it, though.
"Fufufu, of course! I love my Treasures getting along so well! Lu's friendly, but he doesn't take to being held by anyone else, but his daddy for very long and he's been all over you! He really likes you.~" Doflamingo purred completely disregarding the brunet's denials of ever being his Sweetness' mother. It was cute that he even tried while snuggling him like that. Such a possessive pretty!~ Clearly, the pup's growing affection was mutual. His Croco was just too stubborn to realize it yet!
"Yeah, well, your clinging to the both of us like a leech, so of course, he isn't acting up. Don't know how he isn't feeling smothered with your constant hovering." Crocodile sniped, even as his scent became slightly less biting, even hinting at affectionate and protective, though his face stayed grumpy.
"You'll learn that Luffy can't be made to like anyone or anything. I can already see our Treasure being quite the demanding little free spirit. Fufu,~" Doflamingo snickered, while giving the snoozing pup those ridiculously, absolutely not cute at all, dedicated gooey daddy eyes. Suddenly long, strong limbs were dragging Crocodile as close as they could. Long legs were latched around his waist and locked around his thighs, Crocodile's face was pressed against that washboard chest and his head was supported by an arm. At the same time, the other was possessively wrapped around the brunet and a very disgruntled looking pup who huffed indigently and let out an annoyed squeak at being both manhandled and awoken before settling back in. Crocodile felt that, deep in his icy soul.
Crocodile gave the man a warning growl. Showing his irritation before begrudgingly relaxing into the hold after a few moments of listening to Doflamingo purring sweetly and having disgustingly sweet kisses pepper his face and shoulders. He grumbled under his breath before gave the other man a skeptical look trying not to focus on how his own body relaxed against the blond.
"He's an infant." Crocodile pointed out, deciding to try and just pretend he wasn't irritated with all of the other man's clinginess. Hoping that this new tactic might ruffle a few feathers, since Doflamingo seemed to find being reactive as amusing and cute, not reacting should do the opposite... right?
Doflamingo, of course, wasn't bothered. He didn't even pout or let go like Crocodile had hoped. Instead, Doflamingo clung even more. The blond settled against the other man, happily snuggling in and rubbing his chin against the top of his Pretty's beautiful dark hair.
Crocodile smelled so so nice now! Perfect. Smelling like him and their pup. Even the Alpha's quarters had started to take on the unique scent of his pretty. Doflamingo couldn't have been any happier or more content. He was sure that his Sweetness felt the same way. This was going by how, over the last few days, Luffy had begun to clumsily rub his face into the other man's chest and around his sweet oblivious Croco's scent glands. This made the other man even more affectionate and receptive towards the pup and, in turn, Doflamingo.
His perfect good boy helping his daddy wrangle in such an unruly Tsundere mommy! Precious possessive boy, just like his mommy and daddy.~ Marking them with his scent at such a young age ugh, he was so cute!
Crocodile must have smelled really comforting and pleasant for an omegan pup. Especially one that was used to being around mostly more aggressive typings of alphas and had never encountered the scent of an omega before. Even if the brunet wasn't exactly one and didn't smell exactly like one, either he smelled close enough. Crocodile's strangely pleasant mixed scent, along with the clear dominating claim of his daddy's scent, likely had his Treasure trusting and clearly very receptive to this new person in a way he wasn't with the others. It made Doflamingo very happy.
"I'm his daddy, a good daddy can see these things. You'll see, once you've had some more time bonding with him."
"Who says I want to spend any more time with the squirt and besides…. how….. would you know if… I'd be any good at…. being a parent?"
Doflamingo rolled his eyes, unable to control himself at that point. "A good daddy can just tell." He half teased.
"Your such an ass."
"But a pretty one.~" Doflamingo crooned, giving the other man a cheeky smirk and licked his lips.
"Maybe….." Crocodile grumbled, his lips slowly twitching up into a sly look. "But you're an arrogant dick to."
