5 Works by lightningflat
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Here We Lie in the Shadows, In the Wind and the Rain by lightningflat
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
14 Jan 2024
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The Ranger has been on open waters for nearly a month. They’ve spent weeks off the coast of Nassau, taking merchant ships bound for the port day in and day out, and Izzy is fucking exhausted. The constant raids mean constant fighting, and their stores are depleted down to just hardtack and bone broth rations to keep the men going. They’ve looted plenty of weapons and coffee and even some hard-to-come-by medicines, but Hornigold is on a mission to end the month at sea with a ship full of nothing but high-priced goods that will fetch a pretty penny at trade – leaving no room for rice or meat or oranges. The crew are tired and hungry, to the point where even the promise of a big payout in less than a week means very little.
And the word hurricane rings in the silence.
The crew of the Ranger is tested, and so are Ed and Izzy.
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- Part 5 of Devils in the Canyon
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It's a short leave, just the three days, and the first two, he hardly saw Ed at all, on opposite rotations for port watch duty, one of them always on the ship. For the first time in weeks, he had the chance to spend time with Ed, out from under the watchful eyes of the crew (on a ship where one could scarcely find the solitude for a peaceful shit), and here is Jack Fucking Rackham screwing it all up.
The budding romance between Edward and Izzy grows.
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- Part 4 of Devils in the Canyon
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Hoping Heaven Has the Heart to Cut Us Some Slack by lightningflat
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
16 Nov 2023
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Izzy watches the gears begin to turn behind Hanson’s stupid, stupid eyes, consternation replacing the terror that had begun to build there.
“Now, I certainly didn’t see Teach fuck up today, did you, Hanson?”
Slowly, he begins to shake his head, breathing deeply through the pain in his leg.
Izzy feigns thoughtfulness, “No, no, Teach wasn’t anywhere near the hostages, as I recall. Can’t possibly have had any role in your unfortunate mishap, right, mate?” Hanson grinds his teeth. Izzy drops the act and puts the dagger back to his face, just tickling his left eyelashes. “Answer me.”
Ed fucks up during a raid. It's the first of many of his messes that Izzy cleans up.
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- Part 3 of Devils in the Canyon
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Tossed Out of Heaven, Out on the Run by lightningflat
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
05 Nov 2023
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Edward turns to look at him. “I’m going to be a captain one day.”
The utter confidence in his voice is unsurprising to Israel, who holds his gaze out over the horizon just barely beginning to lighten, imperceptible to anyone who hasn’t been observing its unchanging, inky blackness for hours on end.
“I’m going to be a captain, and you could come with me.”
Two days after the tryst in the storage room, Edward asks for more sparring practice. Also, Izzy gets his nickname.
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- Part 2 of Devils in the Canyon
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When Teach first asked him for sparring practice, Israel assumed that the deckhand was just out to impress Hornigold. He was wrong.
Or, a young Ed Teach sets his sights on the unyielding quartermaster's mate.
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- Part 1 of Devils in the Canyon