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1. The path not taken by NuriaVarela

   Fandoms: Black Sails  

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

   11 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Captain Flint | James McGraw/John Silver
   • John Silver (Treasure Island)
   • Captain Flint | James McGraw
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Slow Burn
   • Healing
   • Relationship Study
   • Character Study
   • Post-Canon (Alternate Ending)
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Smuggling
   • Still a dangerous life
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Comfort/Angst

   Summary

   Flint charged, throwing himself forward — a desperate, pained roar tearing out of him. Silver reacted instantly. His hand snapped up, resolve hardening in every line of him — finger tightening, arm driving forward as Flint closed in fast —
   But no shot came.

   What if Silver hadn’t been able to pull the trigger in the jungle?
   Flint doesn’t die. The treasure is found and divided — and from that single change, a new story begins.
   What follows is something real: two men haunted by what they’ve done, facing the fragile, uncertain work of learning how to live again.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,131

   Chapters:

   5/?

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   Kudos:

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