Doflamingo faux pouted. "So mean! And I was going to blow you out of the goodness of my pure boy heart just because I liked to see my Pretty Croco feeling good.~ To bad my Croco can't appreciate my best charms. I guess… maybe I'll just have to settle for having a little fun with myself and my mirror?" The young alpha sighed in a woo is me tone of voice even as his tongue hung out of his mouth and his lips were split into a razor-edged grin. Those strange eyes practically twinkled at the uncomfortable flush on the other man's disgruntled face. The scent of interest, heavy and delectable. Doflamingo purred. Such a pretty pretty naughty little Croco!~ How he wanted to taste him and suck him and pet his Lovely with his tongue, make his pretty cry and moan and worship him like the god that he was. The blond gave the smaller man a coy smile, making sure to bat his pale lashes at him just right.
Crocodile immediately shot him a suspicious glare. He was sure that as great as it sounded, honestly, he could easily find himself becoming half addicted to the man's mouth. Doflamingo was literally that good, but getting blown would come at a price. The flamingo bastard had repeatedly tried sticking fingers in him and had been staring at the bruising on his chest for hours. Absolutely stinking of want. Crocodile didn't think his crotch could take another hellishly pleasurable version of what Doflamingo considered to be an average round for at least a few more days, if not a week. Besides, Luffy was sleeping and even though he definitely didn't like the pup the kid was sleeping on him. The brunet couldn't just get rid of him because the brat's dad couldn't control himself.
It was getting cold too and what kind of asshole let an infant get cold and lonely just to get laid in the middle of the night? Definitely, not him, Crocodile may have been a class A asshole sometimes, but he had standards and principals. Though it definitely helped that Luffy was such a likable little thing. Not that he liked him or anything, but he didn't… dislike him either. The man definitely wasn't getting possessive or lovey maternal feelings over the infant either! Not even when the brat nuzzled into him so sweetly burbling or when he began to smell like his.
Crocodile would never be anyone's mom and no way would he ever let himself get anchored down by an arrogant Pidgeon like Doflamingo. The guy was too clingy and crazy and said too many things that made Crocodile's stomach do weird things and his throat squeeze until he could hardly breathe and that made his eyes sore and scratchy. Crocodile was a free man, damn it, he didn't need nor want anyone!... No matter how good they made, him feel….
"I… think.. I'll pass." Crocodile eventually said, rubbing circles into Luffy's squirmy little back to try and settle him into a more peaceful sleep.
"Do it like this," Doflamingo muttered, suddenly all thoughtful sounding his face softened to looking at the pup with unstable worshipful affection. The blond reached over and grabbed Crocodile's hand in a way that had him red-faced. Carefully guiding the pressure and pattern, the hand was going in until Luffy was completely boneless and Crocodile was doing everything he could to not look directly at the man or the hand he was holding. Luffy was still far too young to be able to purr while sleeping, but it was clear he would have been going full force if he were physically capable.
"See, isn't he so cute when he settles like that?~ Fufu, makes him settle right down, doesn't it little Treasure? On the rare occasion that doesn't work, you have to put his face near your glands. He'll conk right out. Lulu loves to sleep in the crook of my neck too.~" The blond yapped, absolutely preening over the tiny pup, he clearly did his best to take the best of care of. Eyes fixated and demeanor almost mellowed out to a child-like sweetness, joyful in getting to share about the infant.
Crocodile's throat did that choky thing again and his heart may have squeezed a bit. Doflamingo, the bastard that he was, the clear monster, was a dotting loving father. Even this monster genuinely loved this pup so so much and Luffy wasn't even blood. Doflamingo was willing to risk a crook like him, holding the pup and acted like he wanted so badly to share Luffy with him, Crocodile of all people. What a stupid idiot.
"Lets just…. go back to sleep, flamingo bastard." Crocodile managed to croak as Doflamingo nuzzled the top of his head, clearly trying to stink him up with his scent, after planting a disturbingly affectionate kiss against the corner of his mouth.
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"What the hell?!" Crocodile yelped, startled from his content sleepy state. The feeling of something suckling at his nipples hadn't exactly been unpleasant, but waking up to a half dozing pup practically vacuum sealing one wasn't something that kept him mellowed for long once he was able to see past the humiliating hazy mantra of 'baby, my new baby, need to feed my pup' that made his brain sluggish and pleasantly buzzed. He hated it. Crocodile wasn't some snivvely desperate little thing. He wasn't able to have pups. He sure as hell wasn't going to be nursing one either and that was that.
