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Stede is ready to 'get back out there' after his divorce, but he's more than a little bit intimidated by the concept of online dating. After a series of truly terrible first dates, he's close to giving up on love altogether. Perhaps he's too old for all this Grindr nonsense.
And then, along comes a bartender called Edward Teach.
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19 Feb 2026
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“I don’t call you kid because I think you’re stupid. I don’t think you’re stupid. You’d know if I thought you were stupid, because I would tell you. ‘Kid’ is a…” He trails off, free hand tapping thoughtful rhythms on the steering wheel, “…Nickname. Term of endearment. Whatever you want to call it, but it’s not derogatory.”
Jack holds up a second finger.
“You have not been taking care of yourself. If you were, you wouldn’t have a low grade fever, and you would’ve called me as your boss or one of your friends to drive you instead of walking to work in the rain after your car died. You’ve been surviving. There’s a difference.”
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good things happen to those who are found crying in the supply closet by their hot, older, maybe flirty boss-slash-mentor.
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18 Feb 2026
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Ask anyone: Edward Teach is the greatest pro surfer in the world. Or, he was. Now he’s retired, and burnt out, and okay maybe possibly dealing with a bit of untreated clinical depression. He hasn’t stepped foot in the water in almost two years—can’t even bring himself to go for a dip in the private pool at his fancy apartment complex, although not for lack of trying. Enter: Stede Bonnet. Also known as Pool DILF. Also also known as the love of Ed’s life. And love makes us do crazy things. Like maybe pretending you don’t know how to swim so your crush will offer to teach you.
What could go wrong?
A Reverse Big Bang collab with Sailor's Ruin!
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25 Nov 2025
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Ed wanted to be so gentle with him. Wanted to treat him better than anyone ever had. Like he was precious.
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There had been three days of silence and a funeral. Sherlock had the terrible feeling that whatever happened next would depend, entirely, on him.
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12 Jun 2025
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She was tremendously talented, but for God's sake, any common buffoon can be trained up as an assassin. I've no need to conscript my niece for the task."
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(Never) Turn Your Back to the Sea by DiscordantWords for thetimemoves
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV)
15 Apr 2017
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Baker Street is very much the same. Only different.
And Sherlock is just trying not to drown.
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11 Jun 2025
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Sherlock, who had spent several long afternoons with his own ears ensconced in noise-cancelling headphones, serenely listening to violin concertos whilst touring the entirety of the London Underground with Rosie in tow, merely smiled.