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    Izzy still doesn't precisely know how to feel about work this morning, but it's somewhere between scorn and dread.

    He's already encountered the new General Manager's influence; Edward's unilateral decision last week to change his signature block to read co-General Manager, for fuck's sake, which Izzy had had to push back on. Izzy's also had actual contact with him; brief, over Teams. His impression of the man wasn't precisely flattering.

    Day one of the High Income Tax Policy and Enforcement Branch, and Izzy doesn't really have any idea what to expect.

    Israel Hands has been the Executive Officer to Edward Teach, General Manager of High Income Tax Enforcement, for a long time. He knows this job, he knows Edward, and he knows how to keep his life separate from work - for the most part.

    And then the branch is restructured to include Stede Bonnet, General Manager of Tax Policy, and his team of fucking clowns. Suddenly Izzy has two bosses, irritating coworkers, and a rapidly disintegrating line between the personal and the professional.

    Not to mention Edward's behaving more erratically than usual.

    (It's a romcom).

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    03 Nov 2022

    Bookmarker's Notes

    I work in an office so I tend to avoid office AUs, I don't want work sneaking into my escapism... BUT I gave this one a try and oh boy I'm so glad I did. I laughed at all the universally recognised office quirks without ever cringing. Stede is a delight of a manager, Izzy and Ed are so perfect in tone, the smut is HOT, and it has my favourite thing - lots of Izzy being annoyed at how much he likes Stede. The writing is tight and the feels, oh man the feels! ❤️🔥

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    Desperate to pull Ed back from the abyssal brink of the Kraken, Izzy makes a deeply guarded confession. Their long history together can’t open a path back in time to repair the damage, but it can help them chart a better course forward. That is, until Stede Bonnet returns from the grave with the marooned crew of the Revenge to interrupt and complicate their reconciliation.

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    “You should talk to him,” Izzy says in a low voice, resting a hand on Ed’s arm. “Privately.”
     
    “What?” Ed scowls and flicks his eyes over to Stede, who is pretending not to be able to hear them from where he is admiring Mary’s painting.

    Izzy sighs. “It’s unresolved, Edward. Trust me, this isn’t the kind of thing to let fester.” He squeezes Ed’s arm gently. “Talk to him. Get the answers you need.”
     
    Ed’s shoulders relax minutely, the hard set of his jaw loosening. Izzy crosses the cabin to Stede. He snaps his fingers and holds out his palm to Bonnet. “Knife.” He shoots a glance to Edward. “You, too.” Stede pulls his ornate dagger in its sheath from his belt and hands it over without a fuss. Ed does the same a bit more begrudgingly. “Don’t fucking kill each other.”

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    14 Sep 2022

    Bookmarker's Notes

    On the reread list

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    Izzy has always been proud of his ability to give Blackbeard what he needs, no matter how exhausting that can be.

    Edward has always assumed he was giving Izzy what he wanted, and that Izzy would tell him if it went too far.

    Neither of them realize how bad it's gotten, until Stede proposes trying something different.

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    A fic where Ed and Izzy make basically every BDSM mistake in the book, and Stede has to help them start from scratch.

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    10 Aug 2022

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Definitely putting this on my regular re-read list, what a steamy, emotional rollercoaster 🥵

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    Izzy looks to Edward, mouth working helplessly.
    “Just let it happen, mate,” Ed suggests.
    “I was
    hoping,” Stede continues, a little irritated by the lack of support, “that you’d let me—and Ed—know if there’s anything we could be doing differently, to make you more comfortable.”

    (Or: How Izzy Hands learned to stop worrying and love his co-captains.)

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    01 Jul 2022

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Currently not finished, but I already know I'm going to want to reread it when it is. Such a good Stede-POV closing-the-triangle fic.

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    Izzy's just so buttoned-up, how is Lucius supposed to resist the urge to seduce him?

    It doesn't go well.

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    Playing with both the crossover of genre conventions between Stede's universe and Izzy and Ed's original one, but basically doing a deep dive into trauma response and navigating complex relationships between the crew and Izzy when Izzy is forced into a position where he has to share revealing and intimate things about himself. Lots of focus on the aftermath of abuse and trauma, playing with freeze responses and the way the different crewmembers navigate all this.

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    26 May 2022

    Bookmarker's Notes

    I'm consuming OFMD fics like a lunatic atm and there's been some CORKERS, but this one in particular has lingered. Fucking stellar themes of trauma, especially the kind you normalise and internalise and believe to be the whole world. Clearly deeply researched. Heed the tags, it gets heavy, but super satisfying.

    I'm officially an Izzy convert now. Unexpected but I'm into it.