The brunet was sputtering and gape mouth from sheer astonished embarrassment when he realized Doflamingo was gently rolling his tongue and teeth over the opposite nipple. Luffy was embarrassing enough. At least he had the excuse of being a constantly hungry little pup that didn't know any better. Doflamingo was just a freak!
"What the fuck do you think you're doing? Get off of me!" Crocodile squawked, wishing at that moment, that not only had he thought to sleep on the other side of the bed, so he wasn't vulnerable with Doflamingo laying on his handless side. He wished that the man was at least a tiny bit grossed out or bothered by it so he would maybe at least let up when Crocodile tried pushing him away. Like a normal person would.
Instead, the blond let out an enamored little sound and snatched up the stump in one of his hands. Then began gently but firmly messaging it between his massive slender fingers. What a weirdo, what a total fr…. Oh, that felt really nice. Like really really good. He hadn't realized how tender the horribly scarred limb was until Doflamingo started rubbing.
Crocodile couldn't help but let out an embarrassing little whimper as the man worked at all of his sore spots. He hardly even noticed when the blond pulled away from his nipple nor that Luffy was still pacifying himself he was so focused on the feeling of Doflamingo's firm, gentle hand, now hands, carefully working the painful appendage. Crocodile was so used to the pain by then it had become almost a part of his personality, his identity. The trauma still haunted him and left him aching for sleep most nights as electricity ran through him and the feeling of former pain ravaged a none existent hand. He hadn't even noticed, until then, that since sharing a bed… more like nest, with Luffy and Doflamingo, the unbearable pain at night hadn't flared up like it usually would and the pain in his stump had been almost to a level that he could pretend he wasn't in significant pain.
"Oh, Pretty, you poor thing! If I had known I would have been doing this sooner for you. Does this feel better?" Doflamingo crooned, staring intently at the pained relief on his Croco's face as he rubbed at lumpy scar tissue.
"Y-yeah." Crocodile very reluctantly grumbled.
Crocodile sighed, as Doflamingo rubbed a particularly painful spot. A relieved purr forcing its way out of the brunet as he allowed himself to loosen up a little. It wasn't long after, while he was teetering between being sleep and bliss when something sweet and cheerful and chirpy met his ears vibrating against his chest and against his resting hand. Then the familiar rumbling purr of Doflamingo rattled on next to him and Crocodile felt like his brains had totally been scrambled. The sound of happy relaxed pup and unthreatening affectionate alpha, along with the pain relief, was amazing. His brain tried it's best to tell him that it was weird. His reactions weren't normal for him, but he couldn't help but push those thoughts aside. His brains had been turned to mush in the best way possible and the pull to relax in a way he couldn't remember doing even as a small pup had completely crushed any and all resistance… At least until he had his wits about him again.
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"LU~ Sweetie, there you are! Oh, it's been so long since we've seen all of you! I was worried that you'd be in there for the whole time, captain!" Bentham crowed, grinning excitedly at the trio finally, after well over a week, deciding to actually leave the living quarters altogether instead of having to pick up Luffy for a few hours or Doflamingo leaving for a bit. He waved at Luffy and practically swooned when the pup tried copying him back, grinning happily from his father's hold and making high pitched trilling squeaks at the man. The motherly alpha made a delighted chuff back at the pup, getting Luffy all sorts of worked up. "Oh, aren't you the cutest little thing? Such a little angel!" The man sniffled, overwhelmed by how sweet and adorable his new nephew was.
"Bentham stop getting all worked up over the brat. You're going to make him cry again." Crocodile grumbled, rolling his eyes as the other man pouted up at him.
"We were sharing tears of joy!"
"No, you were crying in happiness or whatever you do. Luffy's an overly emotional brat and ended up crying because you started crying. He is too young to understand the difference between sad cry and that weird happy crying that you do all of the time." Crocodile said, making a vague up and down gesture with his hook, grimacing at the man.
"Those that share hearts and dreams feel each other's joys and sorrows!" Bentham insisted, his pouting even worse as he crossed his arms and pointedly looked away from his captain.
With a raised eyebrow, Crocodile decided it to just leave things be. He and Bentham were very different people. The argument could go on for the rest of their lives with how passionate the other man was about everything. He was sure that Bentham would never give in to anyone's logic that wasn't his own. It was what made the man's crew love and respect him so much.
