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His imagination gets far too big like this; loud and booming, words zipping around him as fast as a cheetah. Stede can’t tell what’s his own thoughts or the crew’s voices as a few of them crowd around him.
He wants Ed.
or, stede gets stuck to the mast, his new friend, Ed, has to come to the rescue.
for OFMD whumptober — wound-tending & age-regression
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“ — leave me a message, and I’ll probably listen to it at some point. ‘Kay!”
There’s a moment of silence before the beep, and Stede wishes he could stretch it out. He loves Ed so much. So much. It’s just barely dark outside. Ed must be making dinner. Stede asked for pasta, earlier. Distantly, he wonders if the water’s boiling.
Something clarifies in Stede’s mind, slotting into place. He’d hate to ruin Ed’s meal. As the phone sharply beeps, Stede presses down harder on his stomach.
“Ed, darling,” He starts. He wants to cry. He thinks he might already be. Ed’s the darlingest man who has ever set foot on this earth. “I don’t think I’m going to be home— hmm.” His stomach hurts. “I don’t. I don’t think I’m going to be home in time for supper. I’m sorry. I just might be a little bit late. Sorry. I love you, Ed."
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little talks, but stede's POV!for day 10 of OFMD whumptober: hidden injury, "i'm sorry"
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- Part 2 of mummy verse
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“Ed, darling. I don’t think I’m going to be home— hmm. I don’t. I don’t think I’m going to be home in time for supper. I’m sorry. I just might be a little bit late—”
Ed saves the message. He wipes his eyes with the hand he holds his phone with, not wanting to let Mummy see him cry.
“See? He’s perfectly fine," he tells her. She looks up at him with eyes like galaxies. "Just you and me for dinner tonight, though.”
Mummy meows.
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for whumptober day 8, "modern au", "bleeding out", & "voicemail".
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- Part 1 of mummy verse
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equivalent butterfly madness by captain_cappy for Aletea
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
23 Jun 2025
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When Jim started off at Queen Anne’s Racks, their expectations of the place were not high whatsoever.
They never expected the QAR to give them so much structure in life— their best friends, their partners, a community in kind with their coworkers. Besides all of the actual work they had to do (boo!) Jim was grateful for it all. It was a wonky sort of perfect.
There was one part, though, not quite reaching perfection.
(Or: Jim was good at their job. Just not around Archie.)
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Ed thinks of a thousand more reasons they should turn around and go home. Heatstroke. Bears. Food poisoning. Grizzly bears.
Just as he’s about to spew a few made up statistics about hibernation and ruthless mauling, Stede runs away from him. A stall where crystals glimmer in the sunshine has caught his attention. Ed watches Stede grab a big, spikey red one. It fills the entire space of his palm. Bingo.
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for AUpril day 6, random tarot pull
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- Part 3 of vignettes from an inn
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It’s the way he sleeps.
Sprawled. Brutal. Uncaring. He snores up a storm; humming and hawing and snorting throughout the night. The sound is decibels too loud. It’s ungraceful, and crass, and if Stede knew he did it he’d be blubbering and beet-red in seconds.
Ed thinks it’s nice.
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From: [email protected]
Sent: December 31, 2024, 23:57
To: Blackbeard Advice [email protected]
Subject: Pursuing HappinessDear Mr. Blackbeard,
I have been reading your column for years.
Did you know that? You could never have known that. I’ve been a silent reader the whole time. -
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Heat spreads quickly across Stede’s chest. Stark red blossom branching out, dripping out of him slowly, soundlessly. He romanticises it, in his head. It’s Shakespeare. Being saved and being solved. But it’s not; It’s blood, and guts, and gravel.
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or, stede gets shot.
