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1. The Truth of Ourselves by bUtterscUp

   Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)  

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

   22 Mar 2025

   Tags

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   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
   • Stede Bonnet
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death)
   • Israel Hands
   • Mary Allamby Bonnet
   • Alma Bonnet
   • Louis Bonnet
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Alternate Universe - Theatre
   • Theatre
   • Acting
   • Performing Arts
   • POV Stede Bonnet
   • Oblivious Stede Bonnet
   • Autistic Stede Bonnet
   • Stede Bonnet is Trying His Best
   • Stede Bonnet is Down Bad for Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach is Down Bad for Stede Bonnet
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Humor
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • Light Angst
   • Misunderstandings
   • Idiots in Love
   • References to Canon
   • bluesky fic
   • Stede Bonnet Has Self-Esteem Issues
   • Enemies to Friends
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • But the enemies part only lasts one section
   • Falling In Love
   • Hurt Stede Bonnet
   • Hurt Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • Mental Health Issues
   • POV Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach Has ADHD
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach Needs a Hug
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added

   Summary

   The truth of ourselves is the root of our acting — Sanford Meisner

   When Stede Bonnet takes his kids to a performance of Hamlet, he is drawn to the world of theatre and leading actor, Edward Teach. After divorcing his wife, Stede impulsively auditions for a local amateur theatre production of "My Heart Beneath Cloud Breaks as the Storm" written by local queer playwright, Lucius Spriggs.

   Things do not go as planned...

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   22,759

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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