humble_dumpling
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Ed finally gives in to his urges and looks at Stede. He looks… fucking awful. Like he’s lost just as much sleep as Ed has. But he also looks wonderful, bathed in gentle light, hair lit like a halo.
And Ed…
He can’t help but shift, lean in, rest one hand on Stede’s cheek and the other, curled, against his neck.
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aka im still coping with finishing this show so three times ed and stede kiss
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14 Feb 2024
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they say love is a virtue, don't they by blindmadness
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
02 May 2022
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Stede is glaring at him, raising his sword and striking at Ed, forcing him back into a defensive stance. He’s dressed simply, without all the flair Ed’s accustomed to seeing from him—only one shirt, tucked into simple breeches far looser than the sort he used to favor, his hair in disarray, a layer of stubble across his face.
Stede is here, and Ed wants to be nothing but angry about it. He doesn’t want to feel like he’s taking his first breath of fresh air after walking around in a fog so deep it settled into his very lungs. He doesn’t want to feel like he’s coming alive for the first time in weeks.
(Or: look, I wrote another reunion fic! Can't stop won't stop!)
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14 Feb 2024
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It's You, It's All For You by cokekiddo for fridgemingjue
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
28 Jun 2022
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Stede explores his feelings for Ed by writing him secret love letters and teaching him to write. They grow closer and Stede's feelings grow more erratic for Ed.
exerpt: Ed balled his hands into fists, thinking. Then, banging his hands on the desk, he rose, yelling out, “It’s a motherfuckin’ I!” He – gently – slams the pen to the page, crossing out his first attempt at maim and writing the correct version. He even adds an exclamation point. “I like to maim!” He shouts, pointing to each word as he reads it.
“Amazing! You do love to maim!” Stede matches his excitement.
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14 Feb 2024
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Stede is looking at him now, really looking at him, and Ed suddenly feels thrown back years to that night on the deck, bathed in moonlight and clutching a tatty old piece of red silk. His heart skips, and for some reason his breath hitches at the sight of the tiny, earnest smile on Stede’s face.
“When I was thinking of what I wanted, all I kept thinking was how permanent it was. How it should tell a story, of sorts. Tell something about me. And, well, I may not be much of a gifted navigator but I wanted something to show the one thing I do know for certain.” Stede leans towards him and takes his hand in his, squeezing gently. He looks up into Ed’s eyes, and fuck, he thinks, why do I feel like I’m about to cry?
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14 Feb 2024
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what my heart just yearns to say (in ways that can't be said) by theluciferbox
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
13 Aug 2022
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“I’ll let my son know you and your husband enjoyed it,” the salesman continued, offering a kind smile like he was completely oblivious to the words he just spoke. Stede, meanwhile, nearly had to steady himself against a tree as his heart lurched out of place. His husband. Had he died? Was this a punishment the universe decided to wrought on him, for ruining what had to be dozens of gardens as a child? Stede and his husband. His husband. Stede was trying very, very hard not to pass out. Or look at Ed. Or appear as if he were trying very hard to not do either. “He’d be glad to know of others like him, strangers though we may be.”
“Oh,” Stede squeaked. He felt like he had been doused in cold water only to emerge from it to find himself on the ceiling. “Um. Thank— Thank you, sir, um. We’d better be off now, thank you.”
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14 Feb 2024