1 Work by AgentScullyFBI
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He’s 14 years old. Nothing ever really feels good. It just feels like enough to survive. His home, his work, his hunger, his anger, his father. Just surviving.
But for some reason, one he can’t quite put his finger on, as he climbs the ladder rung by rung, satchel hanging off his back filled with squished berries he can’t possibly eat, and blood now soaking down to his collar, he feels good. He feels better than good. He feels alive.
Stede has already cleared the windowsill just before Ed makes it to the top of the ladder. Just as he readies himself to hoist in through the small opening, a hand juts out followed by Stede’s smiling face. The same smile he gave him in the clearing when Ed told him it was his birthday.
“Here, take my hand. That last step is tricky.”This time, Ed smiles back and the warmth that was isolated to his belly suddenly spreads throughout his entire body.
Or - Ed and Stede meet as teenagers and then life pulls them apart. They encounter each other again unexpectedly on the high seas.