the greatest of these is love
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Stede Bonnet is the only son of a well known pastor, but he never managed to establish his own ministry. But he is still determined to be a Light in the World, and so he opens up a Christian Antique Store (and attached cafe) to reach out and change the world for god.
And then Ed Teach walks into his shop.
Incredibly Niche Pentecostalism AU, featuring an Ed and Izzy who more or less have their shit together and a Stede who has his shit way less together than usual.
Expanded TWs in the end notes of each chapter.
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- Part 1 of the greatest of these is love
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text messages and group chats that were flying around behind the scenes of the main fic.
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- Part 2 of the greatest of these is love
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Lucius has come out to his religious mother. Now, he's sitting down with her at some overpriced coffee shop to decide if they're still family.
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- Part 3 of the greatest of these is love
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Agape: In Scripture, the transcendent agape love is the highest form of love and is contrasted with eros, or erotic love, and philia, or brotherly love.
Stede has been in a romantic relationship with Ed for six months, and he's happier than he's ever been in his whole life. Now everyone seems to be expecting the relationship to become sexual.
But there's no way Ed would want that from Stede, right?
A.k.a: what doesn't kill you makes you real weird in bed later in life
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- Part 4 of the greatest of these is love
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Ed had been trying to suggest a sex thing, honestly, but Stede is never quite what he expects.
(It's still pretty great, though.)
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- Part 5 of the greatest of these is love
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A week ago, Izzy Hands lost for the first time in his boxing career to a half-grown brat and hasn't been able to stop seething over it since.
So he goes out to a bar to get drunk and fist fight someone until his blood stops boiling, and he runs into that very same brat.
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- Part 6 of the greatest of these is love
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In the public eye, Blackbeard is still at the top of his game - untouchable, unflappable, a living legend in the ring. And at his side, watching his back - Izzy Hands, his coach and manager, a legend in his own right. Nothing could stop them (except for each other) until something does.
This isn't the absolute worst Ed and Izzy will get to each other, but it is close.
Wildly unmanaged mental illness verses toxic masculinity: no matter who wins, everyone loses
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- Part 7 of the greatest of these is love