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- Part 3 of stede whump week 2024
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Dearest Ed,
Hark! The herald angels sing! It’s Christmastime!
for fluffvember, "i want to"
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- Part 3 of lovely letters
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Dear Ed,
You shine like the brightest star. I hope that I am part of your perfect constellation. If not, then know I am happy to gaze.
fluffvember day 23, lovely letters & "i can't sleep"
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- Part 2 of lovely letters
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It’s probably two. Three, maybe. Ed watches the moon move like it’s an hourglass, just barely inching through the sky, one little baby grain of sand's length at a time. He thinks of what morning will bring; bitter coffee and a perch by the front door. Dirty carrots from the garden, sewing up his trousers he ripped yesterday, and waiting. Waiting. Waiting for a break. Waiting for solace. Waiting for everything to go back to normal.
Stede has been gone for a week.
Missing, actually, Ed corrects himself. Stede has been missing for a week.
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- Part 2 of stede whump week 2024
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3:45 pm, October 28, 2024
Ed: hi babe doing my check in
Ed: how’d the meeting go? did you kick ass?
Ed: i bet you did
Ed: lmk if i need to call you with a super super important emergency to get you out of there
Ed: (wink wink nudge nudge) (no real emergencies please)
for stede whump week! fulfils light whump prompts: modern AU, social anxiety, crying, self esteem issues, "i'm fine", over-stimulated, trapped.
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- Part 4 of serendipity
- Part 1 of stede whump week 2024
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“You’re so good, Ed.” Stede says, gentle. “So— so, wow, you know, you’re—”
“Shh.” Ed says, pulling away with a pop. “Shut up, baby.” He gives Stede a little wink, like, you know I never really want you to shut up please keep making those little mmmnhm noises.
Stede winks back an, I know, and practically yelps when Ed’s mouth meets his skin again.
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for kinktober day 15, "do that again"
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- Part 10 of vignettes from an inn
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"Ed can tell who's going to cause trouble in his gallery from a mile away."
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When the person in the turquoise suit comes stumbling into Ed's gallery with more nervous energy than a whippet, he knows what they're planning to do. But what's their approach? And why steal a painting?
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On Stede’s birthday, he picks a bouquet of flowers and visits his favourite tree.
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shades of life are ringing through my open ears by captain_cappy
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
07 Apr 2023
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“Hey, love, what’s wrong?” Stede asks, and the worries circulating Ed’s brain seem to pipe down, just a little.
“Mm, nothing. Fine.” Ed says. He is fine, technically, he knows everything is going to turn out okay. Always does. But god, sometimes his brain just doesn’t understand that.
“You’re not fine.” Stede says, like it’s the most obvious thing in the world. “Don’t even try that with me, Edward. You’re nervous?”
“Pshh, not really.” Ed responds. Super cool, Ed.
“Darling.”
“Yeah, maybe, a little, I dunno.”
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Ed gets pre-show jitters. It all works out.
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It’s rather dangerous, what they’re doing.
Stede knows. He knows this affair is detrimental to their lives, their reputations, their careers.
But, Ed.
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An OFMD Parks and Rec AU <3
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“You must be spunky.” Ed comments.
“Ha! Less spunk and more luck, I’d say. You’re not with the guards, are you?
He doesn't know, realises Ed. He doesn't know who I am. Amazing.
Ed lets out a low whistle and shakes his head no. He’s technically not with them.
“Grand. I’m Stede.” The man says, and holds out his hand.
“Ed.” Ed says, and shakes it.
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Stede runs into Ed in an alleyway. They talk about royalty, stained glass, and have a bit of a maniacal giggle fit about it all.
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- Part 4 of dreaming my dreams with you (ofmd AUpril)!
- Part 1 of in the castle
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Ed opens the door, and the sight before him nearly brings him to his knees.
Stede lays on his plush bed in the middle of the room, completely still.
He’s just sleeping, Ed thinks. He’s just sleeping.
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"Ed knew the sound. The hollow, beckoning song that would fill his ears every minute of every hour of every day.
The one he was warned to ignore, no matter what, but."
Ed gets entranced by a siren's song.
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