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Stede’s fingers hover a few inches above Edward’s arm, hesitant to touch after– Well. After everything. Patience, he tells himself when there’s no immediate answer. Bites down on the words– apologies, explanations, excuses, more apologies– threatening to bubble out of his throat. Give him time. He deserves your patience, at least. Hand hovering awkwardly, aching to touch, he waits.
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17 May 2022
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Blackbeard has broken stronger men than Stede Bonnet.
And yet, this foolish, soft, effervescent man refuses to even bend, let alone break.
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Or: Stede comes back, he stays, and he perseveres, much to Ed's chagrin.
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14 May 2022
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“When I wake,” Stede said, quite conversationally, “from such dreams, I feel like I really am that slug, and that it’s a great injustice I lived to destroy so many beautiful gardens and never even had the decency to feed myself to a hungry bird. And my whole crew knows it, and you as well, and the only reason for anyone to stay aboard is sheer hopelessness, some deep and primordial longing for death. That at least my buffoonery might entertain them while together we dig our own watery grave.”
He sipped his tea, primly. Edward opened his mouth and closed it again, then reached, dizzily, for his own cup.
“But it’s not true,” said Stede.
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12 May 2022
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Stede finds the house. When he comes back to their room at the inn, he won’t rest—won’t let Ed rest—until Ed’s seen it. His eyes are bright in that way that makes Ed’s guts feel scooped out with a spoon. So Ed hurries into his boots and goes with him.
The once-white paint is stripped by weather and wear, a portion of the roof is caved in, and the spokes of the wraparound porch are all gnawed through by animals.
Ed gazes up at the broken windows and the birds that have built nests there. At his side, Stede is waiting, rocking back and forth on his heels.
"It’s perfect," says Ed.
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Or: Ed and Stede leave the island together, and they don’t look back.
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11 May 2022
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Blackbeard has been stabbed (even knows the best places for it, now). He’s been shot. He’s been starved, and whipped, and beat. Seeing Stede Bonnet standing on the deck of the ship feels like all of that combined. Or maybe something different entirely.
“Captain Thomas?” he asks.
“Ah.” Stede winces. “That would be me.”
Ed raises an eyebrow. “Seeking revenge on Blackbeard?”
“More like seeking Blackbeard on the Revenge, but you know how word of mouth can twist things.” Stede laughs awkwardly.
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Ed and Stede find their way back to each other, slowly and clumsily.
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11 May 2022
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He reaches out to poke Ed in the chest, and grins as he huffs a laugh. “Look at you! All this tension in your muscles! You’re all wound up. You’d feel more yourself after a nap. Less tense.”
Ed arches an eyebrow. “There’s lots of ways to feel less tense.”
“And this is one of the easiest ones. No effort required! All you have to do is lie there.”
“Doesn’t sound that different to some other ways.”
“You could use my bed, if you like?” Ed falls abruptly silent as Stede beams up at him. “It’s very comfortable. Cosy! I reckon you could really relax in my bed.”
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10 May 2022
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“Yeah,” Ed agrees, leaning in, breathing deep. “Yeah, you’re good. You’re fine.”
“Mm,” is Stede’s smiling response, and then between one moment and the next Ed is being kissed again. His shaking hands are in Stede’s hair, gripping at his ear, the side of his neck, trying to hold on to the shape of him while Ed himself feels like he’s falling apart. Heat and tongues and the slick, indecent slide of them take over. Breaths funneling into one another.
Against Ed’s gasping mouth, Stede murmurs, “My dear. You’re shaking,” before sucking in Ed’s bottom lip.
Groaning, Ed doesn’t try to fight it—the tide of panic, of love, of fear that lingers. He hadn’t expected that part, to be honest. All his life and Ed had shown fear the middle finger every time it came knocking. He’s had to, hasn’t he? But then wham, love stomps him to the ground, sets up a home inside his chest, and Ed hasn’t known peace since.
Stede’s fingers trying their damnedest to wiggle under his leather, squeezing at Ed’s ass sure as shit isn’t helping keep him sane.
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10 May 2022
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“That will do, gentlemen” Chauncey turned to address the guards “Thank you for escorting us. Now, if you would be kind enough to help me lift him into the dingy so I can take him to my ship”
Stede began to protest that he was perfectly capable of getting into the rowboat himself, thank you very much, when he felt something solid strike the back of his head. He had a moment to wonder if this is how Nigel felt before everything went black.
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What if Chauncey never fell and killed himself? Instead, Stede was rebranded a criminal and chained up on Chauncey's ship where he is questioned about the whereabouts of Blackbeard. Stede will protect Ed until the day he dies and if that's what he must do to protect him then so be it.
