Ed’s St. Augustine Snake

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“Ahead of Rhys Darby’s Mystic Time Bird show at Claudelands NZ in August we tracked him down to ask a few questions…”

Giveaway #4 — "Edward Teach, Born On A Beach"

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The winner of this giveaway gets a One-Shot Fic Commission by @edsstaugustinesnake!

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Here on tumblr, one of the versions that got really popular was from now-deleted user @grec1a who created this version:

Author: EdsStAugustineSnake on AO3

Artist: googoogojob on tumblr, loockhar on Twitter, nopeitsmetherealone on insta

Beta reader: JoQuickly on AO3

Characters: Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Israel Hands, Stede Bonnet, Lucius Spriggs, Roach (Our Flag Means Death), Black Pete, Frenchie, Oluwande Boodhari, Jim Jimenez, The Swede (Our Flag Means Death), Buttons, Karl the Seagull (Our Flag Means Death),

Fang, Ivan (Our Flag Means Death), Wee John Feeney

Relationship(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Oluwande Boodhari/Jim Jimenez, Israel Hands/Roach (Our Flag Means Death), Black Pete/Lucius Spriggs, Fang/The Swede (Our Flag Means Death), Wee John Feeney/Frenchie

Rating: M

Additional Tags: Adventure & Romance, Humor, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - Reality Show, Alternate Universe - Kaiju Are Believed Extinct, Reality Show Star Stede Bonnet, Biology Professor Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Māori Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Humor, Kaiju, Vague Giant Monster Violence, Japanese Mythology & Folklore, Shinto, Yōkai, Māori Mythology & Folklore, Japanese Character(s), Cryptids, Ghosts, Aliens, People of Earth (TV 2016) References, Reincarnation?, Acrophobia, Undocumented Character, But Not for the Reason You Think, Oral Sex, Twitter, Past Domestic Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Father-Son Relationship, Estranged Father, Father Figures, Gun Violence, Minor Character Death, Minor Original Character(s), Happy Ending, Izzy Hands Takes Some S1 Canon-Typical Shit But Gets a Happy Ending, Written Before Season 2

Warnings: Past Domestic Violence, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Gun Violence, Minor Character Death, Undocumented Character

Summary: Reality show star Stede “The Cryptid Hunter” Motte draws the attention of Caltech Biology researchers Edward Teach and Israel Hands. After a brief spat via press release and Twitter, Ed and Stede reach a détente, each more intrigued than ever. When they find themselves in Japan tracking down the same rumors of living kaiju (though everyone knows Godzilla, et al. went extinct decades ago!) they learn that some monsters are human, and they’ll have to work together to save themselves, their more-than-meets-the-eye crews, and, possibly, the world.

Wordcount: 45,861

(was supposed to be reverse big bang but ended up not so reverse bc i redrew the slide for the story XD)

Wonderful collaboration with @amuseoffyre

Read fic - Bit of a Clothes Horse

One of them – the good ones – dropped down and Ed made a small sound as his whole fucking leg was lifted from both thigh and solid ground and his fingers grabbed instinctively at Stede’s hair. And fucking hell, Stede didn’t help, smoothing his hand from ankle to thigh, folding Ed’s leg up to prop against his own upraised one. All it would take was an unexpected swell to take his balance from him and their fucking thighs would be sliding together, nothing but silk between them.

Body and Binary 💚💫 I’m not ready to say goodbye to Ed and STE/DE tomorrow…

I woke up.

Then you woke up.

Then I woke up.