"I'm going ta' have a smoke." Crocodile grumbled, pulling a cigar from his pocket. Suddenly getting grouchy. "You take care of the brat, flamingo bastard, since I'm not allowed to smoke around him." The brunet said, frowning. His tone clipped.
Doflamingo frowned at the other man. He didn't understand why he was suddenly acting so pissy and distant again in the last few days. He had been so calm and happy, almost affectionate acting, until the day after he had tried relieving some of the clear pain Crocodile was in on his handless side. Suddenly, he was being completely unreasonably standoffish, avoided cuddling like he would get burned from him, and wasn't being nearly as attentive with Luffy as before even though he was clearly struggling with not snatching the pup up and cuddling him for dear life.
Doflamingo couldn't understand what was going on, but he didn't like it. His Croco should never try to distance himself from them, especially his own pup. If he didn't start acting like a good mommy again, Doflamingo would have to straighten him out. Mother's should never hurt or neglect their babies! He hoped he wouldn't have to get his last resort present out. That would definitely sour the mood completely and for quite a long while.
"Ne-ne, Luffy! How is uncle's favorite boy?" Trebol shouted, eagerly shuffling up to a still distracted Doflamingo and grinned idiotically down at the tiny pup who burbled up at him. "Did you miss me Lu? Did you? Doffy, did Lulu miss me the most? He did, right?" Trebol exclaimed, leaning into the other man's personal space as he practically interrogated him.
"Your standing very close." Doflamingo pointed out, leaning away.
"Bwehe! I'm sure Lulu's hungry! Are you hungry to Doffy? Breakfast should be served in a few minutes." Trebol went on, ignoring what the blond said and ended up practically with his head on top of Luffy's as he got even closer.
"Yes, breakfast sounds nice." The blond agreed, still frowning at the closeness. Glancing over at the brunet, puffing away on a cigar sitting at the far end of the chilly deck right outside of the navigation room's window. "Could someone watch my Treasure for a few minutes?"
"Of course! Lu sweetie!~" Bentham eagerly exclaimed, grinning ear to ear as he held out his arms.
Vergo immediately was there too, trying to step in front of the man. "I'll take him Doffy. We haven't got to spend much time together since Crocodile and his crew showed up."
"No, it is quite alright I can feed him," Bentham said, raising an eyebrow at the other man's tenseness.
"No, I am his uncle. It is my responsibility to make sure my nephew is doing well." Vergo all but growled.
"I can feed him!" Bentham huffed.
Vergo knocked into the man with his hip, nearly knocking him off balance. "I insist." He said, looking and sounding calm even as, seconds later, the man practically had to bend himself in half to avoid the kick Bentham tried to plant on his passive looking face in retaliation. Causing a full out brawl between the two.
Doflamingo rolled his eyes and snickered as Diamante and Pica kicked the pair out onto the deck. The blond alpha smiling like an indulgent parent at the Vergo and Bentham's behavior. Though he hadn't seen much of the Okama yet, from what he had seen so far and heard, he was shaping up to be a perfect loving second auntie to his Sweetness, which he was pleased about he wished that maybe he was a little more level headed though. Vergo did start it, so he couldn't really get too annoyed with Bentham for fighting back.
"So….. since their fighting can I take him?" Diamante asked, expression sly as he slid right in to start off where the other two had left off. Hold out cupped hands and staring down at the tiny pup with as close to gooey eyes as a guy like him could. Luffy was now making hungry little merps and looking around with those great big dark eyes. Probably trying to figure out who had food to beg off of, even if he still wasn't eating anything but from his bottle, still.
"Why are Auntie Ben and Mr. Ver- Oh! Lu-Lu's here!" Buffalo exclaimed from the doorway. Looking a little startled. His face practically glowed as he bounced over. "Yay! Now I can show him the new stuff I helped pick out for Lu and maybe we can play! Dasuyan!" The boy said, happily rocking on the balls of his feet.
