So long lives this

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• The Time That Passes By by Thiefbird

  Fandoms: Master and Commander - All Media Types, Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  11 Mar 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Stephen Maturin/Mona (Aubrey-Maturin Series)
  • Stephen Maturin
  • Mona (Aubrey-Maturin Series)
  • James Dillon
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Adhemar de La Mothe
  • Trans Stephen Maturin
  • Trans Male Character
  • 18th Century Gender Identity
  • deadnaming
  • Misgendering
  • Childhood Sweethearts
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Period-Typical Sexism
  • Period-Typical Transphobia
  • Period-Typical Surgical Practises
  • what happens when the author gets attached to a character mentioned twice in twenty-point-five books
  • and also reads more than two academic papers for research purposes
  • transmasc character written by transmasc author

  Summary

  Prequel to Too Hard A Knot, focusing on Stephen Maturin - née Sonia Niamh Maturin i Domonova - and his childhood friend and sweetheart, Mona O'Callahan, both in Ireland and Catalunya.

  Series

  • Part 1 of So long lives this

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,901

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

  22

  Kudos:

  30

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  223

• Too Hard a Knot by Thiefbird

  Fandoms: Master and Commander - All Media Types, Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  16 Mar 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin
  • Jack Aubrey
  • Stephen Maturin
  • Preserved Killick
  • Barrett Bonden
  • Trans Stephen Maturin
  • Trans Character
  • Trans Male Character
  • Whump
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Period-Typical Sexism
  • Period Typical Attitudes
  • Period-Typical Transphobia
  • Aftermath of Torture
  • Set during HMS Surprise
  • outing of Trans character
  • Jack doesn't get it but he's Got The Spirit
  • despite the title implications this is not omegaverse
  • I just thought Twelfth Night was a good idea
  • transmasc character written by transmasc author
  • Unresolved Romantic Tension
  • Unresolved Sexual Tension

  Summary

  After the daring rescue from Mahon, Jack learns Stephen's longest-kept secret.

  Series

  • Part 2 of So long lives this

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  14,395

  Chapters:

  5/5

  Comments:

  65

  Kudos:

  101

  Bookmarks:

  7

  Hits:

  1,033

• Thy Heart Torments by Thiefbird

  Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • F/M, M/M
  • Complete Work

  25 May 2024

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin
  • Stephen Maturin/Diana Villiers
  • Jack Aubrey
  • Stephen Maturin
  • Diana Villiers
  • Richard Canning
  • Preserved Killick
  • Trans Male Character
  • Trans Stephen Maturin
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Period Typical Attitudes
  • Period-Typical Sexism
  • Period-Typical Racism
  • Period Typical Bigotry
  • Internalized Transphobia
  • Transphobia
  • Unresolved Romantic Tension
  • Unresolved Sexual Tension
  • Resolved Sexual Tension
  • NOT Resolved Romantic Tension tho
  • Duelling
  • the homoerotic tension of watching the man you love dig a bullet out of his chest
  • which is slightly ruined by the knowledge that he got shot duelling for your shared ex's honour
  • Poorly Considered Proposals of Marriage
  • Poorly Worded Proposals of Marriage
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Angst
  • HMS Surprise is POB's Stephen-Centric Whumptober and the author is leaning into it
  • transmasc character written by transmasc author
  • First Time Blow Jobs
  • Cunnilingus
  • First Time
  • Under-negotiated Kink
  • (read: unnegotiated kink)
  • Jack Aubrey has a submissive streak
  • and Stephen is exploiting it

  Summary

  Finally beginning to recover from his trials at Port Mahón, Stephen Maturin and Jack Aubrey journey towards India, and toward Diana Villiers. A rash proposal turns Stephen towards Jack while he waits for a reply.

