ClaireGregory
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Ed's boring call to his insurance company leads to him falling head over heels for a recorded voice that's part of the hold music.
Maybe he's not doing so great, and it took a kind stranger doing a fun bit to make him see that. Or, maybe he and Hold Guy were always destined to be together.
All he has to do now is find him...
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- Part 11 of Silly Spicy Sweet One-Shots
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Edward Teach had been a respected pilot for Pan Am for a decade before his world came crashing down. Now he's only got one flight left to complete: a return home from the United States to Aotearoa as First Radio Officer, flying with new Pacific Clipper captain Stede Bonnet.
But after they depart from Hawai'i in 1941, the war smashes all chance of Stede and the crew returning the way they came. Now in possession of a valuable aircraft as the conflict escalates, there's only one insane option left to complete their journey: a round-the-world circumnavigation flying the opposite way, hopping between continents and battle zones as they race to find their way back.
In the process, Stede and Ed will find their way to each other, too.
Podfic of Seabird by veeagainst.
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Cloudburst, 1986
Stede Bonnet is twelve the first summer his father leaves him alone in an old holiday shack in a tiny Australian seaside town called Cloudburst. His only company over years of solitary vacations is the hint of another boy who stays in the same house in the winter season, and the art Stede begins to draw, inspired.
Three decades later, Stede is a newly divorced, newly out children's book illustrator struggling to break through art block, and he hopes that going back to where it all began will be the key to rekindling his joy.
Cloudburst, 2024
Ed Teach was the most famous pro surfer in the world for far too many years, and all he wants now is anonymous peace and quiet in the tiny town where he used to escape his violent father for a few weeks every winter.
But someone else has just bought the old holiday shack and moved in there. Someone who collides with Ed in the waves one morning, and brings the past crashing back into the present.
Someone Ed already knows, but has never met before...
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Round-the-world yachting champion Edward Teach has seen it all, done it all… and he’s had enough. When he falls overboard racing through the Roaring Forties, he’s ready for the end.
Instead, he’s saved by the most unusual vessel he’s ever seen, and the most intriguing man he’s ever met.
Stede Bonnet was cursed to captain the submarine Revenge hundreds of years ago, never ageing a day since. He and his crew live a happy enough life beneath the waves until he saves Ed — a person who turns his life upside down.
Together they set off on an amazing journey in search of the one mysterious place that can break the curse. On their way, they might just find the greatest treasure of all — love.
Reverse Big Bang 2025 collab of Artana (the words) and Claire Gregory (the art)!
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Archie is a crime scene cleaner, which might be the best job she's ever had, even if it's a little morbid. The pay is great, and her coworker is even better. She's been at this job for over a year, which is a record for her, and has no intentions of moving on to something else.
But when she and Jim are cleaning up the aftermath of a murder, Jim begins to act strange after they discover a photograph on the scene.
Archie starts investigating. She immediately gets in over her head.
Written for the 2025 OFMD Reverse Big Bang.
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Bonnet & Teach's Fantastic Inventions by ClaireGregory
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
23 Nov 2024
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Ed and Stede became an accidental international sensation at the 2024 Paris Olympics in Synchronicity.
They crashed into my brain out of nowhere and they haven't left! So I've started a series for all the little bits and pieces I have planned in their world, covering their story before and after 2024, and also diving into the stories of the rest of the crew.
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Stede and Ed are not having sex.
To the uninformed, the things they do together may strongly resemble sex, but Stede knows better.
This is just mutual stress relief between two professional, platonic, regular, normal co-captains.
Bookmarked by ClaireGregory
15 Nov 2025
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The Secret Life of Stede Bonnet by artsy_outsider, ezazahaz, ramsay_baggins
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
14 Nov 2025
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Stede Bonnet, daydreamer, is the negative assets manager at LIFE magazine, working in a never-meeting partnership with famous photographer Blackbeard. When LIFE is bought over by Ricky Banes and the magazine is shut down, Blackbeard sends a special negative reel for the final cover. The only problem is, that negative is missing. Will Stede finally take the leap and go and find Blackbeard, and in the process, himself?
A 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' (2013) film AU for the 2025 OFMD Big Bang
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Bookmarked by ClaireGregory
15 Nov 2025
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At the height of his career, movie star Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach completely disappeared from the limelight, walking away from a huge franchise, seemingly never to act again.
Fifteen years later, after growing up watching Blackbeard's films and idolising his work, up and coming starlet Alma Bonnet is shocked to discover that her Dad’s new boyfriend is none other than Edward Teach himself. As her own career begins to soar and Ed starts to see her fall into the same traps he did, perhaps it is finally time for Edward Teach to step back into the spotlight one last time
An OFMD Big Bang 2025 fic.
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Bookmarked by ClaireGregory
14 Nov 2025
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Across miles of dust, snow, and river silt, Ed and Stede are chasing more than gold... they’re chasing each other. What starts as a shared dream on the trail turns into a story of heartbreak, forgiveness, and a love strong enough to outlast the frontier itself.
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Bookmarked by ClaireGregory
09 Nov 2025
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The Taste of Serendipity by DreamsOfJune (Victoriada)
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
26 Jun 2025
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Stede Bonnet decides to go to the bar his colleagues have been talking about on Thursday night. As he plunges into the unfamiliar atmosphere, bathed in crimson light, he begins to have second thoughts. His doubts are eventually dispelled by an attractive bartender.
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- Part 1 of Love at First Sight at 'The Kraken' Bar
Bookmarked by ClaireGregory
06 Nov 2025