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Talking things through as a crew is easier said than done, and honest communication has never really been Stede’s strong suit. When it comes to Ed, he is willing to try.
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25 Oct 2023
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When He's Given Something to Keep by adhduck for suchgreatheights
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
13 Feb 2023
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“Thank you, by the way,” Stede adds, even though his heart is sort of in his throat about it. It’s not that he thinks it was wrong of Ed to punch the guy, or that he’s not grateful to be defended so fiercely. He loves when Ed gets all huffy and protective. It just feels a little different when your best friend punches a man into the appetizer table for insulting you and you also know you’ve been in love with him for thirty years. (The best friend, not the appetizer man.)
It’s also hard not to feel just a little guilty about the whole thing when you’re on your knees in the bathroom with a first aid kit spilled around you, watching that best friend’s face pinch up in an attempt not to wince when you first take his hand in yours.
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- Part 1 of Blossom Boys
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02 May 2023
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Stede Bonnet, recently divorced, returns to the town he once knew with a plan. He's got the house (older and more derelict than he remembers), he's got the bees (and the theoretical skill to keep them), and he's going to be(e) happy if it's the last thing he does. (Stede is, as it turns out, a bit miserable no matter how hard he tries.)
Ed Teach has been keeping all of his various demos at bay more or less successfully for years now. He's known as THE beekeeper in town, always meticulous, always gentle, never too bothered with rules, expectations, or protective gear for that matter. (Ed is also, no matter how hard he tries, a bit bored at this point.)Series
- Part 2 of Revenge Bees
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27 Apr 2023
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Ed's teaching a cocktail class, thinking about the one Stede attended. But Stede's long gone, and Ed doesn't know why.
And then, a knock at the door.
He can’t say why it happened but it sure had happened. They were there, after Stede finished for the day. Normal. It was pouring rain and the bar was empty. Regular. Ed closed early, because that’s a fucking perk of owning the place. Standard. They’d killed the music in favor of the rain pounding at the skylights and played cribbage at the bar.
All of it an average Tuesday night.
Except that Stede had been pouting about losing, listing the points in his crib with stubborn slowness, like if he stalled enough some more fifteens would materialize. Ed was tired of falling in love because he’d momentarily forgotten that it’s not the fall that kills you—it’s the ground.
So he’d kissed him. A small soft thing, the nervous thrum of Ed’s heartbeat making his head spin and his balance on the stool precarious.
“Sore loser,” Ed had said into the space between their smiles, and then started shuffling cards with a wink.
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- Part 2 of sleeves touching sleeves
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18 Apr 2023
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“Edward. I didn’t leave because you kissed me. I came back because you kissed me. And I’m hoping you’ll do it again.”
ETA: Podfic available right here thanks to the lovely SD_Ryan 🖤
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17 Apr 2023
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I don’t know who will find this, if anybody. Who would even understand it, as Captain Bonnet is long gone?
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The crew of the Revenge find a message in a marmalade jar.
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05 Apr 2023
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The woman adjusts her grip on her gun. “No men,” she says, clearly.
Oh, fuck this. Ed's leg is aching from standing around. He's not about to turn around, walk back to shore and camp out on the dunes, waiting for their ship to return when there’s a perfectly nice house he owns in spitting distance. And he doesn’t take kindly to people pointing guns at Stede!
“Says who?” he growls.
“Our mayor. Anna Teach.”
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05 Apr 2023
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“I’d rather you continue negotiations with armor on, maybe. And you probably shouldn’t be drinking, or eating anything—”
“Fuck that,” Ed insists.
“—Unless you let me taste it first,” Stede continues. “To ensure you won’t be poisoned.”
“What, so you’ll be poisoned instead?” Ed scoffs. “What good’ll that do me? I’ll die when you do, Stede. We just won’t eat anything at all—”
“Edward,” Stede hisses to him, the blush on his face taking on a softer, warmer pink.
“What?” Ed asks. “It’s true, I’d fucking die—”
“You are the King,” Stede interrupts him. “People are relying on you, not me.”
“And I rely on you, so,” Ed argues. “Where’s that leave us all, then?”
Stede’s eyes flicker over him for a moment before the corners of his lips twitch. Ed grins.
“I win,” Ed tells him.
“You do not.”
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05 Apr 2023
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Did you know dentists can tell if you've been sucking cock?
A fluffy little AU where Stede is a dentist and Ed is his patient. No angst, just banter.
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04 Apr 2023
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When Ed gets stuck behind the same slow driver for a long stretch of his road trip through the Pacific Northwest, that's one thing. When he finds himself at the same rest stop as the offending driver, it's quite another.
This Stede guy is a bit of a lunatic. But when Ed crosses paths with him again several days later, this time stranded on the side of the highway and in need of some assistance, Ed winds up on a slightly different road trip than the one he'd planned to take—with a man he absolutely doesn't plan to fall in love with.
Clearly, plans change.
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- Part 1 of We Belong Awake
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06 Feb 2023
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Two years ago, Ed met a stranger that would quickly become his entire life.