"Breakfast first, Buffalo." Senior Pink reminded the boy, getting a pout that quickly turned into a noise of agreement. Then the man turned to Doflamingo, ignoring Diamante completely and practically snatched the pup from the blond alpha, without warning. "Come here Lu. It looks like your father needs to have a talk with your mother, man to man. These things are best done in private. Once your older, you'll understand." He calmly explained to the wiggly infant even as Diamante shouted his shocked indignation.
"Go talk to Sir Crocodile young master. One should never leave their chosen partner sulking for too long. They may perceive it as you not caring about how they feel." Senior Pink said to his captain, as he took a seat, carefully sitting Luffy in his lap and trying to gently encourage Luffy to pick, chewing on Tora-Tora, over his hands. He wondered if he was the only one that had noticed how much the pup had begun to drool and chew on things.
Only a few minutes after Doflamingo left to talk to his Croco, food came piling in, which of course, had Luffy howling like a wronged banshee with gluttonous hunger and the present executives scrambling to make him a bottle. Senior Pink had almost wished that Bentham hadn't gone back to his ship to eat with his crew as at least he wouldn't have made a mess out of something they had months of practice doing already. Crocodile wouldn't have either. Why had the weird 10-year old that hadn't ever even fed the pup, been the one that had got his act together enough to give him a properly made bottle? Why was their family so dysfunctional? Why was Vergo getting to be excluded from this mess?
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About a week later and both crews were docking on BlackJack Coastal. An island with so many ships that came in on a daily basis that it had its own artificial island of sorts made up of docks and platforms for docking ships and even had its own community living on it to help maintain everything, having shops and a few restaurants peppered around.
Of course, there was the 'leave it to chance' side that you didn't have to pay for and more times than not, someone would either steal or vandalize a person's ship while they were on the actual island having fun. Then there were the exclusive areas that you had to pay for. Royal's Flush was the most exclusive and expensive part of the harbor to dock in.
Being Joker had its perks, one being a permanent docking slip for all 5 of his ships. His massive flagship and 4 smaller ones for when it was only one or two of his executives or himself going somewhere and either didn't feel like taking an entire crew of underlings or when Doflamingo had errands that needed running that were below his family he would send out a ship with some underlings on it to take care of things. No one was allowed to use the docked slips either, so it was a bit surprising to see those slips filled to the brim with what looked like a bunch of average merchant ships.
After about two minutes of chewing out the apologetic dock workers that had apparently been given some very official-looking paperwork stating that the people had permission, Doflamingo had handed off Luffy to Crocodile who's smile had nearly dimmed into an irritated grimace. Unacceptable.
It had taken him weeks of loving care to get to the point that his sweet Croco seemed genuinely in a decent at least semi-comfortable mood and his poor Pretty had really been looking forward to docking quickly and exploring the island. Everyone had been looking forward to the private gourmet buffet that Doflamingo had already gotten all set up for them as well and had barely ate all day they were so looking forward to it.
The veins in the man's forehead positively throbbed as he grinned menacingly. Doflamingo stormed over to the docked ships and pulled himself up, using the clouds overhead. Well, if they wouldn't move them, then he would just have to clear them out. Simple as that. The blond did just that, yanking the ships out of his slips and launched them as far as he could and once they were far enough away, he sliced them into tiny bits, uncaring of the screams of people within.
Landing back on the docks feeling a little calmer after the screams of dying people filled his ears with their lovely little toons, Doflamingo practically skipped over to his mildly disturbed looking Croco and planted a kiss on his Pretty's cheek then leaned down to kiss his Lu to, after the pup babbled indignantly at being left out and gave him his pouty 'I'm so neglected and never get enough love' lip warble. "Fufufu, Lu's so demanding and dramatic!~"
"That… was a little extreme." Crocodile finally pointed out after a few minutes. Still eying the now empty water as he absently began rocking Luffy. He only looked slightly perturbed.
"Nonsense Pretty, I'm not going to have my cute Croco stressing out during our vacation. Besides, they should have known to call me before letting anyone dock." Doflamingo said flippantly, while wiggling his fingers in Luffy's face with a smile as the easily distracted infant tried grabbing at them. Smirking at how red Crocodile's face had gotten.
"You know by now, I hate it when you try buttering me up like that!" Crocodile growled.
"No, you don't!~ Besides, what did you think because we're in public that I would ease up a bit or something, my gorgeous Pretty?"
