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sabo-has-my-heart · 2 years

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hi astra 👋👋 can i request for roger, whitebeard and shanks with a younger crewmate [platonic] that's tired & having a burn out but still pushes herself to do schoolworks :) thank you!!

So this was an interesting request for me, thank you for sending it in. The overall length will technically be longer than my usual fics, but that’s because I wanted to write a good amount for each of the different captains, at the same time, each captain will probably be less than the length of my usual fics.

Looking down at your schoolwork, you couldn’t help but sigh, head thumping on your desk as you groaned. While Roger might not seem like the type to make you do schoolwork, the man did care about his crew, meaning that you, Buggy, and Shanks had schoolwork… or well, you had schoolwork, Buggy ignored his schoolwork, and Shanks would copy off of yours while you slept. It annoyed you sometimes that you were the only one of the three of you who was interested in learning anything, but right now, you couldn’t bring yourself to care, your brain was fried. The sound of someone clearing their throat drew you out of your thoughts, looking behind you to see your captain.

“Captain Roger, sir! Is everything alright? I promise, I’ve been working really hard to-” you stopped mid sentence as Roger started laughing, thoroughly confusing you.

“I came to check up on how you’re doing, you’ve been cooped up in here all day!” the older man stated, a wide grin on his face.

“B-but my homework. Captain I-”

“Study far too hard for a future pirate! You need to get out in the sun before it disappears.” Roger said, picking you up and carrying you outside.

“Captain! I can walk just fine on my own!” you shouted, squirming in his grip as he laughed.

“You sure you haven’t been sitting at that desk too long? Legs might have fallen asleep, muscles could be withering away!” he shouted in his usual jolly manner as he carried you.

“It’s called atrophy and it doesn’t happen nearly that quickly! I do too many chores for them to-AHHH!” your eyes widened as Roger jumped over the side of the ship, you in tow, the both of you landing into the ice cold sea water below. As soon as the two of you surfaced, you immediately took all the sea water in your mouth and spit it at him, the man simply laughing as you tried to glare at him only to start laughing as well.

“You work too hard, Y/n. You need to learn when to take a break or you’re going to burn out.” Roger said with a grin, placing a hand on your head.

“Rayleigh said-”

“Rayleigh says a lot of things, but Rayleigh’s not your captain. You’ve learned a lot of things from him and he’s a great man, but you also need to learn when to step back and take a break. Sometimes you need to look at things with a fresh mind, other times you just need to relax, it’s not laziness if it’s self-care, Y/n.” Roger comforted, making you smile. Despite his childishness, his temper, or his recklessness, he could be surprisingly insightful at times, a trait you’d seen in him before.

“I… alright captain. Thank you. Though can I go back to my room just long enough to change? If I’m going to be running around on deck I want to be in dry clothes.” you said with a smile, pulling at your wet shirt.

“Who said anything about running around on deck?” Shanks called before dropping down, splashing into the water next to you, sending more water splashing over you.

“Shanks! What the hell?! You’re gonna land on someone that way!” you shouted as soon as the red head surfaced.

“You’ll be fine! The captain was with you! Now come on, I bet I can beat you in a race. Finish line is at the front of the ship!” Shanks pointed.

“You’re on, red-hair.” you replied, a grin on your face.

“Red-hair Shanks, huh? I like it! Now… readysetgo!” with that the red head took off as fast as he could, you shouting at him about cheating even as you laughed.

Staring down at the ledgers for a moment, you smiled. It wasn’t laziness to take a break when you were burnt out. Exiting your cabin, your crew watched as you walked over to the railing.

“Is everything okay captain?” one of the crew asked, wondering why you were out of your room when you’d told them you’d probably be busy all day.

“Just fine, just going to take a small swim.” with that you dove into the ice cold waters, a little self-care swim.

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“They've been sitting like that all day.” Ace whispered as he, Thatch, Marco, and Izo stared into your room to see you hunched over your desk.

“That can’t be good for their posture.” Izo commented, brow furrowed as you scribbled away at something.

“Have they at least gotten up to eat something?” Thatch asked, looking at Ace who simply shrugged, unsure if you’d even really moved.

“It’s not healthy for them, yoi.” Marco added, the four men staring at you for a moment. Finally, Marco marched into your room, simply picking you up and throwing you over his shoulder, even against your protests.

“Marco? What the hell? I’ve got school work to do! Put me down!” you shouted, struggling in the phoenix’s muscular arms.

“You need to get out of your room, yoi. We’re making sure you do it.” Marco stated as he carried you out. The 4 young men would make sure you relaxed.

It was a little while later that you sat in Izo’s room, the man placing cucumbers over your eyes as you sat in front of his chair.

“There, a nice spa day to help you relax and recuperate.” Izo said with a grin, walking to his bathroom to wash the spa products off his skin. As soon as the man had his back turned, you lifted one of the cucumbers before pulling a book out from under your shirt, quickly opening it to read it. You needed to finish the book for an essay you were writing, Izo was meticulous in his care so he’d be in there for a while, right?

“What’s that? Why are you reading? You should be relaxing.” a voice said, making you flinch.

Thatch smiled as you stirred whatever mixture he’d handed you, the man having said that cooking was a great way to relax and take a break while still being up and doing things. Glancing over at the man you slowly pulled an unused drawer out, grabbing the pen inside, jotting down some notes before closing it and turning back to Thatch who’d just turned around to smile at you. It was about 30 minutes later when the drawer slammed shut, startling both you and Thatch as you looked up from the work you’d been doing to see Ace standing there.

“I was gonna see if whatever you two were cooking was done and if I could have some, but I’m wondering if it wasn’t just Thatch cooking and you working.” Ace scolded while Thatch gave you a disappointed look.

