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You Bet Your Sweet Ass (or The Knave of Hearts Kissed the King of Diamonds) by GildedCage (DemonicHoarde)
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
30 Sep 2023
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Summary
It had been a long and emotional night. The fancy party had ended in mayhem and fire. And acts of gentle heroism.
Ed was feeling a bit foolish, all dressed up with nowhere to go.
Then Stede had presented him with his red, silk handkerchief, neatly folded, and placed it in his pocket, in the moonlight.
Driven by an impulse neither can identify, they decide the evening's entertainments don't have to end, and embark on a friendly card game, spiced up with a few harmless wagers.
Stede couldn’t shake the thought that there had been something between them. Something fragile but enticing. A sparkling, magnetic sort of pull that had come into being when Stede had placed the handkerchief in Ed’s pocket and had lasted beyond their slightly awkward goodnight’s, drawing them to turn towards each other, even as they tried to part.
Ed had debated, back and forth, with himself about whether or not to give in to the weird instinct he felt. The one luring him to go to Stede, like the thrall of a siren’s song. He had leaned on the rail, watching the moon encrust the crests of the waves with diamonds, and had tried to work out why he had come so close to kissing Stede.