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Izzy looks to Edward, mouth working helplessly.
“Just let it happen, mate,” Ed suggests.
“I was hoping,” Stede continues, a little irritated by the lack of support, “that you’d let me—and Ed—know if there’s anything we could be doing differently, to make you more comfortable.”(Or: How Izzy Hands learned to stop worrying and love his co-captains.)
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- Part 1 of love like a powder keg
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08 Jul 2026
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Stede had that look again. He was going to cry. “I haven't been in my fair share of scraps. First one, actually. Unless you count my father, but… I never fought back. Not once. I've never had to fight for my life before. Didn't do very well, by the way. I don't know if you can tell, but I kind of lost.” Stede sniffled, his eyes welling up with tears.
Izzy would never understand why, but in that moment he felt the need to make this whole situation a little more bearable for the other man. It wasn't Stede’s fault Ed chose him, and while a part of him still resented him, he didn't think it would be completely fair to be a dick to him while he was so vulnerable. Izzy took Stede's hand he just cleaned up and looked at it. “I dunno, looks like you got a good punch in there. Not bad for your first scrap. Nobody wins every fight.”
Stede choked back a sob, a tear sliding down his face. “I don't want to be alone right now.”
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The fic where Izzy is very sick and just about over life when his ex-husband's boyfriend shows up at his doorstep, beaten, broken, and scared after being attacked outside of a bar. Ed is out of town and Izzy has no other option but to take in the man who took everything from him.
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06 Jul 2026
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Dont think this is gonna update but if it does rn its ch2
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Izzy looks over at Stede, gingerly attempting to coo at a cat that hates him while she shreds his expensive, fancy slippers to pieces. His heart aches in a new and terrible way that has nothing to do with Ed, for once. ‘If you’re sure.’
The smile Stede gives him is warm, a weighty significance to it that Izzy doesn’t know how to read. ‘I am.’
Or, Izzy finds himself at the centre of the ocean's weirdest found family, and acquires two boyfriends along the way.
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Ed's minding his business when the new neighbor's kid comes around holding a human puppet. It's creepy as hell, but as soon as the kid's father rounds the corner, Ed doesn't mind.
ETA: Podfic available here from Kninjaknitter my darling dearest
“Hello,” says the strangest voice Ed’s ever heard, jolting him out of his reverie, sending his heart speeding into chaos.He opens his eyes and he’s staring straight at a stuffed animal in the shape of a human person. It is bald with a tiny hat and too-big eyes and it wears a blue shirt and a name tag that says Jeffy in the sort of scrawl normally reserved for words written in blood.
A puppet, he realizes several seconds beyond when it would have been appropriate to respond.
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02 Jul 2026
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Stede keeps giving Ed *the look* and Ed tries to figure out what it means for once and for all.
“And what about you, Stede Bonnet? Proclivities and all that?”
ETA: thrilled to be able to tell you that there is a podfic available from SD_Ryan right over here