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Stede is just going through the motions in his life, his marriage to Mary, suffering through board meetings at Bonnet Enterprises. When Mary suggests he pick up a hobby, he decides to volunteer at the local public library on Saturdays, running a literary classics (mostly 19th century) book club. Then one Saturday, a man in leather comes in looking for a book about how to grow cactuses and makes Stede feel all sorts of things that are baffling to him. His name is Ed, and he's a famous video game streamer on Twitch. Ed comes back, and back again, until they become real friends, inching ever closer to something more and helping each other grow in unexpected ways both separately and together.
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02 Feb 2026
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Carving has always been an outlet for Izzy Hands, one he seldom shared with anyone.
Until now. Surrounded by a new crew, one that wants him, things can change.
He just must follow the grain.
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- Part 1 of The Carver
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17 Oct 2025
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Stede knew a lot had happened and changed with the crew during his and Edward time apart, but the changes with Izzy and Frenchie worried him the most, and he would stop at nothing to make sure that his crew was safe.
Izzy and Frenchie just want to explore and enjoy their relationship now that they don't have to hide it for their own safety. It would be easier if Bonnet would leave them alone.
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5 times Stede didn't realise Frenchie and Izzy were dating and 1 time it was clear they were.Five times Stede misunderstood the situation and thought he was helping protect Frenchie was Izzy. Five times Izzy and Frenchie had to work thought the fall out in healthy way.
(This was meant to be short, funny and light hearted, it got long and angsty very quick. Hopefully it's still funny at times. Updated summary as I don't like this one anymore)
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28 Sep 2025
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Fifteen years after the world's messiest divorce, Izzy has found himself to be quite content with the little life he's created. He loves his friends, his work, his idyllic seaside home - and although it's been hard, he's done his best to put the past exactly where it belongs. In the past.
That is, until, his ex-husband moves in next door with the man he left him for.
Suddenly Izzy's world is thrown into turmoil once again. He'd much rather ignore him than bring up all of those painful memories, but it seems that Edward is determined to reconcile things between them in order to make up for how badly their relationship ended. It doesn't help that Izzy - although he's loathe to admit - is still hopelessly in love with the man who broke his heart, and is terrified of it being shattered all over again.
There’s no way that they can work things out well enough to be friends, and they could certainly never be more than that again, right?
…right?
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17 May 2025
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The Revenge's latest target should have been easy. It was an unassuming vessel, not too many guns, and just perfect for a team-building exercise (and for Blackbeard to show off his pirating skills to his crush).
Nobody was counting on the fact that Stede's ex-wife and two children would be on it.
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08 Mar 2025