“It’s important. I’ve got-”

“To go see Marco, he said he was next in line.” Thatch interrupted, making you sigh. Like with the rest of the crew, they were your family, and right now they were taking the role of ‘caring older brother’ a little too seriously for your liking.

Marco knew what it was like to overwork himself, being the first mate, first division commander, the ship’s doctor, highly respected across the entire ship and partially responsible for looking after Pops’ health, the man didn’t take many breaks himself, so he figured that he’d get you to take a break by not taking a break. Instead you were on deck helping Marco remind people that their yearly check-ups were coming up. All you had to do was put a checkmark next to a name and follow him around. It got you out of your room, it was easy, and it got you doing something.

“Y/n, I’m pretty sure we’ve already talked with Vista, yoi.” Marco said as you listed another name.

“Well he hasn’t been checkmarked.” you stated as Marco frowned.

“Let me see.” Marco said, holding his hand out for the clipboard.

“Are you telling me I did something wrong?” you asked, pulling the clipboard closer. Marco’s eyes narrowed.

“No, I just want to see with my own eyes, yoi.” Marco said before quickly snatching the board from you. Unsurprisingly, there behind the check sheet, was more schoolwork, “This is going to take drastic action.”

Ace knocked on Pops’ door, you standing behind him, surrounded by the other four men as you heard Pops call for you all to come in.

“Alright Pops, we all tried, but Y/n won’t take a break from their school work.” Ace said as soon as you were inside the large room. The older man looked at you for a moment before glancing at the others and letting out a sigh.

“Y/n, you’re not allowed to do any more work for the rest of today and all of tomorrow. Captain’s orders.” the man said simply before leaning back in his chair.

“But Pops! My school work-”

“Can wait until you’re no longer burnt out, little one. Now go, enjoy the sunshine.” Whitebeard said with a smile, even as you sighed defeatedly.

“Your work will still be there tomorrow, no one’s going to die because you took a break.” the man said with a chuckle as the 5 of you left the man’s room. You supposed he was right, one little break wouldn’t kill anyone.

Pouring over your textbooks, you rubbed the bridge of your nose, your vision was starting to swim and words were starting to blur together. You knew that you should probably get some sleep, but you really wanted to finish this up before you went to bed. Looking out the tiny window, you sighed, it was well past nightfall and, from what you could tell, it was probably pretty late at night. Standing up, you did a quick stretch, you could use a snack before returning to your work. The Red Force was quiet as you walked towards the kitchen, the rest of the crew already asleep, some passed out in hammocks, others passed out on deck. Not that it really mattered to you, you were looking for brain food, not people. Entering the kitchen, you noticed Benn and Shanks sitting on the kitchen counters, talking and laughing.

“Y/n! We’ve barely seen you all day! Where’ve you been hiding?” Shank asked as you opened the fridge, pulling out some cut up fruit.

“In my room studying, captain. You know, my school work?” you said, reminding the man of your studies before popping some fruit in your mouth, letting out a slight pleased hum at the juicy food.

“You study too much, Y/n. I know that there’s a lot you want to learn, but you need sleep, and clearly you’re not getting enough food if you’re grabbing a late night snack.” Shanks said, gesturing towards your plate as slice after slice of fruit disappeared into your mouth.

“I just want to finish my work, it’s important to me. If I finish it quickly, I can move on to the next thing, and one day it’ll pay off.” you explained, devouring more of the fruit before retrieving more from the fridge. You were hungrier than you realized, perhaps you had been working too long if you were this hungry, it wasn’t like you were skipping meals, there was no way anyone on the crew would let you miss meals.

“Just promise me you’ll get some sleep tonight, alright?” Shanks asked, Benn nodding in agreement.

“That Captain’s right. I might work hard, but I know when to take a break, you need to learn when to take a break too.” Benn added, watching you nod.

“Food, sleep, and then more work in the morning.” you said, watching as the two men sighed. They knew that there was only so much they could do at the moment, so instead they simply agreed.

It was 2 weeks later, as you pushed through your latest work that Benn knocked down your door.

“W-what? Benn, what’s going on?” you demanded as the man picked you up under his arm.

“Captain said he wants to see you, said you probably wouldn’t come immediately so he sent me.” Benn explained, carrying you all the way to Shanks’ cabin.

“Captain, what the hell? I was working! Furthermore, sicking Benn on me was unnecessary, I would have come if you needed me!” you shouted, glaring at the man.

“Then why didn’t you come see me 2 days ago? Or last week?” Shanks asked, making your eyes widen. Had he asked for you on those days?

“I uh, didn’t… realize it was an emergency.” you lied, watching as Shanks rolled his eyes.

“Sure, sure. Listen, you’ve been working very hard, so I’d like you to take a short break.” Shanks said, leaning back in his own desk chair.

“I really should finish what I’m doing, captain.” you protested. Shanks sighed and nodded, he knew how important this was to you.

“I know, but I know what burnout looks like. I’m not telling you to forget about it or to not return to it. I’m telling you to take a break. Once you’re not burnt out, you can go back to studying to your heart’s content. You’re the youngest crew member here, you should be having more fun, not spending all day studying. Even Benn doesn’t work this hard.” Shanks said with a grin. You smiled and nodded before yawning, you had been working hard lately, returning to your school work no matter how tired you were.

“In that case, I’m gonna take a nap.” you muttered, the need for sleep hitting you like a brick all of the sudden. Shanks chuckled before picking you up and tucking you into his bed, placing his coat over you. He may not be the father figure to you that Roger was to him, but you were still his nakama and he’d take care of you just as much as Roger cared for him.

To everyone out there, remember to take breaks when you need them. It's not laziness if it's self care, and if you're burnt out then taking a break can be a good thing. Hope this is what you wanted and I hope you enjoyed it. ❤😊

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