"Ugh, stop that! I was a pirate before you were even born! You can't get me all stary eyed from some nice words! You hear me?" Crocodile hissed, though maybe not with as much bite as he had at the beginning of the journey.
Doflamingo counted it as a win. He would tell his Pretty how beautiful he was and how much he already loved and appreciated him until he had no choice but to give in. Crocodile was stunning. The blond would make him get this fact of life one way or another, even if it took him an eternity to do so. Crocodile would accept that he was beautiful and that he should be praised like the gorgeous slip of a beauty that the young alpha saw him as.
After that, it didn't take long for their ships to dock. Though it was long enough that Doflamingo had to be scolded a few times by Crocodile about trying to make dock workers bludgeon each other to death with his own impressionable pup being right there. He was so bored, though and such pathetic nattering people made his bloodthirst twinge uncomfortably. It wasn't fair. Why did they have to wait to go have some fun? They had Lu and his bookbag full of all of his Treasure's essentials. The pout on Luffy's face was a clear sign that his Sweetness absolutely agreed. Croco wasn't any fun at all!
Doflamingo pointedly ignored how Crocodile was grumbling and fighting the pup on keeping his cute new red long-sleeved dressy button-up onesie combo on that the brunet had 'reluctantly' picked out. Luffy's grouchiness was definitely from being bored, just like his daddy, Doflamingo was sure! A distressed sound from the pup had the blond up from his vulture-like crouch and hovering over his Croco whose brows were furrowed up in concern.
"Hey, Lu Sweetness, what's wrong?" Doflamingo crooned, not at all used to that sort of sound from his baby.
"I think it's too cold for him." Crocodile mumbled, realizing the pup was paler than he should be and beginning to look thoroughly miserable as he curled in on himself, making very distressing 'I'm suffering and uncomfortable' mewls that had Doflamingo visibly anxious. Crocodile, himself, was mildly chilled from the breeze coming straight off of the water.
Doflamingo frowned and pulled his mantle from his shoulders and draped it over Crocodile's. The blond may have hated the cold, but he was more than used to it at that point after living through the North Blue's hard winters. It wasn't anywhere near as cold in BlackJack Coastal as it was back in Spider's Mill. Crocodile was pretty used to sticking to warmer islands in the Grandline, though and Lu rarely went outside anymore since it had gotten colder out. The young alpha's mantle and nice suit had kept him plenty warm for the weather, so Doflamingo hadn't really noticed the chill in the air.
"There you go Treasures!" Doflamingo purred, making sure to pull it around the pair just right so the wind wouldn't be able to bite into them.
"I'll be right back." The blond said, using his string powers to launch himself into the air and onto his ship and returned only a few minutes later with a stunning dark green fur coat draped over an arm and a tiny puffy red and white striped coat along with some teensy mittens and a knitted hat. "for you Pretty.~ I was going to give it to you a little later on, but I think this is the right time, don't you?" Doflamingo purred, beaming at the flustered looking brunet who eyed the coat with clear appreciation and want.
The blond alpha, himself, wasn't much of a fan of the dreary coat. The color definitely wasn't his thing, but the moment Doflamingo saw the pelts being hauled into that shop, while looking for a gift for his pretty…. Well, he knew that no price would prevent him from getting the most luxurious coat made that money could buy, just for his pretty Croco. Possessiveness and obsession and affection welled up in Doflamingo to almost overwhelming levels as he helped his Pretty put his brand new butter-soft coat on.
"Thanks. It's…. nice." Crocodile mumbled, absently petting at the soft pelts with his now free hand.
"Fufu, of course, Pretty!" Doflamingo exclaimed, positively basking in the other's sudden softness. Ugh, his sweet Croco was just too cute!
"Now for you, Sweetness." Doflamingo crooned, cuddling the pup close for a few minutes, who made relieved chirps at the warmth he was able to soak up. Then, plopping down on a nearby bench and began carefully forcing his squirmy little creature into the winter things he brought with him. The man's heart totally train wrecked at how cute his Luffy ended up looking in them! Luffy, of course, looked at him like he had just been totally traumatized and violated, his little arms barely able to flex in the overstuffed oversized jacket. The blond couldn't help but trill and chuff adoringly at the pup, nuzzling and kissing at that cute little face. He pointedly ignored the redness and clear unhappiness his son was glaring him down with, doing his little angry grandpa pout the man had grown to find so endearing, full force.
