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Stede had approached carefully. This was the moment. He remembered Mary’s warning - that Ed would likely be quite upset, and that this would need to be handled delicately. He’d stopped far enough that he wouldn’t make Ed feel crowded, but close enough to look, almost close enough to touch.
They’d stared at each other for a moment. The air was tense, thick with something that felt important, a silence Stede was hesitant to break. But he needed to break it anyway, needed to tell Ed he was sorry, needed to tell him what happened, how he felt.
He’d opened his mouth, begun to say something, he couldn’t even remember what, when -
“Captain!” Frenchie had shouted.
Then it had all gone wrong.
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- Part 11 of Dream Sweet in Sea Major
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a line in any final song (so long, so far) by csmithman
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
08 Sep 2022
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Frenchie was a mess of anxiety as they approached the small dinghy. Captain Blackbeard had had them on the lookout for anything that might be the crew for a day and a half now, so when Jim had spotted a small dot on the horizon, chaos had broken out on the Revenge as they all tried to figure out what the dot was - and more importantly, keep Izzy from figuring it out first.
(the reunion we've all been waiting for)
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- Part 10 of Dream Sweet in Sea Major
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Black Pete was a pirate’s pirate, dedicated to the lifestyle. He’d fashioned himself after his greatest hero, Blackbeard, even if he hadn’t been able to grow a beard himself (couldn’t even grow much hair at all). But he was determined to be a great pirate. Make a name for himself, you know? One day they’d tell stories about the Dread Black Pete, fearsome scourge of the seas.
That was his dream when he set off on the Revenge. He soon realized he’d picked the wrong ship for his goals, and tried to make things happen on his own terms, fomenting mutiny, trying to gain control of the crew and establish himself as a leader. He could still be the Dread Black Pete, even if at this point he didn’t have any kills to his name and his only coin came from a paycheck, not from plunder. Hell, if he played things right, he could have his own ship, easy peasy.
It wasn’t so easy peasy. Captain Bonnet turned out to be a lot tougher - a lot cooler - than Pete had anticipated, and he stuck around. He wasn’t even so bad to work for.
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- Part 9 of Dream Sweet in Sea Major
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now that existence is on the wake (let's see what we can make) by csmithman
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
22 Jun 2022
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Captain Bonnet was not the best sailor.
They all knew that. After months of being on the Revenge with him, the crew knew that it was best to let the captain stay out of the way, or give him minor chores to do that let him feel like he was contributing but were impossible to mess up.
But now, watching him try to manage a dinghy with seven men in it and no plan of where to go, Buttons was struck anew by just how badly Captain Bonnet was in need of the support of his crew.
And especially a good navigator.
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- Part 8 of Dream Sweet in Sea Major
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awaits somnambulant directives to take the helm by csmithman
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
16 Jun 2022
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Izzy Hands was at the helm when they arrived at the little spit of land where they’d marooned the crew.
This was a mistake.
A mistake because he should not have been there. It was nighttime, and just so happened to be Izzy’s watch. The rest of the crew, having poorly judged the distance remaining to the island, the speed of the Revenge, and the favor of the winds, had gone to bed believing that they would arrive safely while Izzy was still resting from his nighttime shift tomorrow.
It was also a mistake because -
“What the fuck?”
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- Part 7 of Dream Sweet in Sea Major
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A post-canon imagination based on lines from "Dream Sweet in Sea Major" by Miracle Musical. Will proceed in chronological order. Stories are connected and will hopefully form some sort of overarching plot, though I make no promises.
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this presence of mind, perspective can lend by boneandmarrow
Fandoms: Dimension 20 (Web Series)
06 Feb 2023
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The gashes in his stomach have healed to the point of a soft remaining redness. There’s a thinning scab, the skin ridged where it’s gone and stitched itself back together, though not much pain anymore. Not unless deep pressure is applied.
Think it’ll scar? Norman asks.
Life, afterwards.
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22 Apr 2025
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at me too someone is looking by greatunironic
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels
06 Jun 2021
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Several months into his tenure as Fulcrum, Kallus is dispatched to a remote Imperial facility where he learns of a program to clone dead Jedi and train them as assassins for the Empire. He finds himself with an impossible choice: continue on as Fulcrum and provide valuable intel to the Rebellion, or sabotage the facility, save one of the clones, and go on the run.
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05 Sep 2024
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Chloe has never been one to give up without a fight, and she will do whatever it takes to find a way to bring Lucifer back from Hell. Meanwhile, in Hell, Lucifer too searches for a way out, one that won’t leave Earth and all of his loved ones defenseless. The two of them plan to find their way back to each other…
...but when we make plans, God laughs.
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15 Dec 2019
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“Sweetheart,” says Lance, his hair longer, his shoulders broader, the slope of his nose uneven now where it didn’t used to be, “you don’t know the half of it.”
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18 Aug 2018
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the AU to the Nonsense AU by theputterer
Fandom: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Star Wars - All Media Types
10 Mar 2019
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BLOOD BROTHERS was a story written while I was trying to decide if GRAY AREAS was going to be a "canon" take on Cassian Andor's backstory, or a total AU where the Rogue One gang knows each other ahead of time.
The "canon" backstory, with GRAY AREAS, became the cassian andor nonsense, and the assorted nonsense timestamps series.
This is the other AU, where the Rogue One gang knows each other ahead of time, and other characters live lives they did not have in the Nonsense.
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04 Jun 2018