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“When I was a child,” Stede says slowly, faraway and nostalgic. “My mother - she never really spent much time in the kitchen, of course; we had dedicated household staff that handled all the cooking, but there was one thing she used to make herself. She’d melt brown sugar until it bubbled, and it was just on this side of burnt, but not quite? And she’d pour it out and let it harden in these big sheets of transparent, amber-coloured toffee. I used to break off shards and suck it into razor-sharp points; would run around pretending I had a knife, or a prison shank. They made excellent props when playing at being a pirate.”
Stede is sort of lost in the tangent. He’s good at telling stories, even real-life ones, and Ed finds himself getting a bit lost in it, too.
“Your eyes are like that,” says Stede.
“When the sunlight gets them. Like the taste of it. Smoky and sweet,” says Stede.
“Like melty, burnt toffee. They’re so lovely, Ed,” says Stede.
These are the things that Ed collects.
(OR: Ed keeps buried treasure after all. Stede finds his secret stash. Post S2 oneshot with Big Ed feelings as he slowly comes to grips with the fact that he's VERY loved - but we already knew that)
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- Part 1 of Ornithology
Bookmarked by Haninchen
19 Apr 2024
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Somniphobia (And Other Eleven-Letter Words) by YellowMustard
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
03 Feb 2024
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“I wanna stay,” he slurs, voice just on the cusp of unintelligible. His grip on Stede’s other hand tightens, and his eyes swirl wildly. “I don’t wanna go back, don’t let me go back, Stede–”
“Go back? Ed, what do you mean?”
“Don’t wanna…I wanna stay. Please. Lemme stay. Keep me…here, keep me–jus’ keep me, ‘kay?”
(OR: After the gravy basket, Ed is terrified of falling asleep. It's a fear that stays close by in the weeks that follow. A series of missing scenes from S2, BIG TIME angst with a happy, smutty ending. Because Ed deserves to be happy)
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18 Apr 2024
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“That’s…you’re fucking with me,” Ed insists, completely shell-shocked. “That’s not the end.”
“It is,” Stede murmurs apologetically.
“That…that can’t be the end.”
“I’m sorry, Ed,” Stede says, and he really does sound sorry, which only solidifies the cold, leaden feeling in Ed’s gut. “That’s all there is. That’s the end.”
(OR: Stede tells Ed a bedtime story. Ed doesn't cope well with things ending before they're supposed to. A bittersweet final farewell to our hopes of a season 3, and a hopeful message to artists and storytellers in need of a pick-me-up. Love you xx)
Bookmarked by Haninchen
18 Apr 2024