8 Bookmarks by AvoidLighthouses
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Stede draws his attention back to the head massage, alternating pressure from the kind of bruising that’s enough to knead a migraine away, to gentle, delicate strokes through his hair. He grows almost meditative with it, forcing his eyes away from Ed’s face and simply enjoying the feeling of body heat and cool, damp-silk hair against his palms. Truthfully, he could do this for hours, rather than the usual three-to-five minutes that’s usually afforded to customers when they…
When…
It’s been longer than three-to-five minutes.
A quick glance at the clock reveals it’s been far, far longer than three-to-five minutes.
Stede doesn’t mind, obviously. And Ed doesn’t seem to be about to question it. But the snide little Lucius-like voice in the back of his mind points out that almost twenty fucking minutes is maybe a bit of an overkill.
Stede yanks his hands away from Ed’s hair like it’s covered in bleach.
“Okey-doke!” Stede manages, voice shrill and a little strangled.
From across the salon, the real Lucius snorts.
(OR: Stede's a hair stylist. Ed shows up for an appointment. And shows up. And shows up. And shows up...)
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Bookmarked by AvoidLighthouses
28 Jul 2024
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I mean it’s Rinse and Repeat, it’s a fucking classic
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Stede Bonnet is on a mission - prove himself useful and avoid getting fired and cut off from his family wealth. All he has to do is convince a crew employed by his father’s company that their woodland construction site is not being terrorised by a supernatural entity.
What could possibly go wrong? It’s not like Stede believes in ghosts or demons or curses, so he has nothing to fear.
However, seeing is believing, just as they say. As it turns out, there's merit to the crew's panicked reports, and Stede is about to learn that fear will be the last thing on his mind when he discovers the nature of what's really lurking in the woods.
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- English
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- 130,408
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- 12/12
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Bookmarked by AvoidLighthouses
27 Jul 2024
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Beauty and the beast if it was actually narratively good, and gay and sexy as hell. (Highest compliment to the author and the ART ugh gorgeous. Stunning. You’re both amazing)
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Edward Teach is a pop star about to embark on his latest tour when he develops vocal nodes. Stede Bonnet is the voice specialist who treats him. Sparks fly.
“Right. And could you please describe your singing voice to me? Or sing something you feel showcases your voice, if you feel comfortable. For my usual clientele, I’d suggest their go-to audition song, but I don’t get the sense that you do much auditioning.”
There’s a long pause during which Stede takes note of the guy’s eyes. Not a literal case note, that would be inappropriate. His eyes are large and brown and expressive, quicksand eyes. Eyes a person could get lost in. Right now, they’re slightly narrowed at Stede. He seems to decide something.
“Listen,” the client says. “I appreciate you not wanting to make it weird, but I promise I’m used to it.”
“Used to it?” Stede asks, and there go the eyes again. Stede has the oddest sense of being taken apart, exposed, like the recurring dream he has of walking through the halls of his secondary school without a single stitch of clothing on, down to the same vague, unsettling sense that it should be more awkward than it is.
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- English
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- 12/12
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Bookmarked by AvoidLighthouses
21 Mar 2024
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The fic that got me through the downpour of 2024
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Or, how a hotheaded werewolf and a heartbroken vampire learn to tolerate each other, become friends, and fall in love.
Bookmarked by AvoidLighthouses
26 Dec 2023
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Anton Viago fic with the yee haw themed bar and skinny dipping. Absolutely fantastic, come back for the final installment
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blue as cut sapphires and shining like gold by suchgreatheights
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
20 Sep 2022
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Stede, a history professor specializing in the golden age of piracy, is fascinated when art professor Edward Teach joins his humble university’s faculty. Even more fascinating are the rumors that Ed is actually the famous, anonymous artist, Blackbeard. Stede falls a little bit in love. Then a lot.
Across the academic year, Stede tips headfirst into dizzying romance, mind-blowing sex, and happiness he couldn't have dreamed up if he'd tried. He learns lessons he never knew he needed, forcing him to reevaluate everything from his career goals to his relationships with his children. Ed is at the center of it all, teaching Stede at every turn exactly how wonderful life can be—and the startling speed with which fear and hesitation could snatch away his newfound love.
Eventually, the only thing that matters for them both is learning enough about love to stop it from slipping through their fingers.
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That's Rebel Blood You're Bleeding Now by astudyinpanda
Fandoms: Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars - All Media Types
17 Jul 2021
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Zeb said he’d put Lasan behind him because he wishes that were true. Despite Kallus’s recent escape from the Chimaera and the Empire, the ex-ISB agent hasn’t even tried to move on from his past. And although Zeb’s made a lot of friends on Yavin 4, Kallus only has Zeb.
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- Part 1 of Rebel Blood 'Verse
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Kallus and the Ghost crew sneak onto an Imperial mining facility constructed on the planetary ocean of Manaan, but soon their investigation leads them to Imperial experiments shrouded in secrecy and a mysteriously abandoned underwater base, where the shadows aren't as empty as they seem and something may be lurking outside, hidden in the water...
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Bookmarked by AvoidLighthouses
23 Jun 2023
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Bookmarked by AvoidLighthouses
28 Oct 2021