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1. Let It Once Be Me by Writer_Hardly_Know_Her

   Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   08 Oct 2025

   Tags

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   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • Stede Bonnet
   • Lucius Spriggs
   • Fang (Our Flag Means Death)
   • Black Pete (Our Flag Means Death)
   • Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death)
   • Pining
   • Mutual Pining
   • Romantic Comedy
   • Romantic Comedy Typical Angst
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Ed Teach Loves Stede Bonnet But Won't Admit It
   • Stede Bonnet loves Ed Teach but won't ask him out
   • Humor
   • Lone wolf Ed Teach
   • POV Stede Bonnet
   • POV Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach Needs a Hug
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • meddling lucius
   • meddling fang
   • past abusive relationship (not discussed in detail)
   • Past Blackbeard | Edward Teach/"Calico" Jack Rackham
   • Past Ed Teach/Ned Low
   • Podfic Welcome
   • Jealous Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • semi-reluctant wedding planner Stede Bonnet
   • POV Alternating
   • Oblivious Stede Bonnet
   • Rom com tropes
   • Happy Ending
   • minor angst with a happy ending
   • so much pining
   • Going on a pretend date
   • Oh no we're back at the Jersey Shore
   • Yes there's a Wawa call out

   Summary

   Newly out of the closet Stede Bonnet is looking for love after a 20-year arranged marriage, but Ed Teach is a lone wolf who doesn't "do" romance.

   So Ed and Stede are just friends! Really good friends! Best friends, even! And they're definitely not going to date. Well, not each other anyway - Stede’s actually going on lots of dates! How else is he going to find a boyfriend by Lucius’s impending wedding?

   And Ed? He’s totally cool and supportive and not at all jealous.

   Will Ed’s past heartbreak keep him from a Happy Ever After? Will Stede admit that no one compares to Ed? Will they find a sleeveless tux for Pete before it’s too late?

   Find out in “Let It Once Be Me” - a romantic comedy by Writer Hardly Know Her.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   18,760

   Chapters:

   6/8

   Comments:

   143

   Kudos:

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