One year ago, Ed kissed Stede, determined to keep him in his life.
Today, Ed wakes up to Stede hovering over him, and, briefly, his life flashes before his eyes.
“What the fuck?” Ed says before his brain is even fully online, the words coming out thick and groggy.
“Good morning,” Stede greets him. He’s pushed up onto his elbows, face impossibly close to Ed’s. It gets impossibly closer in the next beat, ducking in to give him a kiss.
This is familiar, and Ed smiles when he gives him a kiss back.
Stede’s smiling when he withdraws from their kiss, then. His hand, cradling Ed’s skull, smoothes down to cup his jaw instead, thumb brushing through his beard in tiny, absent sweeps.
“And happy Valentine’s Day,” Stede murmurs to him.
or: Stede and Ed celebrate Valentine's Day, give each other gifts, and dance around saying, "I love you," until they literally can't anymore.
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05 Feb 2023
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Ed and Stede's relationship grows stronger every day since the devastating month they spent apart in the spring. Now, they're heading into a wide-open summer full of love, family, and each other, eager to enjoy lazy days devoid of the school year's stress.
But not all wounds close quite so quickly. The most painful hurts take the longest to heal, and it isn't long before they realize that it will take more than sweet, loving words to mend the oldest, deepest cracks in their hearts.
And then there's the ring tucked away in Stede's dresser drawer. All he needs to do is find the words to ask Ed to stick around in a forever, promises-and-vows sort of way—and that shouldn't be so difficult, right?
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24 Jan 2023
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Edward Teach and Stede Bonnet met and fell in love for the first time in 1717.
This was not, however, the last time.
or: ed and stede fall in love— over, and over, and over again, no matter when or where they are.
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- Part 1 of at the beginning
- Part 14 of diversions on belonging [ofmd fluffvember 2023]
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03 Dec 2022
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Ed sits him down on a sunny afternoon and takes Stede’s hand in his, kissing his fingers and stroking his knuckles, and Stede feels like Ed is either about to say something terribly romantic or terribly devastating.
“I want you to tie me up and fuck me,” Ed says, and it’s both, in fact.
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14 Nov 2022
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“Go back to sleep,” he breathes darkly, and Stede nearly pulls his eyes open again, heart stuttering at the suggestion—but Ed’s fingers smooth up his front and down again in a warm caress, coaxing and easy, and Stede is melting again, mind dissolving back into pleasant haze and swirling heat.
Ed goes on, nearly hoarse for the thick desire suddenly on his tongue. “Just—fuck, I could just… just suck you off while you fall asleep. Don’t even—just let me do all the work.”
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14 Nov 2022
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blue as cut sapphires and shining like gold by suchgreatheights
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
20 Sep 2022
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Stede, a history professor specializing in the golden age of piracy, is fascinated when art professor Edward Teach joins his humble university’s faculty. Even more fascinating are the rumors that Ed is actually the famous, anonymous artist, Blackbeard. Stede falls a little bit in love. Then a lot.
Across the academic year, Stede tips headfirst into dizzying romance, mind-blowing sex, and happiness he couldn't have dreamed up if he'd tried. He learns lessons he never knew he needed, forcing him to reevaluate everything from his career goals to his relationships with his children. Ed is at the center of it all, teaching Stede at every turn exactly how wonderful life can be—and the startling speed with which fear and hesitation could snatch away his newfound love.
Eventually, the only thing that matters for them both is learning enough about love to stop it from slipping through their fingers.
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13 Nov 2022
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Stede is ready to 'get back out there' after his divorce, but he's more than a little bit intimidated by the concept of online dating. After a series of truly terrible first dates, he's close to giving up on love altogether. Perhaps he's too old for all this Grindr nonsense.
And then, along comes a bartender called Edward Teach.
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05 Oct 2022
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The downside to being stuck on a desert island is that Stede's not awfully good at adapting. The upside is that he and Ed can finally have some peace and quiet– that is, if Ed ever wakes up from the gunshot wound in his stomach.
Stranded in the middle of who-knows-where, Stede learns the art of reflection and how to embrace the man who looks back.
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04 Oct 2022
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Ed shifted, planting his boots on the floor so that his legs were on each side of Stede’s, crowding into his space.
“Ten minutes ago, you wouldn’t speak to me, and now you want to fuck me?” Ed lowered his voice to a deep hushed tone, the one that usually resulted in Stede tackling him to the bed.
“Love is strange,” Stede replied, his eyes fixed on Ed’s lips.
Ed leaned in closer. “That, I agree with.”----
It has been a couple of months since Stede and Ed reunited and made up, and they're co-captains on the Revenge. A wayward merchant vessel seems like an easy target for a raid, until one of the sailors on board baits Ed into a duel. Ed and Stede have a fight about the fallout, and eventually make up. A lot.
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30 Sep 2022
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Ed's been working up the courage to tell the foxy professor that he's been transporting between planets how he feels when the snake lily attacks.
(It's a sex pollen fic)
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- Part 2 of Smutty Gentlebeard AU one shots
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22 Sep 2022