"Lu~ my cutie pie~ It's not so bad."
"I swear he's going to end up a nudist….. or something close." Crocodile grumbled with a grimace. Though his lips were quirked up in amusement as he finally decided to approach the pair. As much as he tried not to show it, it was easy to tell that the man was having a similar crisis as Doflamingo had only minutes beforehand as the other man froze, wide-eyed, and an involuntary half purr half chirp rasped its way from the man's lips. Even Crocodile's eyes got distinctly intense and 'lovey' at the cute sight Though Doflamingo resolved not to mention it, less he get all weirdly distant and sulky again.
Even if Doflamingo somehow hadn't noticed those behaviors, his smell easily gave the brunet away, taking on a possessive maternal note. The blond forced back a smirk. No matter how much his Pretty fought it, there was no way that he wouldn't end up absolutely loving and worshiping his perfect little Treasure! Doflamingo, himself, only lasted maybe two days before he was so smitten he couldn't imagine life without the pup.
It had been about a month with the various stops they had made since the other man had met Luffy. Only a monster far worse than anything Doflamingo could think up could end up not loving the baby, at least a little bit, by then. There was absolutely no way a good mommy Pretty, like Croco, could have lasted even a few more days than himself. The alpha was sure, especially when it was so easy to smell how much the other man adored the infant.
Doflamingo's chest felt like it would burst when Crocodile let out an amused laugh that had the blond nearly keening at the sweet vision before him. The young alpha couldn't blame him, though, Luffy was being a ridiculous little drama queen, yowling like he was being tortured.
Only minutes after getting suited up, Luffy began to do his pathetic 'Get this off of me, help, I'm trapped and I like my freedom' squeaks and desperate merps to trying to plead his case. It was so damn adorable, especially with Luffy apparently deciding on turning into a limp noodle of utter helplessness. Ugh, his boys were going to make his heart burst if they weren't careful!
"I wonder where that came from?" Crocodile said, pointedly and smirked as Doflamingo had to hold the pup with both hands to prevent him from flopping around.
"This drama? Oh, definitely me! Fufu, my ancestors were a dramatic, passionate bunch and my Lu is no different. Isn't that right my bratty little Treasure?~ Sometimes, we just got to take a stand even if it's against such warm comfy things, silly boy!" Doflamingo teased, laughing as the pup let out the most pathetic keen yet, really trying to work him now. "Now, now Sweetness. Yes, you do to want those on. You just don't know it yet because you are being such a stubborn little thing."
"Not to interrupt, but…. can we get a move on, Doffy? We're starved." Vergo asked. Until then, the pair hadn't even noticed a majority of the executives of both crews had been standing politely to the side, waiting for them.
"Hm, yeah. That's probably a good idea." Crocodile said, side eying the crews. "We'll be able to get Luffy out of those faster too." Crocodile agreed, lips quirking up again as Luffy let out another unhappy wail.
Doflamingo snickered and made an agreeable noise, scooping a still noodly Luffy up and cradling him, still wholly amused by the sad little cries the pup was making.
"Bweehee! I swear he's never going to like clothes!" Trebol exclaimed, as his captain approached. The crew had already suspected what was going on, familiar with Luffy's indignant 'I'm wearing clothes and I hate it' cries. So everyone either didn't pay it any mind, were exasperated by the baby's stubbornness, or were amused.
A few of Crocodile's crewmates hadn't been on Doflamingo's ship enough to have learned what such sounds meant yet, on the other hand, and were incredibly tense. When they heard the other crew go on about the pup in a completely unbothered fashion, they were confused and a little upset.
"Sir?" Daz finally said, tone questioning, after a few minutes of walking and listening to the pup making clearly distressing sounds. Bentham making anxious sounds next to him even though he didn't do his usual, butting in behavior, which was odd in itself.
"He's fine. Our Lu just likes to complain a lot when he doesn't like something!" Diamante said, smirking self importantly, down at them.
Jora nodded her head and signed, looking mildly pained. "Yes, Lu-Lu just hates clothes for some reason. I just hope he grows out of that eventually."
