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1. Maelstrom to Mire by likethehotsauce

   Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet
   • Stede Bonnet & Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death)
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach & Crew of the Revenge (Our Flag Means Death)
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • Stede Bonnet
   • Edward "Ned" Low
   • Hellkat Maggie (Our Flag Means Death)
   • "Calico" Jack Rackham
   • Buttons (Our Flag Means Death)
   • Alternate Universe
   • MerMay
   • Heavy Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Torture
   • Injury
   • Injury Recovery
   • Healing
   • Merpeople
   • Fantastical Anatomy
   • Mates
   • Non-Traditional Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics
   • If You Squint - Freeform
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach Loves Stede Bonnet
   • Stede Bonnet Loves Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • Protective Stede Bonnet
   • Hurt Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • gentlebeard
   • Sadist Edward "Ned" Low
   • "Calico" Jack Rackham Being an Asshole
   • Gore
   • Whipping
   • Animal Death
   • Miscarriage
   • Starvation
   • Stede Bonnet is Trying His Best
   • Despair
   • Dissociation
   • Forced Feeding
   • Drowning
   • Keelhauling

   Summary

   When his mate, Ed, is poached, Stede pursues the ship over 3,000 leagues. Mercifully, the sea goddess intervenes. Stede reunites with Ed, but as Ed is no longer able to live undersea, they must forge a life in an unknown land.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,644

   Chapters:

   7/?

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   Kudos:

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