Happy Birthday, Usopp! (Shut up, it's still the 1st somewhere.)
And now, the formula for a hypothetical Usopp/Zoro fic involving the dire and perilous situation of your choosing:
Usopp: *panic*
Zoro: *faintly exasperated use of reason*
Usopp: *flail*
Zoro: *further use of reason accompanied by application of light physical force*
Usopp: *further, somewhat subdued panic*
Zoro: *continued use of force, expression of gruff affection*
Usopp: *long, sulking pause to consider logic*
Zoro: *further semi-affectionate grumbling*
Usopp: *resignation combined with returned affection*
Zoro: *brief pause for indulgence in affection, followed by resolve to get them both the hell out of dodge*
Usopp: *expression of confidence in his personal ability to rescue them both, coupled with the use of Zoro's body as a shield*
Zoro: *muttered, half-affectionate insults followed by much rolling of eyes and laying-on of smackdown to necessary opposing forces*
The End.
Usopp: *panic*
Zoro: *faintly exasperated use of reason*
Usopp: *flail*
Zoro: *further use of reason accompanied by application of light physical force*
Usopp: *further, somewhat subdued panic*
Zoro: *continued use of force, expression of gruff affection*
Usopp: *long, sulking pause to consider logic*
Zoro: *further semi-affectionate grumbling*
Usopp: *resignation combined with returned affection*
Zoro: *brief pause for indulgence in affection, followed by resolve to get them both the hell out of dodge*
Usopp: *expression of confidence in his personal ability to rescue them both, coupled with the use of Zoro's body as a shield*
Zoro: *muttered, half-affectionate insults followed by much rolling of eyes and laying-on of smackdown to necessary opposing forces*
The End.