Title:  The Evolutionary Theory series
Fandom:  One Piece
Pairing:  Zoro/Sanji, but very light
Categories:  angst, sad - but there's hope, I promise
Length:  Medium [~7,000 for all three stories]
Warnings:  might make fans sniffle a bit


Author on LJ:  ecphrastic 
Website:  n/a

Bonus rec!

Review:  In a fight for your dreams, some dreams are going to have to take second place. Sanji's forgetting All Blue - but hey, it's mealtime.

The set of three short stories hurts me every time I read it.  To be specific and somewhat spoiler-y, the first story, Process of Elimination, breaks my heart along with Sanji's, as he realizes that his dream to find All Blue is becoming less and less important in the face of his crewmate's ambitions.  His lover, Zoro, points this out to Sanji, and then spends the next two stories trying to find a way for Sanji's dream to still survive, and to bring his heart back together.  That he succeeds is worth all the pain, for we readers and for Sanji.  This triptych is one of the more beautiful stories I've read in One Piece fandom, and certainly one of the only sad ones that still keeps everyone in character - viciously so, in some ways.  [Note: It occurs very early in the series, so some of the characters we love aren't yet on the scene.  So, sorry, Chopper, Robin, Franky and Brooke fans!]

Process of Elimination
Survival of the Fittest
Natural Selection