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10 May 2022
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He should pull away. He should laugh politely, and tell Ed kindly - but firmly - that such contact was not appropriate in cultured society.
But they were not in cultured society. They were on a boat in the middle of the ocean, intending to rob some merchants.
Stede let Ed take his hands.
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or, the one where Stede learns that, just like the social elite back home, pirates have a lot of strange traditions.
(alternatively, the one where Stede gets a piercing)
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09 May 2022
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Five times the crew noticed Ed is really into Stede, and one time Stede noticed.
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09 May 2022
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In which there is a commotion, a rousing speech, and a full length nightgown.
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09 May 2022
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They both exhale together, a sigh that lingers in the space between, a shared satisfaction. He briefly marvels at the sun-kissed flush across Ed’s cheeks, the curl and dip of his eyelashes. Ed’s hand is squeezing too tightly, but Stede finds he doesn’t really mind. In fact, somehow, he feels it’s not enough, that he needs to be closer, held tighter. Somehow, he feels that he fits perfectly here in the curve of Ed’s arms.
(canon divergent: In which Blackbeard decides he would like to attempt to impress society again, and this time, sets his sights on a masquerade ball. Stede decides to teach him to dance)
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09 May 2022
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Stede really does try with Calico Jack. Mary's always said that they should attempt to cultivate good relationships with each other's friends...not that she was ever particularly burdened with the task on her end. And not that he and Ed are together--
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09 May 2022
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“You’ve never been anything but–perfectly considerate, my love,” Stede manages weakly, staring straight up at the ceiling, flexing a hand in Ed’s hair. Ed can be impatient in bed, erratic, firm and greedy in his touches, but he’s always asked Stede from the first– Is this ok? Like this? Is it good? Am I hurting you?
“You’ve never hurt me, or…” His cheeks pinken slightly, “Well, beyond what I imagine is the normal amount of soreness the day after, of course, but…”
Ed grunts, and scrapes his teeth over the bone of Stede’s jaw in a way that makes him gasp and brings him right back to himself. Ed seems to freeze at the noise, fingers digging shakily into Stede’s hip. “But what if I wanted to?”
-------------------After a rough raid on another ship, Stede lets Ed express the Blackbeard side of himself a little more privately.
Shameless PWP with lots of feelings.
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08 May 2022
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Ed owns a Bar and Grill in a dangerous part of the city. He’s surprised to see a man like Stede in the area, he figures he must be lost. What ensues is a clandestine meeting followed by 80 days of rapidly falling in love.
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08 May 2022
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Stede Bonnet starts teaching English in a new school.
Blackbeard is the custodian with a past.
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Oblivious gays make life harder for themselves than it needs to be
This is my first fic in years. I can't get enough modern AUs for this pairing so I decided to write one myself. Idk how many chapters it will be, but I am planning on posting one a day.
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08 May 2022
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Newly divorced dog person Stede Bonnet and local business owner/hot biker and cat person Edward Teach meet in the waiting room of a vet's office.
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08 May 2022
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"...and with another flick of her wand, one of the pumpkins flew up out of the patch, suspended in mid-air!"
The crew gasps. Stede turns the page.
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- Part 2 of Above Board
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07 May 2022
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The first time, they don't even have sex.
Stede has just come aboard with Oluwande and the others. Lucius pops out from somewhere, looking haggard but firm, and close behind him is Jim, so that's nearly everyone accounted for.
And peering around the bare light of the deck... the strangest thing to Stede is that Izzy doesn't seem to look once toward the captain's quarters. Neither do his two cronies. Somehow they know that in spite of the initial shouting and stern voices before peace was settled, the captain is not going to make a showing.
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- Part 1 of Above Board
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07 May 2022
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it's weird (getting tenderly railed by you) by regala_electra
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
22 Apr 2022
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Of course Stede is going to wonder. The stupid implications they bandy about, and it’s no help that the permutations of couplings within the crew seem to be up for anything, so clearly it’s going to get back to Stede about what they’re not doing.
“Yeah I wanna fuck you, mate,” Edward says as Stede leans in close to ask if perhaps they want to assume different positions. Stede nervously plucks at the buckles of Ed’s jacket, a relieved smile on his face. “But I do like getting fucked.”
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Or, how to win at teaching your boyfriend how to bottom while also getting fucked along the way. A love story. With a dash of kink and fumbled communication.Sequel/Companion Piece to a pirate with a very specific fetish (it’s you.)
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- Part 2 of the inherent eroticism of the sea
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07 May 2022