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After Izzy dies, Stede comforts Ed. A glimpse into a moment elided by canon.
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25 Oct 2024
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Members of his crew taking some relief in each other doesn't change the path Stede’s life has taken. He has long decided that deciphering these matters is not important or proper, or even relevant when everyone he knows who experienced such things in youth married eventually anyway. Stede is certainly beyond the point of his life wherein intimate matters are of consequence to him. He is here for an adventure, not a love story.
Then, he meets Blackbeard.
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Stede doesn't know how to want; Ed doesn't know how to be in love. Their relationship develops as they try to figure out how to navigate all the things the world has wrongly taught them about lust and love.
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14 Jul 2024
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Stede draws his attention back to the head massage, alternating pressure from the kind of bruising that’s enough to knead a migraine away, to gentle, delicate strokes through his hair. He grows almost meditative with it, forcing his eyes away from Ed’s face and simply enjoying the feeling of body heat and cool, damp-silk hair against his palms. Truthfully, he could do this for hours, rather than the usual three-to-five minutes that’s usually afforded to customers when they…
When…
It’s been longer than three-to-five minutes.
A quick glance at the clock reveals it’s been far, far longer than three-to-five minutes.
Stede doesn’t mind, obviously. And Ed doesn’t seem to be about to question it. But the snide little Lucius-like voice in the back of his mind points out that almost twenty fucking minutes is maybe a bit of an overkill.
Stede yanks his hands away from Ed’s hair like it’s covered in bleach.
“Okey-doke!” Stede manages, voice shrill and a little strangled.
From across the salon, the real Lucius snorts.
(OR: Stede's a hair stylist. Ed shows up for an appointment. And shows up. And shows up. And shows up...)
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06 Jul 2024
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Hard to Catch, and Even Harder to Hold Onto by caladria
Fandoms: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
23 Apr 2024
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“Are you here for the free walking tour?” Teal Umbrella Guy says. He’s around Ed’s age, obviously bundled up in multiple layers, and wearing a very nice coat that suggests that either he’s an exceptionally good tour guide, or that the money’s coming from somewhere else. (It must be that one, there’s no one else here.) His face lights up, hopeful - probably at the prospect that he might have one taker on what is, objectively, a really shitty day to be outside. A properly expressive face, Ed thinks, now he can see it close up.
Teal Umbrella Guy whips a phone out, goes to an app. “Did you sign up online? Through the Gentleman Tourguide?” The umbrella is doing some pretty precarious things now that the guy is focused on his screen, and Ed takes a half step back to prevent a stabbing.
He’s got no idea how the guy manages the hairstyle he’s got going on, golden hair curled to perfection, like no hand should touch it.
Ed immediately wants to touch it.
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27 Apr 2024
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'The hottest new tech trend in 2023? Teleportation. We’re here with Oluwande Boodhari and Jim Jimenez to discuss their invention, which is set to revolutionise the travel industry this year.'
Stede teleports into Ed's life for the longest distance relationship it is possible to have on Earth.
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26 Apr 2024