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Sixty-five days after Stede Bonnet leaves, Ed Teach is still in hell.
A Modern AU oneshot take on Ed’s Kraken Era, told through booze, bruised pride, bad decisions, and the kind of love that doesn’t know how to let go. Haunted by a kiss that felt like a promise and the man who walked away from it, Ed spirals through grief, rage, and self-loathing, convinced he was foolish to believe he could ever be loved.
Inspired by Go To Hell by Letdown, this is a snapshot of heartbreak at its rawest—where love feels like addiction, memories cut deeper than knives, and the line between surviving and giving up starts to blur.
Misery loves company. Ed just wants the pain to stop.
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Our Blades Mean Glory by Temptress_of_Dalliances
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV), Blades of Glory (2007)
01 Dec 2025
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Enemies to Lovers. Rivals to Partners.
Stede “The Gentleman Skater” Bonnet has always been figure skating’s golden boy, elegant, refined, and unshakably proper.
Edward “Blackbeard” Teach the bad boy of figure skating, sex on the ice. Brash, leather-clad, and one pyrotechnic away from arson charges.
When a brawl between them at the World Championships ends with an international broadcast meltdown and a beloved mascot accidentally set on fire, both men are banned from competition and disgraced in the eyes of the skating world.
3 and a half years later redemption comes knocking in the most humiliating way possible, two men skating in pair's skating. Two fallen singles stars forced to share one rink, one dream, and very little personal space.
What begins as spite turns into undeniable chemistry as they train, fight, and fall, sometimes literally, toward the impossible. They have to face the Von Rackhams who won't let them compete in pairs figure skating so easily.
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Sequel to the Kraken & The Quill - Ed finally reopened The Kraken to be the type of place he always wanted it to be. Some place safe, a haven. He and Stede are newly engaged, about to move into together. Plus, he gets to be bonus dad to two amazing teens - Alma & Louis.
But his past is catching up with him. An self-proclaimed anonymous vigilante targeting Ed is seeking to undo all his and the crew's hard work. To undermine the safety they are trying to establish.
Ed, well, still in a fragile space left.
Now Stede, Izzy, and the crew are trying to figure out who Anonymous is. Is it a plot for revenge? Who is to say, all they know is that they are fighting for their home bar and its reputation. While Ed is struggling with the monster within having left them all, afraid he will drag them all down.
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- Part 2 of Kraken & Quill
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Stede Bonnet is a widower who runs a cryptid-themed bookshop café. Ed Teach owns a biker bar with bad lighting and worse jukebox choices.
They meet. It’s weird. It’s electric. Neither of them knows what they’re doing.
Stede’s teenagers want him to be happy. His crew just wants him to get laid. Ed’s trying very hard not to fall for a man who wears Nessie print button-ups and thinks moths are romantic.
A slow burn about unexpected connection, late-night texts, too many feelings, and the messiness of figuring it out—one whiskey pour and Bigfoot latte at a time.
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- Part 1 of Kraken & Quill
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The Age of Aquarius by Temptress_of_Dalliances
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV), The 40 Year-Old Virgin (2005)
07 Jul 2025
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At 40, Stede Bonnet has mastered the art of a carefully curated life, complete with homemade marmalade, Survivor nights, and a wardrobe that would make a fashion editor blush. But when his coworkers invite him to trivia night, Stede’s well-kept secrets start to unravel.
Between surprising everyone with his encyclopedic knowledge and navigating awkward truths about his love life (or lack thereof), Stede begins to wonder if stepping out of his comfort zone might lead him to more than just a victory.
Maybe, just maybe, he’ll find the connection he didn’t know he was missing.
[TL;DR: this is basically 40-year old virgin, but you know without a lot of the "hitting on drunk witches" and other things like that but keeping the other elements that weirdly has endeared me to the movie all these very very long years. But with like Stede being Andy, which you know is a pretty great idea.]
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“You live in LA?” Stede asked, and Ed stiffened a bit next to him. Stede chuckled softly. “It’s a big place, Ed. Tonight’s just tonight.”
Ed was silent as they stepped into the elevator, and he let out a long breath once the doors slid shut on the two of them. “I like you,” he said, his eyes on Stede’s in the mirrored door. “It’s just…my life….”
Stede reached out and took his hand, giving it a light squeeze, then tugged until they were facing each other. “Tonight’s just tonight,” he said again, lifting his free hand to cup Ed’s cheek and letting his eyes drop to Ed’s mouth. “We can handle that.”
“Yeah,” Ed breathed. He leaned in and let his nose brush Stede’s, his breath a tease against Stede’s lips.
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20 Jan 2026
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When Ed, a burnt-out rock star, ducks into Stede’s quiet vintage record shop to hide, he’s not prepared for the handsome, clueless owner or the connection that sparks.
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02 Jan 2026
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Stede Bonnet loves a Hallmark Christmas movie romance, but he's almost given up hoping for his own, until Lucius takes him along to the first annual Hallmark Christmas Movie Queer Dating Festival, and also challenges him to take home the first person he connects with.
Ed Teach is at the top of the music game fronting Kraken Chorus, an a cappella group that tops the charts every Christmas. When bandmate Archie convinces him to go along to this Hallmark dating festival undercover as... an a cappella singer in plain sight, he's sceptical. Seems to be working, though. And then a guy built like a sexy bank safe quite literally runs into him, and all of a sudden, Archie's other challenge (to go home alone at the end of the night) starts looking... much more difficult to win.
A Hallmark-style meet-cute within a crowd of Hallmark holiday possibilities!
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16 Dec 2025
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Stede Bonnet is a famous romance author, recovering from the breakup of his marriage and suffering from writer's block. Through an incredible twist of fate, he changes his life and meets the man of his dreams, village librarian Ed Teach.
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11 Dec 2025
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Ed Teach is a beloved librarian with a secret. Stede Bonnet is a volunteer reader who is feeling a bit aimless after his recent move. When they meet at Ed’s Saturday Storytime event, it seems inevitable that these two will become friends. But can they become something more?
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02 Dec 2025