  Series

  • Part 3 of So long lives this

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  39,247

  Chapters:

  8/8

  Comments:

  72

  Kudos:

  68

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  1,100

• Something Blue by Thiefbird

  Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, M/M
  • Complete Work

  27 Jul 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin
  • Jack Aubrey/Sophie Williams
  • Stephen Maturin & Sophie Williams
  • Jack Aubrey
  • Stephen Maturin
  • Sophie Williams
  • Multiple Pov
  • Pining
  • Infidelity
  • Emotional Infidelity
  • Angst
  • Guilty Conscience
  • Stephen is not doing gr8
  • Jack is oblivious to his own emotional state
  • wedding fic
  • I know the wedding luck poem dates more recently than this but
  • consider this
  • I do not care
  • Trans Male Character
  • Trans Stephen Maturin

  Summary

  Stephen and Jack begin to adjust to life ashore while planning a wedding

  Series

  • Part 4 of So long lives this

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  10,510

  Chapters:

  5/5

  Comments:

  35

  Kudos:

  33

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  362

• True concord of well-tuned sounds by Thiefbird

  Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, M/M
  • Complete Work

  23 Sep 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin
  • Jack Aubrey/Sophie Williams (mentioned)
  • Jack Aubrey
  • Stephen Maturin
  • Mrs Broad (Aubrey-Maturin Series)
  • Trans Character
  • Trans Male Character
  • Infidelity
  • Reunion Sex
  • Miscommunication
  • Under-negotiated Kink
  • Trans Man Stephen Maturin
  • Reunions
  • or really unnegotiated kink
  • Jack Aubrey's Submissive Streak
  • Dom/sub Undertones
  • Dom/sub

  Summary

  Three months after his wedding, Jack posts up to London to see Stephen.

  Series

  • Part 5 of So long lives this

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  6,930

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  16

  Kudos:

  46

  Hits:

  407

• And both torment by Thiefbird

  Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, M/M
  • Complete Work

  12 Oct 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Stephen Maturin & Sophie Williams
  • Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin
  • Jack Aubrey/Sophie Williams
  • Stephen Maturin
  • Sophie Williams
  • Preserved Killick
  • Jack Aubrey
  • Trans Character
  • Trans Male Character
  • Trans Stephen Maturin
  • Infidelity
  • Stephen Maturin's Guilty Conscience
  • Pregnancy

  Summary

  In the early summer of 1807, Sophie invites Stephen to visit Ashgrove Cottage

  Series

  • Part 6 of So long lives this

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  11,411

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  29

  Hits:

  290

• Ourselves Almost Despising by Thiefbird

  Fandoms: Aubrey-Maturin Series - Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander - All Media Types  

  • Explicit
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
  • F/M, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  06 Nov 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Rape/Non-Con
  • Jack Aubrey/Stephen Maturin
  • Jack Aubrey/Sophie Williams
  • Stephen Maturin/Diana Villiers
  • Diana Villiers/Harry Johnson
  • Diana Villiers/Louisa Wogan
  • Stephen Maturin/Lord Clonfort
  • Jack Aubrey
  • Stephen Maturin
  • Sophie Williams
  • Diana Villiers
  • Harry Johnson
  • Louisa Wogan
  • Lord Clonfert
  • Doctor McAdam
  • Period Typical Attitudes
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Period-Typical Sexism
  • Period-Typical Racism
  • Anti-Black Racism
  • Slavery
  • Chattel slavery
  • Implied/Referenced Domestic Violence
  • Domestic Violence
  • Abusive Relationships
  • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
  • financial abuse
  • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Trans Male Character
  • Transmasc Stephen Maturin
  • Light Dom/sub
  • Dom/sub Undertones
  • Jack and Stephen are mostly having a gentle fluffy time. Diana is Going Thru It
  • fuck u harry johnson for making me tag such horrible shit
  • im gonna set u on fire

  Summary

  While Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are busy trying to take control of Mauritius and La Reunion from Napoleon, Diana Villiers tries to wrest control of her own life from those who would keep it from her.

  Please heed the tags, there are some dark parts of this fic.

  Series

  • Part 7 of So long lives this

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,275

  Chapters:

  1/10

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  17

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  180