i see your “stede did ed’s hair and beard bows for the ep 5 party” and raise you “frenchie did ed’s hair for the ep 5 party in the crew quarters and then sent him off, and he stepped onto the main deck from one end of the ship at the same moment as stede stepped out from the other end of the ship and their eyes met and there was a soft, silent moment where ed was basically putting himself out there for stede’s approval and stede smiled and smiled and looked ed from toe to top as they walk forward slowly to meet in the middle of the deck and its like no one else exists in all the world
and stede said "that color suits you” and ed said “it’s just fucking–purple, man” and stede said, “do you know, some people might call this particular shade a royal purple.” and ed can barely breathe at this point and he’s like “oh yeah?” and stede says “or a french violet. it’s great with your eyes. and your hair–oh, you did use the silk flowers.” at this point ed is blushing so hard he’s so glad for the fuckin beard man and he says “frenchie did it, not used to having it all pulled up like this” and stede’s smile gets even softer somehow and he says “well it looks lovely. i mean, it always does, you have lovely hair, but it’s–nice.”
and then fuckin izzy who can’t stand this interrupts and he’s got these little purple ribbons and he barges in to be like “boss, frenchie says these are for your beard, i can add them in” and the moment is broken and izzy starts trying to tie them but he can’t manage it and ed keeps looking away from him and glancing over at stede and izzy is getting frustrated and finally stede steps forward and says, “may i?” and ed just goes to him instantly, just melts away from izzy and steps in close to stede and offers up his beard to stede, essentially putting stede into izzy’s place, so that izzy has no choice but to hand over the ribbons and it’s like the whole ocean and sky holds its breathe while stede fixes the ribbons in place
“there,” stede says. “you look lovely.” and ed sways into him a little before he gets a hold of himself and he finally manages to say, “you do too, the, eh, white is nice, like the white,” and stede grins again and they go to get into the dinghy and row over but as they’re standing at the rail stede leans over and says “i am rather partial to the leather look as well, you know” just before he climbs over and leaves ed standing there with his heart falling out of his throat after him"
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