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1. for want of wit, by tensevowel

   Fandoms: Assassin's Creed: Black Flag (Video Games), Assassin's Creed - All Media Types  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   09 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Edward Kenway/James Kidd | Mary Read
   • Edward Kenway & James Kidd | Mary Read
   • Anne Bonny & James Kidd | Mary Read
   • Edward Kenway
   • James Kidd | Mary Read
   • Blackbeard | Edward Teach
   • Anne Bonny
   • Woodes Rogers
   • Caroline Scott Kenway
   • Charles Vane
   • "Calico" Jack Rackham
   • Abel Galvão / The Padre
   • Lucy Baldwin
   • Ah Tabai
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • First Time
   • Mildly Dubious Consent
   • In the sense that they’re both under the influence of grief and/or booze
   • (the first time)
   • Fake/Pretend Relationship
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • There Was Only One Bed
   • Emotional Sex
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Christmas Eve
   • Officially a Christmas fic
   • Angst
   • It got angstier than even I was expecting
   • Christmas Angst
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Use of gender as a narrative device
   • pronouns/names as a narrative device
   • Author Is Not Religious
   • Religious Discussion
   • Mary probably has PTSD but I’m not qualified to diagnose her
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • Non-Sexual Nudity
   • Moby Dick References
   • Philosophical Discussion
   • Confessions
   • Making up and making out
   • Face-Sitting
   • Praise Kink if you squint
   • Menstruation
   • The menstruation is not concurrent with sexy times
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Silly pirate references

   Summary

   James Kidd was always too pretty to be real.

   Edward and James have been friends for years. Mary and Edward are friends for only a month before Edward asks her to come home with him for the holidays.

   Series

   • Part 1 of kiddway

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   75,912

   Chapters:

   11/11

   Comments:

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