"Especially with winter coming," Gladius said agreeably.
Machvice made an agreeable noise. More focused on the food than Luffy at that moment.
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Deciding that he didn't like the angle he was laying at with all of the new loud and shiny things all around Luffy had squirmed and babbled in irritation until Doflamingo readjusted him so he could sit up and look around. Big eyes darted everywhere as the infant eagerly took everything in. "Interesting, huh, Treasure? Lots of shiny things all over here isn't there?"
The Pup wiggled, trying to figure out how to move his arms in the big fluffy thing. Those attempts were abandoned and Luffy let out a distressed sound, merping, when the scent of freshly made food caught his attention as he was carried through the massive casino/hotel combo. "You don't need to get so worked up, Luffy.~ You'll get food soon." Doflamingo crooned soothingly… or at least in a way that was soothing to Luffy and rub at the pup's back a little, trying to calm him down.
Doflamingo had felt strangely on edge since walking into the building. Getting incredibly tense feeling when a group of cloaked people passed through. One, in particular, froze up as the blond spoke to his pup and suddenly dark eyes were staring them down, his sweet Lu, in particular, looking incredibly spooked. What had that been all about? It was a good thing that the crews' escort had shown up because a very aggressive growl was just on the tip of Doflamingo's tongue and made his chest feel tight and uncomfortably heavy. Something felt off in a way that made the blond anxious. If that person came anywhere near them, he would obliterate them.
Once they were far enough away, Doflamingo forced himself back to smiling and having a good time. Unable to help himself, he chinned his Treasure a few times for good measure, feeling significantly more relaxed once he did so. They all chatted amicably between each other, the good mood picking back up.
Buffalo, the exuberant alpha pup, happily bounced around everyone, talking a mile a second to an attentive Bentham. Happily smiling as the man agreed to take him to see the strange Zeppelin thing, that he had heard you could take a ride into the other side of the island. Doflamingo usually just let the kids following his crew run wild as he didn't really normally feel enough affection to care. This island was a lot more dangerous than most, though, with the slave trafficking that sometimes went on. That, and Crocodile, hadn't exactly been happy with the idea of allowing a kid to run around on his own, especially on an unfamiliar island.
Doflamingo was fine with that decision, though. He had invested quite a bit of time and energy into the pup already and was beginning to feel some fondness for him. The man could tell already, that the boy was going to make a good family member. Besides, Doflamingo liked seeing the previously abandoned boy happy and he was incredibly so, that is, until they met the abusive, neglectful bastard that was Buffalo's father only feet from the hotel elevator leading up to their feast.
Just seeing the man had a clear negative effect on the 10-year-old as he quickly ducked his head down and looked ready to cry, just at seeing the man. Pink easily coaxed the pup in to tell him who the man was, but Doflamingo knew right away, the very moment he saw the strong reaction. This man had hurt his found family. A pup at that. Such a person couldn't be allowed to go without Doflamingo's divine punishment, thus was the law of the Donquixote Family. Though he hadn't expected the man to end up being what he was. Doflamingo couldn't wait to utterly destroy the piece of filth. To make him cry and break him beneath his feet. The blond's smile was jagged, a toothy evil thing.
End Chapter 8
So here is the next chapter I hope everyone enjoys. I am not 100% happy with it, but I spent a while on it and couldn't really figure out how to write it in a way that I would be 100% happy. I really enjoy writing Crocodile, Luffy, and Doflamingo's interactions. Croco needs all the love! :D
So really stuck, should I have Garp or Dragon show up soon? (It is really important)
Also, any ideas on what Shank's secondary gender should be? (Although I have a lot of people being alphas it doesn't mean that Omegas can't be either) I have been thinking about it for a while, but it is a little hard to decide. Luffy will eventually have a similar interaction as he did in the manga with him, which is his catalyst to want to eventually be a pirate on his own someday and be pirate king.
What does everyone want to see at BlackJack Coastal?
Please review, you guys/gals, give me my best ideas and really help move this story along! Thank you! 😊
Also, just so everyone knows, I may take about 2 weeks again for the next chapter because I'm swamped with school work, including a 3 page comic I have to make, but I am going to try and schedule out times that I write so we can have regular updates.
