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Christmas Eve is here again and Ed has PLANS that keep getting foiled. Or maybe tinseled.
The World That Borders the Sea--Rated T--Ed/Stede--Retirement, Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff, Canon Typical Violence
“I’m not made for cold,” he grumbled.
“But you are made for me,” Stede grinned, leaning into Ed’s shoulder, “And I reckon I’m more than enough to keep you snug in the depths of December.”
What can a man say to that, exactly? When the sun tells you it can provide, who are you to doubt its capacity for warmth?
Thoughts on The Last Raid and all that comes after.
Our Mast Stands Still in the Wake of the Storm--Rated M--Ed/Stede--Post Canon, Emotional Hurt/ Comfort, Personal Growth, Making Up, Making Out, Humor, Angst, Found Family, Medicinal Drug Use
“If” is the crux of the matter, isn’t it? He feels he’s had the word “If” written on his heart since the moment he saw Edward Teach running his rough fingers through his fine silks and linens. There is so much contained in those two letters, he can hardly bear it.
It's the journey back that's going to leave a mark.
Burn the Girl Down--Rated E--Anne Bonny/Mary Read from Our Mast Stands Still in the Wake of the Storm--First time, Falling in Love
“I knew it the second I laid eyes on you,” Read whispers, stepping so close Anne’s hair is brushing her eyelashes. “Was chasing round the world on my own so long, could hardly remember where North was anymore.”
She raises a hand to Anne’s cheek, running her thumb now along the red welt Jack’s ring left there. “And then, there you were.”
Alchemy--Rated T--Ed/Stede--Toothrotting Fluff, Established Relationship, Romance, POV Blackbeard
Edward Teach is not an educated man, but, until recently, his mind was ruled by three absolutes.
One, the earth is indisputably round.
Two, if a body is truly set on their life’s course, there’s little that can circumlocate their path.
And three, there’s no such thing as magic.
But he’s been less sure of the third of late.
Gods By The Dozen--Rated E--Ed/Stede--Retirement, Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Domestic Fluff, Canon Typical Violence, Mystery, Cryptids, Mention of Harm to Animals
“What do you suppose is the difference between a superstition and a belief?”
Ed groans and cracks open an eye. Outside the window, the sky’s the pale blue of dawn and not even the family of house martins that live in the eves have started their noisy morning chatter, so it’s at least a good 25 minutes before the sun will touch the marshes.
“Christ. Been marinating on that a while, have you?”
A series of strange occurrences after a storm drag Ed and Stede into a mystery on the island of Chincoteague and force them each to consider the question, "What do I believe?
In the Brine--Rated E--Ed/Stede--AU Modern Setting, Love at First Sight, Office Blowjobs, Pickle Based Puns, Fluff and Humor, Bitchy Stede, Eldritch Buttons, Workplace Mischief
Edward Teach is stuck in a dead-end IT job at Bonnet's Original Brine Pickle Company when he's told he's got to fire someone in the customer care department.
He DOESN'T expect it to be their heir to the Bonnet fortune.
Lock & Key-An OFMD Narrowboat SMAU--Rated E--Ed/Stede--AU Modern Setting, English Canals, Friends to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending,
A recently out and divorced Stede Bonnet buys a canal side pub and narrowboat, despite having zero experience with either. Along with his rag tag pub staff and the boys from the boat works across the canal, he's carving out a little space where he feels he belongs.
Ed Teach, a blues pianist who's lived on his narrowboat in London for years, is burnt out from a long tour and a bitter break up. He decides a boat trip North is just what the doctor ordered to clear his head and find the music again.
Theater of Fear--Rated T--Ed/Stede--Modern AU, actor!Ed
Stede takes the children for an outing at the London Dungeon and somehow manages to come out less afraid than when he went in.
Wild Blue Yonder--Rated T--Ed/Stede--Modern AU, pilot!Ed
Flight instructor Ed Teach is over it and pondering a change.
Maybe his unexpected, early morning lesson will give him the kick he needs to find joy in flying again?
Provenance--Rated T--Ed/Stede--Modern AU, reincarnation
He's passed the shop before, but it's only recently caught his eye because of the one-of-a-kind marine antiques in the window. Stede Bonnet gets more than he bargained for--and more than he ever dared hope.
Stil, Life--Rated T--Ed/Stede--Modern AU--Art Gallery
There’s little about the upper classes that makes Stede Bonnet cringe harder than their propensity to slap their names on anything that stands still long enough be bought. It’s for this reason that he’s trying, unsuccessfully, to hide behind a tall floral arrangement at the opening of the Bonnet Wing at a prestigious city art gallery he’s already forgotten the name of.
It Came Upon A Midnight Queer--Rated T--Ed/Stede--Modern AU--Petting Farm
Ed has a singular birthday that comes with a singular gift attached.
Mariko Aoki--Rated T--Ed/Stede--Modern AU--Bookshop
A weird fucking thing happens to Ed every time he stops into the new bookstore on his way to work and he kinda wishes it would stop, cause it's REALLY putting a damper on his efforts to flirt with the handsome, eccentric owner.
Into The Air--Rated E--Ed/Stede AU--English Canals
A short visit back to the Lock & Key pub. Spring is in the air, a couple of new husbands learn some new things about one another and The Crew's got a questionable project.
Two Scoops--Rated T--Ed/Stede AU--Teacher/PTO parent
Ed finds a suspicious flier decorating the hallways of the school early one morning and is eager to find out whoever is posting them.
The Air That I Breathe--Rated T--Ed/Stede AU--aging
Ed gets an unwelcome package in the post.
Deck The Stalls--Rated T--Ed/Stede AU--Farm Museum
In this sequel to It Came Upon A Midnight Queer, Christmas Eve is here again and Ed has PLANS that keep getting foiled. Or maybe tinseled.
The Magic Circle--Rated M--Ed/Stede AU--Game Design
In game development, The Magic Circle is a boundary that separates the game world from the real world. The game world is the place where the gameplay takes place. Within the magic circle normal laws, patterns of behavior and social conventions are temporarily suspended and replaced with the rules of the game.
