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Ed's tattoos have stories to tell.
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“Now, close your eyes. Try not to think about anything.”
Stede wonders what kind of game this is, exactly. Ed’s skin is warm as ever under his hand and it’s silly, but he fancies he can feel the small crosses and pin-prick stars as warmer still, heating up against his palm.
The pulse in Ed’s thumb beats in time with the pulse in Stede’s wrist.
Ed starts to hum. It’s a low rumble, gently swooping between deep tones; the design under Stede’s hand gets hotter and hotter. It feels red and sharp. Stede feels the vibration of Ed’s humming inside him as though it’s coming from his own chest.
Stede’s eyes are closed but he sees—feels—knows the room around him is receding. The walls are rushing away. The gentle rocking isn’t the Revenge riding the ocean swell, but their bed floating amongst waves. He can smell a sharp sting of salt and feel a biting wind on his cheeks.
Ed speaks, but the humming doesn’t stop. “Can you see it?”
He can.
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27 Nov 2023
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Edward had scrubbed that fool’s presence from the ship—or so Izzy had assumed. But then he arrived at the captain’s cabin and found Edward clutching a familiar bundle of blue silk. He thrust it at Izzy, and for a moment Izzy thought, happily, that he was being given the honor of disposing of this final trace.
Instead Edward ordered, “Put these on.”
(Or: the inevitable fic where Ed convinces Izzy to roleplay as Stede.)
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26 Sep 2022
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Ed didn't move except to prop his hands behind his head, seeming to give Izzy free rein to do as he pleased. Izzy wasn't fooled though. He'd been given a specific task and any deviation from it, even when Ed was this relaxed, would only end badly for them both. Oh, Izzy wanted it to end badly. They weren’t like the men who could lean shoulder-to-shoulder on cold nights, or shared hammock space easy as sharing a flask. The crack of Ed's fist was the most Izzy could hope for and if he was lucky, truly blessed for a night, Ed would strip off his gloves and land the blow against Izzy's cheek—not a single bit of leather between them.
For a moment, Izzy considered doing something to stoke that rage... until he realized it wasn't necessary.
The smoke must have been getting to him too. Ed's pants-leg was still drawn up above his knee, bare skin glittering like gold.
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Kinkmeme fill for Izzy taking care of Ed's knee over the years. Link to prompt in the author's notes!
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25 Sep 2022
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Being stranded on a desert island was a novel idea when he was reading about it – especially the flowery romance novels that he keeps on the top shelf, where he could keep them away from judgemental eyes. He’d spent more than one afternoon reading about luxurious castles made of leaves and trees, of songs and music and love found while being utterly lost. There’d even been a dream or two of Edward ravishing him on the sand, just the two of them in their own little world.
The reality is rather… unpleasant.
Most unpleasantly, he’s stuck here with Izzy.
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06 Sep 2022
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“I know you have no reason to trust me,” Ed says, eyes sad.
“Give it a rest, Stede. I tried to kill your friends. You want to get into bed with that? I knew you were a fucking lunatic, but that’s just suicidal, mate. It’s fucking over.”“But I am going to do everything in my power to get you and your crew through this.”
_____________________________When Stede finally returns to the Revenge, Ed won’t hear his apologies. It takes a deadly storm to bring down his walls and bring them back together.
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02 Sep 2022